Timing: Events beginning spring 2027, over a three-year period. Please identify which locations you can serve. - Services: Off-site food preparation, service staff, setup, breakdown, cleanup, bar service, and necessary equipment, tableware, and linens. - Menus and pricing: At least four packages at different price points covering plated dinners, buffet dinners, lunch buffets, hors d’oeuvres, and full-bar, beer/wine, and standalone bartender options. Include dietary accommodations and per-person pricing effective January 2027, with labor and rental costs itemized. - Event sizes: Small meetings through weddings; venue capacities include 150 at Harkness, 300 seated with tables at Rocky Neck, 240 on Fort Trumbull’s South Lawn, and 30 seated with tables at Gillette Castle’s Visitor Center. Dates and guest counts vary by booking. - Facilities: Limited or no equipped kitchens; include required preparation and warming equipment. Alcohol is prohibited in Fort Trumbull’s Conference Center. - Qualifications: Five years of off-site catering experience, historic venue experience, food service and off-premises liquor licenses, liability coverage including liquor liability, and two certified…
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Of the 1 open food service & catering contract in Connecticut, none are federal1 is state or local. That split matters: federal work runs through SAM.gov and needs a UEI and an active SAM registration, while state and local buyers each run their own portal with their own vendor sign-up. XL Eagle already holds both.
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Most food service & catering firms never bid government work because the overhead is the barrier, not the job: SAM registration and a UEI, reps and certifications, bonding on larger jobs, wage determinations, and a different submission portal for almost every buyer. That is administrative work, not trade work.
XL Eagle bids as the prime contractor. We carry the registrations, write the proposal, own the compliance and submit through whichever portal the buyer uses. You price the work and perform it as our subcontractor. There is no fee to you and no registration for you to maintain.
1 live food service & catering opportunity in Connecticut as of October 25, 2026. The list is rebuilt daily.
For the federal solicitations, yes — a UEI and an active SAM.gov registration. State and local buyers use their own portals instead. Working through XL Eagle as the prime, you need neither: we hold the registrations and submit the bid.
A mix of federal agencies and state and local buyers; the current list is on this page.
Nothing up front. XL Eagle bids as the prime contractor and the businesses that perform the work are paid as subcontractors on the awarded contract.
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