[vendtalk] Sodexo Wins $766M U.S. Marine Corps Foodservice Bid, subcontracts 40%

Fri Aug 19 03:49:20 UTC 2011

Hey, Mike. You may wanna listen to the audio instead of trying to read the text because it often messes up that speech to text program. I agree with you about **** and to all that business. Also business here is about flop. We're gonna go to San Antonio. I don't know about you know the state commission of Austin yet, but San Antonio yes and take care.

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> From: Vandervoort's <vandervoorts at sbcglobal.net> 
> Sent: August 18, 2011 11:18:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: [vendtalk] Sodexo Wins $766M U.S. Marine Corps Foodservice Bid, subcontracts 40%
> 
> Hi Mark,
> The message translated as below.  At first, I thought the "****" was for a
> bad word.  But, I figured it out that was inserted when it does not
> understand a word.  Neat system.
> 
> My business is starting to go down a bit because of layoffs at state and
> depression at post offices.  Roadside is up for summertime but not as much
> as last year.  The prison is down because they are running at about 2/3
> capacity.
> 
> I am not now planning to go to BLAST this year.  The airfare is $500, the
> room will be about $400+, add in the registration, etc. and if Mary goes,
> the cost goes up another $800 or so.  Airfare deals are terrible to
> Nashville.  I think it would be a really good one this year and I am still
> interested but it is very expensive for me right now.  Mary starts Tarleton
> State at Cisco Campus now that Texas Tech dropped the Abilene Campus for
> General Studies.  Also, she is not wanting to go in September and miss any
> school.
> 
> I think I will go to San Antonio for our BET program.  I hope you can come
> this year, also.
> 
> NFB State is Nov 11-13, I think, in Austin at the Holiday Inn Midtown on
> Middle Fisk Road, across from the Greyhound Bus Station and What used to be
> Highland Mall.  We were there earlier this month and it is a pretty good
> hotel.  Would be good if you could come to that as well.  Mary is on the
> state board and has to go, regardless.  That means I will go, of course!
> 
> The Sodexo contract says they have to give 40% to subcontractors that deal
> with disabilities, but I can gues that means Ability One shops but I really
> do not know the details.  The approach the Marines used was to exclude
> Randolph Sheppard and get in top companies.  Funny, Sodexo is a French
> company and I do not understand how that deal went down giving them access
> to our Military bases.  Believe me, the French will use it to their
> advantage.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
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> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:45 PM
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> Subject: Re: [vendtalk] Sodexo Wins $766M U.S. Marine Corps Foodservice Bid,
> subcontracts 40%
> 
> Hey Mike, thanks for that post about ****, what do you think? **** we're
> gonna start losing more military you know DOD contracts, what do you hear
> about the **** Texas State Convention when where is it. I guess you'll be
> going to ****, are you going to the annual BET conference. Take care, how's
> business?
> 
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> > From: Vandervoort's <vandervoorts at sbcglobal.net>
> > Sent: August 9, 2011 10:12:23 PM
> > To: 'Vendor Talk Mailing List' <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
> > Subject: [vendtalk] Sodexo Wins $766M U.S. Marine Corps Foodservice 
> > Bid, subcontracts 40%
> > 
> > Vending Times
> > Issue Date: Vol. 51, No. 8, August 2011, Posted On: 8/9/2011
> > 
> > Sodexo Wins $766M U.S. Marine Corps Foodservice Bid
> > 
> > Emily Jed; Emily at vendingtimes.net
> > 
> > 
> > GAITHERSBURG, MD -- Sodexo Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide 
> > foodservice at 20 U.S. Marine Corps garrison mess halls on the West Coast.
> > The deal is valued at $766 million over the life of the contract.
> > 
> > The French catering giant was awarded a contract to operate 31 mess 
> > halls in February. That contract is said to be worth over $900 
> > million. | SEE STORY
> > 
> > With the addition of the new contract, the foodservice giant will 
> > serve a total of 51 sites in Arizona, California, North Carolina, 
> > South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, DC.
> > 
> > More than 40% of Sodexo's contract with the U.S. Marine Corps are 
> > serviced through subcontracts with small, minority, disadvantaged and 
> > women-owned businesses, and with organizations that represent the 
> > interests of individuals with disabilities.
> > 
> > Sodexo, with U.S. operations headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, posted 
> > $21.8 billion in revenue in 2010.
> > 
> > 
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