Commandant of the Marine Corps, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps (Code LBC), Washington, DC 20380-0001

M -- FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT, FOOD PREPARATION AND JANITORIAL FUNCTIONS DUE 032099 POC Mr. Paul E. Sando, Contracting Officer, (703) 695-6225, ext. 2525 Headquarters, Marine Corps (HQMC) is interested in your comments regarding the provision of food service support to the United States Marine Corps at various Bases/Stations located on the east and west coasts of the continental United States and Hawaii. The Marine Corps intends to establish two (2) regional garrison messhall contracts, one (1) for east coast bases and one (1) for the west coast bases. The Contractor would provide food service management, food preparation and janitorial functions at a number of our garrison locations. These 2 contracts will involve a total of fifty-four (54) garrison Marine Corps messhall preparing and serving in excess of twenty-nine (29) million meals annually. Thirty-two (32) messhalls are located on the east coast, twenty-one (21) on the west coast and one (1) messhall in Hawaii. Twenty-three (23) of the 54 messhalls will be full food service (FFS) operations which relates to preparing and serving nearly nine (9) million meals annually. Twenty-four (24) messhalls will require messhall operations management and janitorial (M&J) services supporting and serving over twelve (12) million meals annually. Finally, seven (7) messhalls will require messhall operations management and food preparation (M&FP) services (no janitorial services required) servicing in excess of eight (8) million meals annually. The Government wants to learn how industry would propose to service Marine Corps bases on a regional basis. In this regard Marine Corps will entertain any and all suggestions regarding advanced food service preparation methodologies and technologies to maximize food service support efficiencies and savings. Therefore, you are encouraged to submit any concepts, ideas and suggestions that you have in mind. The Marine Corps will not reimburse the respondent for any costs associated with information submitted and is under no obligation to award any related contract associated with this RFI. All requests to this RFI shall be submitted in writing to Installation and Logistics department (LB), Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, 2 Navy Annex, Washington, DC 20380-1775, Attn: Mr. Paul Sando. It is anticipated that responses to the RFI will be due no later than March 20, l999. Posted 02/08/99 (W-SN296146). (0039)

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