Public Safety Training Academy Dining Services

The Tennessee Department of General Services is seeking a contractor to operate comprehensive dining services at the Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Training Academy, including approximately 200,000 meals in year one, special events, supplies, staffing, and a POS system integrated with the State's SEOS badge system.

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RFP 32101-01232026-SR1
Oct 20, 2026 12:00 PM
Jun 22, 2026 12:00 PM
5 years
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derenne.raley@tn.gov
+16152515173
312 Rosa L Parks Ave, Nashville, TN, USA
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The State of Tennessee, through the Department of General Services, is soliciting proposals for comprehensive dining services at the Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Training Academy. The contractor will operate the dining facility and provide regular meal service from Sunday dinner through Friday lunch, weekday breakfast, lunch, and dinner, coffee service, a la carte offerings, dietary accommodations, box lunches, and special-event meals. The contractor must furnish all food, chemicals, disposables, smallwares, tableware, catering items, cleaning supplies, and other supplies required for operations, while maintaining food safety, sanitation, quality assurance, emergency feeding, staffing, delivery, waste, grease, and equipment-maintenance programs. Year-one regular meal consumption is estimated at 200,000 meals, increasing approximately 10% annually through year five, with 300 special-event meals estimated in year one. The contractor must provide, install, configure, and maintain a three-station POS system with printers that accepts cash, cards, and State-issued SEOS badges, tracks meal-plan balances and usage, supports a la carte purchasing, and integrates with the State's merchant-services arrangements. The contract term is 60 months, with full operational readiness required by July 1, 2027; the contract effective date is April 1, 2027.

Classification Codes
NAICS722310Food Service Contractors
PSCM164Operation of Dining Facilities
Smart Codes
food service operationscommercial kitchen managementpoint-of-sale systems
Specifications
Supply & Service
Timeline
Jun 22, 2026-RFP Issued
Jul 01, 2026 02:00 PM-Pre-Response Conference (optional)
Meeting ID: 288 819 569 446 197; Passcode: oR3DD33K; dial-in: +1 629-209-4396,,264866196#; conference ID: 264 866 196#
Oct 20, 2026-Response Deadline
Nov 4, 2026-State Completion of Technical Response Evaluations
Nov 9, 2026-Respondent Oral Presentations (required)
Virtual presentations scheduled for November 9–10, 2026; the State will provide additional scheduling details.
Nov 12, 2026-State Opening and Scoring of Cost Proposals
Nov 13, 2026-Negotiations
Nov 18, 2026-Notice of Intent to Award
Nov 25, 2026-End of Protest Period
Apr 1, 2027-Contract Effective Date
Jul 1, 2027-Full Operational Start Date
Requirements
Required
  • Commercial General Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Workers' Compensation and Employer Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Automobile Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Cyber Liability — $1,000,000.00
Scored
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Within the last 5 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
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