Request for Bids:
Project Description Cook dinner (menu is up to your choosing) and dessert for 100 guests on
October 6, 2026, at the Taholah Community Center for WA Great ShakeOut- Community Dinner. Dinner
will need to be served at 5:30 p.m.
Scope of work
• Prep, cook and serve dinner for 100 people. Menu is up to you, please state in detail what you
will be preparing, and water will need to be purchased to go with meal.
• Shop for supplies and food, a PO to Swanson’s will be given with a budget of $1,000 (supplies
should include paper plates, utensils, and napkins)
• Set up of dining area, which includes setting tables and chairs up.
• Cleaning of kitchen after event and dining area (putting tables and chairs away, sweeping,
mopping)
• Be at the community center for the pre-rental and post rental walk through
Qualifications
• Food handlers permit for all that will be prepping and cooking food
• Has cooked for large gatherings at least twice before this event (please describe)
• Has a business license with QIN
• Indian Preference
Preference will be given to inclusion of qualified Indian-owned firms per the QIN’s Indian
Preference Policy. Respondents must not have been suspended or debarred by the federal
government. The Nation’s Indian Preference Policy applies (attached). The determination of
who is an Indian Contractor is made by the Tribal Employment Rights Office according to
Quinault Tribal Code, Title 97. Indian Contractors must provide certification from the Tribal
Employment Rights Office in order to be considered eligible for Indian Preference. A TERO fee
may be assessed. This RFB does not commit QIN to award a contract, to pay any costs incurred
in preparation of a response to this invitation, or to procure or contract for services or supplies.
Respondents will not offer any gratuities, favors or anything of monetary value to any employee,
officer, or agent of the Nation for the purpose of influencing favorable disposition toward either
their proposal or any other proposal submitted as a result of this RFB. All proposals submitted
hereunder become the exclusive property of the Nation. The Nation reserves the right to accept
all or part of the bid, or to decline the whole proposal.
Bids are due September 6th, 2026 10:00 am and must be submitted to Cora Pope
at 1214 Aalis Dr, Taholah WA 98587 or emailed to bids@quinault.org with the
subject line “WA Great ShakeOut Community Dinner bid-Taholah”.