The DLA Troop Support Subsistence Directorate intends to solicit for a full line food distributor who will act as the contractor responsible for the supply and delivery of semi-perishable and perishable items as well as non-food Food Service Operating Supply ("FSOS") items.to our military and federally funded customers in Zone 1 - Japan, Singapore, Diego Garcia, the Philippines and Zone 2 - Okinawa. This acquisition will be solicited on a full and open competition basis. The length of the contracts resulting from this solicitation will be for a term of 60 months each, with three separate pricing tiers. The first tier shall be for a 24 month period (up to and inclusive of a 6-month ramp up period followed by an 18-month performance period); the second tier shall be for the following 18 month performance period; the third and final tier shall be for an 18 month performance period. The total estimated overall dollar value including all pricing tiers is $418,887,347.75 (Zone 1 $307,763,651.55 / Zone 2 $111,123,696.20). The estimated total maximum dollar is $837,774,695.50 (Zone 1 - $615,527,303.10 / Zone 2 - $222,247,392.40) including all pricing tiers and surge. DLA Troop Support intends to make two (2) awards. A single award will be made for Japan, Singapore, Diego Garcia and the Philippines - Zone 1; and a single award will be made for Okinawa - Zone 2. The delivery points require indefinite quantities of semi-perishable and perishable items throughout the term of the contract. A more detailed listing of the delivery sites can be found in the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit proposals that will be considered by DLA Troop Support. The resultant award will be a fixed-price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ), with Economic Price Adjustment contract, with a guaranteed minimum of 10% of the estimated demand, or $83,777,469.55 (Zone 1 - $61,552,730.31 / Zone 2 - $22,224,739.24). Copies of the solicitation will be found on the DLA Internet Bid Board System at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. If not already registered, prospective offerors will be required to do so prior to viewing and downloading a copy of the solicitation. RFPs are in portable document format (PDF). In order to download and view these documents, prospective offerors will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is available free at http://adobe.com. Attachments in the solicitation will require Microsoft Office, Word and Excel to open files. The anticipated solicitation issue date is June 30, 2016. A contract will be awarded to a Prime Vendor using Best-Value Continuum Procedures, specifically the Tradeoff Source Selection Process.
