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NC Army National Guard anticipates the need to issue 2-3 regional multiple award 5 year term BPAs (Blanket Purchase Agreement) for catering services/meal chits. Essentially, the vision is to have a 3r... NC Army National Guard anticipates the need to issue 2-3 regional multiple award 5 year term BPAs (Blanket Purchase Agreement) for catering services/meal chits. Essentially, the vision is to have a 3rd party vendor act as a liaison between the gov’t and COR approved restaurants/feeding establishments to coordinate feeding with the restaurant and make payments to restaurants to ultimately ensure soldiers across approximately 150 armory locations are fed and subcontractors receive payment in a timely manner. The vendor is able to request restaurants to be added to the list, but the gov’t would need time to inspect/approve. Each region will be primarily responsible for the armories located in their region, but will also be asked to handle back-up BPA calls from other regions if needed (anticipated to be a rare occurrence). These services will be required to support monthly drill events and potentially annual training exercises. BPA Calls will be issued for the entire meal cost as a FFP; all 3rd party vendor (prime vendor) fees are to be included in the standardized price list, with total meal rates NTE annual BDFA (basic daily feeding allowance) rates which are provided by National Guard Bureau. This rate is treated similar to the GSA Per Diem rates. We are looking for market interest and feedback for the feasibility of this potential contract. The majority of BPA calls will consist of meal chits (soldiers will go to the restaurant to eat with a pre-approved set of meal options or max rate). Far less common would be catered events. We are looking for feedback in several areas, ie. The vendor may need to demonstrate the ability to pay vendors upfront while waiting for the gov’t to process payments after feeding events. Please identify in your response whether this would be feasible.