UGA Dining Services Consulting for Operations and Design

Purpose of Procurement
Pursuant to the State Purchasing Act (Official Code of Georgia Annotated 50-5-50 et seq.), this electronic Request for Proposals (eRFP) is being issued to establish a contract with a qualified supplier who will provide consulting for operations and design to the University of Georgia Dining Services (the State Entity) as further described in this eRFP.
University of Georgia Dining Services is soliciting proposals for a food service strategy and design consultant to review their program and make recommendations.  Dining Services is seeking firms to provide a master plan which will inform and direct Dining Services in the formulation of a long-term strategy and steps required to make informed assessments and programmatic decisions regarding the best use of Snelling and Oglethorpe Dining Commons.
The award of the bid will result in a contract for services, for a term that will allow adequate completion of proposed services. The evaluation will cover FY27 construction, with the option for ongoing consulting as the project continues. The University has the option to initiate an agency contract with optional renewals.
The State Entity reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to invite the top ranked suppliers (determined in section 6.2.2) to provide a demonstration, which is focused on the features and functionality of any software, goods, or products. If the State entity elects to request demonstrations, then the issuing officer is responsible for arranging these demonstrations during the evaluation process. A system demonstration is not a negotiation and suppliers are not permitted to revise their responses as part of the presentation/demonstration. Cost proposals and related cost information must no be discussed udring the production demonstartion of the supplier's technical solution. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Negotiation Team from discussing both proposal factors and cost information during the negotation process defined by Section 6.6 "Negotation of Proposals and/or Cost Factors." Suppliers must provide their availability for the week of November 3rd through November 7th.