FMC Rochester 2nd Qtr Subsistence
Updated
Solicitation from the Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons, for work in Rochester, Minnesota. Due Nov 24, 2027, 5:00 PM (UTC-6), 382 days left.
| Solicitation number | 15B41227Q00000002 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons |
| Office | Fmc Rochester |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing (311999) |
| Product or service code | 8945 |
| Place of performance | Rochester, Minnesota |
| Posted | Nov 6, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 24, 2027, 5:00 PM (UTC-6) (382 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Bid documents (2)
- Request for Quotations 127 KB
- Request for Quotations 2nd Qtr 142 KB
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Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: Minnesota Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.
Description
Dear Vendor: Enclosed is a solicitation package prepared by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota, Contracting Officer for the acquisition of various subsistence products. This package contains all the necessary information for submitting a request for quote for evaluation. In submitting the request for quote, vendors should consider all information provided herein.
Please carefully follow all instructions located in the solicitation package concerning the content, format and submission of your quote. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to date information about this solicitation.
Offerors should include their Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number in their offers. The Contracting Officer will verify registration in the SAM database prior to award by entering the potential awardees’ UEI number into the SAM database. Delivery times are 8:00am to 11am and 12pm to - 2:30pm CST except on federal holidays; no reservations are needed for delivery.
Please call 507-424-7323 for any issues concerning delivery. Any deliveries not made within 4 weeks of award will be canceled and awarded to the next lowest bidder. Note that some frozen items will be identified in the line item as going to our contract freezer company.
Our contract freezer is MCS LLC. The address is 7447 Dresser Drive NE Rochester, MN 55934. Contact # is Justin Ellingson at 507-251-3863.
The freezer contact requests a 24hr notice prior to deliveries and his delivery hours are 9:30am to 3:30pm. The email is [email protected]. The Government intends to make multiple fixed price awards to the offerors (bidders) offering the lowest price and who conform to all requirements of the solicitation.
Individual credit card orders will be issued for all orders under $15,000 and purchase orders will be issued for orders over $15,000. The Government reserves the right to award by line item or in aggregate. Each offeror/bidder shall carefully read and review each line item offered for bid, paying close attention to the size of the container, description and number of units of issue, etc., requested prior to offering your price.
No line item substitutions are accepted. All line items must adhere to the National Specifications for food set forth by Central Office. Bulk dry goods are required to be in 50lb bags or smaller.
Any items deemed non-conforming will be refused and shipped back at the vendor's expense. Per FAR 12.206 Past performance will be used in determining awards for this solicitation. In accordance with FAR 15.304 (c)(5)(e) past performance will be valued (1) Significantly more important than cost or price.
Include page 1 of the RFQ signed and only the pages that you are bidding on in the attached bid sheet. Offers shall be received on or before the deadline of Nov 24, 2026 @5:00 PM. Central Standard Time, via email.
Greg Visser, Contract Specialist FMC Rochester 2110 E Center St Rochester, MN 55904 Email: [email protected] Please do not submit quotes to any location other than the one listed above. Quotes received after the deadline will not be considered
Contracting contact
- Greg Visser · [email protected] · (507) 424-7323
As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.
Is your business small enough?
For NAICS 311999, a business counts as small if it has no more than 700 employees (SBA size standard). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for all other miscellaneous food manufacturing work, who also hold Bureau of Prisons contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Shaver Foods LLC $22.4 million in this trade
- Pueblo Trading Co Inc $8.3 million in this trade
- The Smooth Sailing Group LLC $6.7 million in this trade
- L.A. Foods, LLC $4.4 million in this trade
- Rainmaker, Inc. $3.7 million in this trade
About the buyer
The Federal Bureau of Prisons awarded $3.1 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Naphcare LLC, Mckesson Corporation and Motorola Solutions, Inc.. See what Bureau of Prisons is buying now.
Who can bid: Small Business set-aside
Total and partial small business set-asides are open to any business under the SBA size standard for the notice's NAICS code.
All open Small Business set-asides.
All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing contracts right now
There are 34 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 311999), 26 posted in the last 7 days; 85% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons, Agricultural Marketing Service and Defense Logistics Agency. Most of the work with a stated place is in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. A notice in this trade gives a median of 12 days from posting to deadline.
All open all other miscellaneous food manufacturing contracts
Coming up in this trade
Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.
Recent awards in this trade
- MANY AWARDS Joint Base MDL NJ $1.0 million · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Oct 29, 2026
- The Smooth Sailing Group LLC $22,391 · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Oct 14, 2026
- VARIES Brooklyn NY $0 · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Oct 8, 2026
- G.E.R.J Logistic Services LLC $131,259 · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Sep 1, 2026
- Multiple Vendors Oakdale LA $510,529 · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Sep 1, 2026
From the award notices agencies publish.