Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Army National Guard (VTARNG) is seeking out caterers available in the Northern Vermont area that are willing to provide catering services for training sessions that last between two and four weeks. Generally, VTARNG has between 75 to 125 students that require 3 meals a day during each session. Typically the VTARNG has 9 or 10 sessions a year.
Vendors providing catering service to the VTARNG need to be able to provide all food, equipment, and staff to setup and run a cafeteria style dining operation. The VTARNG will provide the space for vendors to set up their feeding operations.
All interested vendors will have to be registered in the governments System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) and accept electronic funds transfers (ETF) using Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) e-business suite (https://wawf.eb.mil).
Government solicitations to vendors above $25,000 must be advertised on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE), which is primarily Federal Business Opportunities (https://www.fbo.gov) or FedBid (www.FedBid.com which is not a government agency).
For technical help with small and startup businesses, visit the Small Business Administration (https://www.sba.gov) and/or the State of Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development's: Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) at (http://accd.vermont.gov/economic-development/programs/ptac).
In the near future the VTARNG is planning on posting solicitations between $15,000 and $25,000 on the VTARNG public website (www.vtguard.com).