Supply & Delivery of Packaged Food Products

AI read of this solicitation

FedSift read the solicitation and pulled out what decides a bid, quoting the document wherever it makes a claim. Analysed 25 October 2026.

What is being bought

Supply and delivery of individually packaged food products (meals) for detainees at the ICE Atlanta Field Office.

• Individually packaged meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
• Provided three times daily, seven days a week
• For 77 detainees
• Delivered to ICE Atlanta Field Office, Detention Intake Processing Unit
• Meals must be financially sustainable, scalable, and compliant with ICE detention standards

Competition

Small business set-aside — only firms that are small under the size standard for the notice's NAICS code may bid. No certification is required: offerors represent their own size in SAM.

Deal-breakers

• Technical Volume must be technically acceptable, otherwise not eligible for award.

  “A vendor whose Technical Volume is determined technically unacceptable will not be eligible for award, regardless of quoted price.” — solicitation package

• Must be a small-business concern with a physical business location within a 20-mile radius of the Atlanta metro area. Teaming and subcontracting not permitted.

  “This requirement is restricted to small-business concerns with a physical business location and address within a 20-mile radius of the place of performance in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Teaming arrangements and subcontracting are not permitted under this solicitation. Quotations that do not meet this eligibility…” — SAM.gov description

Key risk

• Submission of password-protected files or media will result in automatic rejection of the offer.

  “Password-protected files or media will not be accepted.” — solicitation package