Catered Meals - Bridgeton, MO - Unusual and Compelling Urgency
Army · W7NJ USPFO ACTIVITY MO ARNG
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation W912NS26Q4009 in this department, oldest first.
- May 26, 2026 · this noticeJustification (Sole Source)
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- The agency intends to buy without full competition. Read the justification for the reason and the named source.
What the notice says
The military unit requiring catering services experienced a last-minute change to its annual training plan, ultimately opting for Home Station Training. Commanders are required to provide meals for M-Day Service Members; however, no military culinary/cooking unit was available on such short notice. Furthermore, Command Policy strongly discourages the use of Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MREs) outside of tactical emergencies, as their procurement and distribution costs exceed those of a hot, catered meal. In an effort to compete this requirement under FAR Part 12, market research was conducted to identi… (show all)
fy three local vendors registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and eligible for award. Two of the identified vendors were unavailable to meet the short-notice timeline. Only one vendor, "Let's Do Lunch," confirmed availability. Their proposed pricing is consistent with the public menu pricing published on their website, and the vendor has no adverse past performance history. Ultimately, because training is scheduled to commence in three business days and the Government has already obtained fair and reasonable pricing for this requirement, the Contracting Officer has determined that utilizing the authority of RFO FAR 6.103-2 for unusual and compelling urgency is necessary to make an immediate, sole-source award.
Who won similar work
127 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Army), same product/service code (PSC) S203.
Single-winner award sizes (122): middle half $24K to $353K, median $68K; range $3K to $14.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACE AGE ENGINEERING, INC | 8 | $3.6M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| S365 INC | 8 | $235K + 1 shared | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Lunar Holdings LLC | 6 | $206K | May 14, 2026 |
| JACMEALS L.L.C. | 5 | $236K | Sep 2, 2026 |
| CRE8AD8 LLC | 5 | $160K | May 28, 2026 |
| CHOICE SERVICES INC | 4 | $395K | Jul 15, 2026 |
| W6CM USAG CARLISLE BARRACKS Carlisle Barracks PA 17013 USA | 3 | $1.2M | Jul 28, 2025 |
| K & A FOODSERVICE INC. | 3 | $1.2M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| MCGRATH ENTERPRIZES, LTD. | 3 | $1.2M | Dec 18, 2025 |
| IL FORNO RESTAURANT, INC. | 3 | $280K | May 28, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 16, 2026ZAYA BOUTIQUE & TINY TOTS LLC$83KTexas Army National Guard- Dinner Catered Meals, Gatesville, TXNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 9, 2026MAE ETHELS ENTERPRISES LLC$18K249th RTI Catered Meals OCT 12-27 RTCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026K & A FOODSERVICE INC.$531KVermont Army National Guard Regional Training Institute Full Food Service IDIQNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026SPACE AGE ENGINEERING, INC$712KJacksonville MEPS Boxed Noon MealsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026PATTERSON TRUST LLC$351KChicago MEPS Noon MealsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2026REMENT WORLDWIDE, LLC$1.7M10th SFG(A)_ 8 AUGMENTEE COOK SERVICES at CARSON, CONo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 9, 2026COMPASS GROUP ITALIA S.P.A. Milano MI 20161 ITA$1.9MAPF (APPROPRIATED FUND) MENSA OPERATIONS USAG ITALY, DARBY MILITARY COMMUNITYNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 2, 2026JACMEALS L.L.C.$27K185th Catered Meal Services - Jericho VT.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 26, 2026THEM APPLES LLC$159KRSD Catering ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 20, 2026MOTHER DAUGHTER CONTRACTING SERVICES LLC$21K226th Yellow Ribbon Rio Rancho, NM September 27-28No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.