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

Tue Aug 23 12:34:31 UTC 2011

I tried to inform everyone but I am sorry that I missed some people.  My 
name is Vicky Underhill, Mike's wife,  I am sorry but Mike passed away on 
July 23,  2011 after a battle with lung cancer.  It has been a difficult 
time for the family .  You can, for a brief time reach our son Patrick at 
the shop at deliver at sbcglobal.net.  Thank you.

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From: "Mark Harris" <markharris1222 at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:50 PM
To: "Vendor Talk Mailing List" <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [vendtalk] Sodexo Wins $766M U.S. Marine Corps Foodservice 
Bid,subcontracts 40%

> 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.
>
> Mark Harris sent you this voice-to-text generated email using Voice on the 
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>> Original Message:
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> From: Vandervoort's <vandervoorts at sbcglobal.net>
>> Sent: August 18, 2011 11:18:18 PM
>> To: 'Vendor Talk Mailing List' <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:vendtalk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Mark Harris
>> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:45 PM
>> To: Vendor Talk Mailing List
>> 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?
>>
>> Mark Harris sent you this voice-to-text generated email using Voice on 
>> the
>> Go.
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>>
>>
>> > Original Message:
>> > ---------------------------------
>> >
>> > 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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