About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Arkansas Army National Guard is issuing a Request for Information to gauge market interest from qualified small business vendors for potential Dining Facility services. The scope includes providing food services for the Regional Training Institute Dining Facility at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Interested small business vendors must hold an active System for Award Management registration and possess a CAGE Code and Unique Entity ID. Qualified firms must submit a response package that includes their CAGE Code, Unique Entity ID, explicit SBA small business size status, and a capabilities statement of no more than five pages.
Scope of work
- Menu planning, cooking, serving, and cleaning for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Provision of bag lunches, field meals, and carry-out meals
- Provision of warming and cooling beverages during extreme weather or late night operations
- Purchase and payment of food products, expendable supplies, and small wares
- Cashier and headcount documentation services
- Routine cleaning, sanitation, and maintenance of kitchen, dining areas, and equipment
- Development and implementation of a Quality Control Plan
- Development and implementation of an insect and rodent control plan
Minimum qualifications
- Active registration in System for Award Management (SAM) database
- SBA small business status under NAICS 722310
- Food handlers must pass Arkansas food handler's examination or equivalent
- Dining facility manager with minimum two years supervisory or management experience in food service operations
- Vehicle operators must possess valid state driver's license and meet Camp Robinson insurance requirements
- Ability of employees to speak, read, write, and understand English
Documents to include with your response
- Capabilities statement (maximum 5 pages)
- SAM Registration proof
- CAGE Code and Unique Entity ID (UEI)
- Socioeconomic small business size status statement
How to submit
- Instructions
- Submit a response package containing SAM registration, CAGE Code, UEI, SBA small business size status, and a maximum 5-page capabilities statement.
Contract details
- Term
- 1 Base Year of 12 months and four 12-month option years
- Set-aside / preference
- Small Business
- Place of performance
- Building 4601, Regional Training Institute, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, North Little Rock, AR
- Insurance and bonding
- Vehicle operators must meet Camp Robinson minimal amount of insurance requirements
- Funding
- Service Contract Act, Randolph-Sheppard Act
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- W912JF27
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the Army › W7MW Uspfo Activity AR Arng
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Dec 1, 2026, 9:00 AM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 28, 2026
- NAICS
- 722310 · Food Service Contractors
- Product/service code
- S203
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- Place of performance
- North Little Rock, AR, 72199
- Contracting contact
- Eric Osborne
eric.d.osborne8.civ@army.mil
5207085475 - Additional contact
- Ralph D. Grinnell
ralph.d.grinnell.civ@army.mil
5207084896
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Food Service Contractors). This is not this requirement's award history.
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Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 722310, since Oct 1, 2024
1,625 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
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Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.