DESCRIPTION:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (“SLAC”) is a multipurpose research facility located in Menlo Park, California, and operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy. SLAC is seeking a café operator (“Subcontractor”) to provide comprehensive food services, including managing and operating the on-site cafeteria in Building 53 for up to 1,600 SLAC employees and guests and providing catering services. This Request for Information (RFI) is to seek industry feedback for this upcoming solicitation.
SLAC anticipates awarding a subcontract on a straight profit and loss basis with the Subcontractor. Subcontractor shall collect and retain all revenue generated from operating the on-site cafeteria and any catering services provided. SLAC will provide the facility (Building 53 cafeteria) and all utilities (electrical, gas, and internet). Kitchen equipment, dining room furniture and fixtures will also be provided to the Subcontractor as Government Furnished Property (GFP). A preventative maintenance program for all GFP provided to the food service operator, in performance of the anticipated subcontract, will be established and financed by SLAC with full cooperation from the Subcontractor.
Refer to the attached draft Statement of Work for more information.
REQUEST FOR INDUSTRY INPUT:
SLAC seeks the following input from industry for this upcoming solicitation:
1. Provide feedback on the attached draft Statement of Work (e.g. what’s missing?)
2. Provide feedback on the following anticipated subcontract format and requirements:
3. Are you interested in also providing site-wide vending machine operating services? If so, please provide capability narrative for this scope. Note that vending machine operations is not currently included for this anticipated solicitation.
4. The following items will be requested as part of the formal solicitation and will be required for the proposal submission.
Submit any input to the above AND your interest in participating in this upcoming solicitation to the SLAC Subcontract Administrator, Jennifer Aral at jaral@slac.stanford.edu by December 13, 2024.
PRELMINARY Solicitation Schedule:
Activity: ECD:
RFI November 25 – December 13, 2024
RFP Release January 8, 2025
Site Walk(s) To be scheduled w/o January 13-17, 2025
Questions Due January 21, 2025
SLAC responses January 24, 2025
Proposal Due January 31, 2025
Award February 10, 2025
Transition Period ARO + 4 weeks
Start of Operations March 17, 2025
PRE-SOLICITATION DISLAIMER:
Please note that any responses to this pre-solicitation posting is purely on a voluntary basis. SLAC is not requesting a proposal nor any pricing or any other information that could be considered confidential or proprietary to be submitted in response to this posting or any part of this posting. Any submissions that contain pricing, proprietary information or confidential information will be discarded by SLAC.