Hospital Patient Food Services

The State of Kansas is seeking a contractor to provide complete patient, therapeutic, staff, guest, catering, and emergency food services for the 104-bed South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital in Wichita.

Kansas > Department of Administration > Procurement and Contracts > South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital


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EVT0010963
Nov 19, 2026 08:00 PM
Oct 13, 2026 09:20 AM
5 years base + 1 × 5 years option
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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lara.j.williams@ks.gov
+17852962374
900 SW Jackson Street, Topeka, KS, USA
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Kansas Department of Administration Procurement and Contracts, Proposal #: EVT0010963, Closing Date: November 19, 2026, 2:00 PM CST, 900 SW Jackson Street, Room 1001-North, Topeka, KS 66612-1286
Technical Proposal, Cost Proposal
Description

The State of Kansas is seeking a contractor to provide uninterrupted food services for the new 104-bed South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital. The scope includes menu planning, nutritional analysis, procurement, food preparation, portioning, tray assembly and identification, transportation, meal delivery and service, tray retrieval, dishwashing, sanitation, inventory control, waste management, quality assurance, reporting, and related technology. The contractor must provide three daily meals year-round, snacks, nourishments, nutritional supplements, regular and therapeutic diets, texture-modified meals, allergy accommodations, religious and cultural meals, late trays, meal replacements, and other clinically authorized services. The contractor must also support staff, guest, family, boxed, catering, meeting, holiday, special-event, and therapeutic-activity meals; maintain food-safety, infection-control, security, emergency-preparedness, and quality-improvement programs; provide qualified on-site management and staffing; maintain emergency food inventories; and comply with applicable healthcare, food-service, behavioral-health, and confidentiality requirements. The proposal must include a technical proposal, five-week sample menu, staffing matrix, technical questionnaire, implementation and transition plan, references, and a separate cost proposal. The contract is for five years with one optional 60-month renewal period.

Classification Codes
NAICS722310Food Service Contractors
PSCS203Food Services
Smart Codes
hospital food servicestherapeutic meal preparationinstitutional catering
Specifications
Service
Timeline
Oct 13, 2026 06:28 PM-Event Start
Nov 3, 2026-Questions Due
Nov 19, 2026 08:00 PM-Event Close and Proposal Deadline
Requirements
Required
Required
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Within the last 5 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
No
Documents
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