The solicitation is for catering services for the U. S. Department of Transportation's 58th Annual Awards Ceremony. Proposals are due March 29, 2026. A pre-proposal site visit is encouraged on March 17, 2026, with preregistration by March 12, 2026. The contract awardee must possess a valid UEI number. The government may award to a small business. The ceremony is tentatively scheduled for June 4, 2026, or June 11, 2026. The contractor must provide a District of Columbia licensed food service manager and licensed foodservice handlers. Payment will be made via federal credit card.
The ceremony is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, June 4, 2026, or Thursday, June 11, 2026. The ceremony is tentatively scheduled for thursday, june 4, 2026. the alternate date is thursday, june11, 2026.
Payment shall be made by purchase order via federal credit card. payment shall be made by purchase order via federal credit card.
DOT will evaluate proposals based on the offeror's compliance with DOT's technical plan specifications, past performance, relevant experience, and proposed fixed price. dot will evaluate proposals based upon the following evaluation factors: criterion 1: the plan will be assessed based on the offerors compliance with usdots technical plan specifications and thoroughness of the plan for food and floral arrangements. criterion 2: each offeror shall identify and provide contact information for a minimum of past performance three 3 references for past events, preferably federal agencies, where they have provided similar scope of services within the past 35 years. the quality, dependability, timeliness, and customerrelations provided by the offeror company during the events detailed in these references must be well documented. usdot does explicitly reserve the right not only to directly contact the offerors past performance references, but also the right to look beyond the offerors past performance references and to consider any additional past performance information available to, or obtainable by, usdot. criterion 3: each offeror shall expand on its relevant experience in catering for events experience comparable to the one called for in this solicitation, including the quality, quantity, and calendarlengthoftime of the offerors company and staff. criterion 4: the offerors grand total proposed fixedprice for the cateringproject pricing contemplated in this solicitation.
Each bidder must possess some form of catering license or certification issued by the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, or another American state or local governmental entity. each biddercompany offerorcompany, and this solicitations resulting contract awardee company, must possess, and must include in its proposal submitted to dot in response to this solicitation, some form of cateringlicense or catering certification issued to that company by the district of columbia or by maryland or by virginia or by some other american state or local governmental entity having jurisdiction over the offerorfirm
A pre-proposal site visit is encouraged but not required on March 17, 2026. all prospective offerorcompanies are encouraged butnot required to attend a preproposal dotsitevisit by having not more than two companyrepresentatives report to the west lobby of dots headquarters building at **** new jersey avenue, s. e. , washington, ****, not later than 10: 45 am eastern daylight timeon march 17, 2026.
DOT will not be disclosing the dollar amount of the departments budget for the catering project. dot will not be disclosing the dollaramount of the departments budget for the cateringproject described in this quoterequest solicitation.
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