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Request for Information (RFI) for Fresh Fruits & Vegetables support for DLA’s (Department of War)DoW and Non-DoW customers located in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
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The Department of Defense, through DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence Produce Program, is conducting a market research effort via a Request for Information (RFI) to gather industry feedback in preparation for a future indefinite quantity contract for the supply of fresh fruits and vegetables and shell eggs to Department of War military installations and USDA school and tribal customers across Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. This RFI is strictly for informational purposes and does not represent a solicitation or a commitment to award a contract; no compensation will be provided for responses, and any submitted information will be used solely to inform the development of a future procurement. The intended contract will require a commercial vendor to provide USDA Grade Number 1 or better quality produce and shell eggs to five distinct geographic groups: Group 1 covers DoW Troops throughout New England; Group 2 covers Connecticut schools; Group 3 covers Massachusetts and Rhode Island schools; Group 4 covers Vermont schools; and Group 5 includes both Maine and New Hampshire schools (Group 5a) and tribes in Maine (Group 5b). Each group will receive a separate award, and potential offerors must commit to serving every customer within a group they bid on, proposing all items listed in the Schedule of Items for each group they select. Failure to meet these requirements may result in technical rejection. Proposals must adhere to strict quality standards, with all items needing to meet USDA Grade Number 1 unless otherwise specified in the Schedule of Items, and vendors must be able to demonstrate full compliance with DLA’s electronic ordering and invoicing systems, including support for STORES for troop deliveries and FFAVORS Web for school and tribal customers, along with full EDI capabilities for transactions such as 810 invoices, 832 catalogs, 850 purchase orders, 861 receipts, 820 payment vouchers, and 997 functional acknowledgments. Pricing must be submitted with no more than two decimal places, and vendors are required to use the government’s exact item descriptions across all electronic and physical documentation. The contract is expected to span five years with an estimated total value ranging from $7.4 million to over $248 million per group, depending on the volume of demand, and must support delivery windows typically between 6:30 AM and 2:30 PM. Respondents must be registered in SAM.gov and DIBBS, hold a valid PACA license if applicable, and indicate their business size, federal
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This is a Request for Information ("RFI"). DLA Troop Support Agency’s Subsistence Produce Program is interested in comments and feedback regarding the Agency's full line produce support to Department of War (“DoW”) military aka (“Troops”) and Non-DoD, United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") Schools customers throughout the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, and Tribes in Maine. There is no solicitation available at this time. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this RFI, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. This RFI does not constitute a commitment from the Government and any information provided in response to this market survey will be used for informational purposes only and will not be released. Any proprietary information submitted will be protected if appropriately marked. Please note that by responding to the Agency’s request, a potential offeror is not promised for any future business with the Government. The sole purpose of this RFI is to conduct market research to assist the Agency in crafting an appropriate solicitation in the future.
Background: The Agency intends to issue a solicitation and ultimately enter into indefinite quantity contract(s) (“IQC”) with a commercial firm(s) to supply a full-line of United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) Grade Number 1 or better quality fresh fruits and vegetables (“FF&V”) and Shell Eggs (if required by the customers) to Department of War (“DoW”, or “Troop”) and USDA (“Schools”) and (“Tribes”-ME only) customers in the New England zone. Specific quality requirements per item are included in the Schedule of Items Attachment 1. When proposing in response to a solicitation, failure to propose the specified quality requirement per item as identified in Attachment 1 may render an offeror’s proposal technically unacceptable. If the item’s description in Attachment 1 does not provide a specific quality grade, the minimum quality grade that is required to meet the terms of this Solicitation is USDA Grade Number 1.
In the solicitation that is contemplated, the aforementioned zone will be comprised of five (5) Groups in the area described above, including Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, and Group 5 [includes Group 5a and Group 5b]. Group 1 will consist of DoW Troops in the New England Zone (CT, RI, MA, VT, ME, and NH). Group 2 will consist of USDA Schools in CT. Group 3 will consist of USDA Schools in MA and RI. Group 4 will consist of USDA Schools in VT. Group 5[will consist of Group 5a- USDA Schools in ME and NH, and Group 5b-Tribes customers in ME]. Attachment 2 identifies all customers in each group. After soliciting, the Agency intends to make one award per Group. The offeror must support all of the customers in the Group for which they make an offer. Offerors may submit a proposal for any single group or multiple groups. Offerors are required to propose on all items in the Schedule of Items for each Group on which it offers. Failure to do so may result in a proposal being deemed technically unacceptable and therefore excluded from further consideration for award. Because the Contracting Officer is not obligated to initiate negotiations, when proposing to the solicitation each offeror shall submit its most competitive proposal for each Group it has chosen to propose on. Said proposal shall be responsive to all of the Solicitation’s requirements and free from any deficiencies.
There are three enclosed attachments:
1) Market Survey Questionnaire.
2) Attachment 1 - Schedule of Items (SOI) for Group 1-Troops, Group 2-CT Schools, Group 3-MA & RI Schools, Group 4-VT Schools, Group 5 [Group 5a-ME & NH Schools, and Group 5b-ME & NH Tribes]
3) Attachment 2 - Delivery Schedule for Group 1-Troops, Group 2-CT Schools, Group 3-MA & RI Schools, Group 4-VT Schools, Group 5[Group 5a-ME & NH Schools, and Group 5b-ME & NH Tribes]
PLEASE NOTE: You are only required to send back the Market Research Survey PDF file.
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