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UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY (USNA) MIDSHIPMEN FOOD SERVICES DIVISION (MFSD) ANNAPOLIS, MD Performance Work Statement (PWS) Wardroom Services As of 1 June 2026 Section 1: General Information 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 The purpose of this Performance Work Statement (PWS)is to describe the performance requirements for dining room services for the Midshipmen Food Service Division (hereinafter, “MFSD”), United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. The United States Government uses the Performance Based Services Acquisition (PBSA) strategy to provide the descriptions, instructions, and references in this document. The Government provides additional details or references when experience indicates a need exists to drive a specific effective and efficient outcome. The presence of these additional details or the absence of these details reflects the performance-based nature of this format and should not be construed to mean this performance-based document lists all implied tasks necessary to achieve the successful level of performance. Referenced publications, regulations, and guidance in this PWS provide specific performance standards; the Contractor, Sub-Contractors (hereinafter, “Contractor”) shall adhere to those standards unless specific relief has been given, in writing, by the Contracting Officer (hereinafter, “KO”) or Contracting Officer Representative (hereinafter, “COR”). 1.2 Background 1.2.1 Midshipmen Food Service Division serves over 12,000 meals daily on average. Portions of meals are mandatory and normally served family style. Optional meals are served buffet or rolling tray style. Weekends and holidays are normally served through the Servery (a food court type operation) with a few exceptions that are served buffet or rolling tray at the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) discretion. MFSD’s Cycle Menu is designed to provide each midshipman with a well-balanced diet. The midshipmen wardroom (King Hall) was named in tribute to Fleet Admiral Earnest J. King. The 5th and 6th wing sides of King Hall were built in the early 1900s. Its “new” wing, expanding toward the Chesapeake Bay and completing the “T” shape, was completed in 1953. Amassing 65,000 square feet, King Hall is almost the size of two football fields. King Hall seats 4,704 people at 392 tables of 12. Tables are assigned to company areas, and a squad is assigned its own table. 1.2.1.1 Established in 1845, the Naval Academy is the undergraduate college for the Navy that prepares young men and women to become professional officers in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The Mission of the Naval Academy is: "To develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government." The Naval Academy website may be accessed at http://www.usna.edu/ * On average, the academic year begins around 15 August and ends around 23 May. Academic Year dates are subject to change. 1.2.1.2 The Naval Academy campus is known as “The Yard”. The Yard includes the midshipmen dormitory, Bancroft Hall; the midshipmen dining hall, King Hall; academic buildings; staff buildings; athletic fields and facilities, and officer housing. 1.2.2 Naval Academy Organization. 1.2.2.1 Superintendent and Commandant. The Superintendent is the most senior officer at the Naval Academy. The Superintendent is responsible to the Chief of Naval Operations for all aspects of the Naval Academy, including midshipmen, faculty, and staff. The Commandant of Midshipmen, the second most senior officer at the Naval Academy, is responsible for all issues pertaining to midshipmen, including food service. 1.2.2.2 Midshipmen Supply Department. The Midshipmen Supply Officer (an O-6 Navy Captain and the senior Supply Corps Officer at USNA) is responsible to the Commandant of Midshipmen for all quality of life and service issues to include disbursing and food services relating to midshipmen and the Commandant’s budget. 1.2.2.3. Midshipmen Food Service Division. The MFSD reports to the Head, Midshipmen Supply Department on the performance of Midshipmen Food Service Division. The MFSD will focus on strategic issues relevant to the feeding of midshipmen. The Contractor shall be responsible for day-to-day operational feeding concerns. 1.2.2.4. Midshipmen Organization. The Brigade of Midshipmen consists of all 4,500 midshipmen assigned to the Naval Academy. Its organizational units, from large to small, are 1 brigade, 2 regiments, 6 battalions, 30 companies, and platoons and squads within the companies. Additionally, the brigade may exercise the option to increase to 36 companies for a total of up to 5,000 midshipmen over a period of 5 years.* A squad is the smallest unit of military organization. First class (senior) midshipmen form the core leadership of the Brigade. Midshipmen report to a staff of officers and senior enlisted for overall authority. Enclosure (a) prescribes midshipmen regulations for conduct within King Hall. 1.2.2.5 Reporting Structure. The Contractor shall report all issues that may affect midshipmen feeding and morale to the COR and the Contracting Office, who at their own discretion may forward it via the chain of command to the Commandant of Midshipmen. 1.3 Objectives 1.3.1 Wardroom Service. The Contractor shall provide dining room services as defined herein. 1.3.2 Catering.   The Contractor shall be prepared to provide wait staff for banquet dinners, buffets, receptions, picnics, dances, fueling stations and other such special events.  Ranging from coffee service for a dozen patrons to a Brigade dinner for more than 4500 patrons. Catering requirements vary in scope and complexity. Please see enclosure (b) for pro…