Kansas Supplier Systems #EVT0010963

Patient food-service operations for a new 104-bed Kansas mental health hospital

The State of Kansas is seeking a contractor to operate patient food services for a new 104-bed mental health hospital in Wichita. - Government buyer: State of Kansas, Department of Administration, Office of Procurement and Contracts; services are for South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital. - OEMs and vendors: No food-service OEMs, brands, or vendors are named in the solicitation. - Requested service: Complete hospital food-service operations, including menu planning, food purchasing and preparation, meal assembly and delivery, dishwashing, sanitation, inventory, and quality assurance. - Provide three meals per day, every day of the year, as well as approved snacks, supplements, therapeutic and special diets, staff and guest meals, catering, boxed meals, and special-event meals. - Contractor provides and manages the required workforce, training, food, supplies, technology, and equipment not supplied by the hospital. - Notable requirements: Services must be safe, sanitary, nutritious, clinically appropriate, secure, and uninterrupted. Proposals must address clinical diet and allergy management, food safety, facility security, emergency continuity, implementation, and quality assurance. - Term: Five-year base period from award, with one optional 60-month renewal. Service startup is tied to facility readiness and opening.

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South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital is seeking competitive proposals from qualified vendors to provide food services for a new 104-bed state mental health facility in Wichita, Kansas, anticipated to open in January 2027. Services must be safe, sanitary, nutritious, clinically appropriate, secure, and uninterrupted. The contract period is from award through December 30, 2031, with an option to renew for one additional 60-month period. Bids are due November 19, 2026, at 2:00 PM CST.

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