Request for Proposals
Inmate Food Services
For Warren County Detention Facilities
The Warren County Board of Supervisors will receive Sealed Proposals for a Contract for
Inmate Food Services for various Warren County Detention Facilities. The proposal file number is
2025-1103. Proposals will be received at the Warren County Purchasing Department, 913 Jackson
St, Vicksburg MS 39183 until 10:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. It is the
contractor’s responsibility to ensure that timely and complete proposals are received with all
required documentation included. Late and/or incomplete proposals will not be considered.
Modifications will not be considered after the closing date and time.
The specification package and instructions for submission of proposals may be obtained by
visiting the website Central Bidding (Central Bidding House) at
https://www.centralauctionhouse.com/ or by contacting Victoria Bell, Purchasing Agent by email
victoriab@warrencountyms.gov . Proposals may be submitted via electronic or paper delivery
means. Paper Sealed Bid delivery shall be to the Warren County Purchasing Department, 913
Jackson St, Vicksburg MS 39183. Late or incomplete proposals will not be considered. For any
questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.
This RFP is an effort to obtain ON-SITE food preparation services and prospective
contractors are required to make a complete inspection of the Warren County Jail which houses the
kitchen facility to be utilized, and to attend a pre-proposal conference scheduled for Wednesday,
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 P.M. Site visits are required for participation in this Request for
Proposals (RFP). An affidavit declaring site visit has taken place is required separately from the
official proposal submission. Failure to make a documented site visit and submit the affidavit as
instructed shall be cause for rejection of proposal without consideration of contents. The meeting
will begin at the time and date stated, at the Warren County Board of Supervisors Building, Upstairs
Conference Room, 913 Jackson Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183. Contact Victoria Bell, Warren County
Purchasing Agent, if you have any questions about the pre-proposal conference. Phone 601-638-
7428 or email victoriab@warrencountyms.gov .
Proposals must include a Surety Bond to Warren County in the amount of five percent (5) %
of the extended total of bid. Once a contract is awarded, the successful firm must furnish a
Performance Bond. Attorneys-in-fact who sign Bonds must file with each bond a certified and
effective dated copy of their power of attorney. Proof of Insurance will also be required.
Successful company or firm shall be required to furnish Performance and Payment Bonds
in the amount of $50,000.00 (Fifty Thousand Dollars) as security for faithful performance and
payment to all persons supplying labor, materials or supplies in connection with this contract.
Warren County intends to award this project to the Contractor whose proposal is deemed to
be the most advantageous to Warren County. It is our intent to award to a Primary Contractor and an
Alternate Contractor.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors reserves the right to determine responsible
contractors, responsive proposals, the most advantageous and best proposal, reject any and all
proposals, award to multiple contractors as primary and alternate providers, and to waive any
informality in the proposals or proposal process.
Published pursuant to Board Order dated the 3rd day of November 2025.
Publish: November 17, 2025
Warren County Board of Supervisors
By: Victoria Bell, Purchasing Agent
November 24, 2025