F -- National Mobile Food Services

The intent of the solicitation and any resultant contract is to obtain the services of Mobile Food Service Units to provide appetizing, well balanced hot and special meals, sack lunches, hot and cold can meals and supplemental items at various field locations during wildland fire and other types of activities throughout the contiguous western United States and Alaska. For the Alaska contracts, the Mobile Food Services are for road accessible incidents and the services include the preparation of Fresh Food Boxes. Any resultant contract will be available for use by the Forest Service and other cooperating Federal and State Agencies, hereinafter referred to as the Government. The Mobile Food Service Unit is to include all equipment, labor, materials and supplies (except those designated as Government Furnished) to accomplish the full scope of work. Only equipment and personnel necessary for the operation of a Mobile Kitchen Unit will be allowed and approved for use under any resultant contract. Equipment must be capable of operating in adversely impacted urban areas to remote, primitive locations with very limited access. Equipment maneuverability, ground clearance and capability of rapid evacuation of personnel and equipment are essential. These emergency services shall include (but is not limited to) complete management, control, purchase, receipt, storage, issue, handling, processing, packaging, preparation, food serving, clean up, transport, repair, and maintenance. All meals shall be served by Contractor personnel with the exception of the salad bar and the optional service, dessert, and condiment bars, which may be self-service. Sack lunches and hot/cold can meals are delivered to the Government at the incident camp when ordered and Fresh Food Boxes are delivered to a designated Government location. When the use of mobile food service is needed for other types of activities, the Government may use the National Mobile Food Service Contractor(s) at its option. The effective period of the resultant contract(s) will be one calendar year from date of award. The Government, at its option, may renew any resultant contract for additional one-year periods, not to exceed four renewal periods. The Government will use a cascading set-aside preference for awards to small businesses for those Designated Dispatch Points for which sufficient small business competition is received, (refer to Section M of the Solicitation).