Dear Valued Suppliers:
This is a request for information (RFI). This is not a solicitation for proposals and 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 RFI will be used for informational purposes only. Any proprietary information submitted will be protected if appropriately marked. Vendor participation is not a promise for future business with the Government. The purpose of this RFI is to conduct Market Research.

Background: DLA Troop Support expects to begin issuing solicitations for Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) contracts supporting various regions within the contiguous United States (CONUS). DLA Troop Support's CONUS SPV contractors are responsible for providing full-line food and beverage item distribution support for garrison type feeding to military, federally funded, and other authorized customers in the regions covered by each contract. DLA Troop Support SPV contractors provide food products such as canned items, dry items, chill items, ultra-high temperature (UHT) dairy items, frozen bakery products, frozen meats, frozen seafood and poultry, ice cream, eggs and other dairy products under the contracts. Information on current DLA Troop Support CONUS SPV contracts can be found at: http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/Subsistence/Foodservices/Regions/CONUS.aspx

DLA Troop Support's CONUS Subsistence Prime Vendor (CONUS PV) Program is interested in your comments regarding food support for the below customers in the Nebraska and Iowa Area.
Current Nebraska and Surrounding Area Customers
The estimated contract Period of Performance for the following nine customers is four (4) years and the total estimated dollar value is $4,000,000.00.
1. King Dining Facility/Offutt AFB, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
2. Campisi Alert Facility, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
3. 155th ARW ANG, Lincoln, Nebraska
4. Greenlief Training Site Hastings, Nebraska
5. 132 Fighter Wing/FSS, Des Moines, Iowa
6. 185th Air National Guard, Sioux City, Iowa
7. 114th Air National Guard Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, SD
8. Camp Ashland Nebraska Army National Guard, Ashland Nebraska
9. Camp Dodge, Johnston, Iowa

Potential Iowa Customers
The following Army National Guard delivery locations are stationed in Iowa and may potentially become customers of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The performance period for the following customers is for four (4) years and the estimated annual dollar value is $1,312,500.00.
Seeing that these states are relatively close to each other, from a Prime Vendor perspective:
1. Would you recommend supporting both sets of customers under "one region"? Example: "Nebraska and Iowa Region"

2. Would you recommend supporting each customer under their "own" respective regions? For example: "Nebraska Region" and "Iowa Region."

3. Can you provide support for a contract longer than five (5) years, consisting of a 24 months tiered or option performance periods?

CUSTOMERS ESTIMATED ANNUAL DOLLAR VALUE
601 Southside Ave, Audubon, IA 50025-2500 Up to $10,000
700 Snedden Dr., Boome, IA 50036-5411 Up to $10,000
BLDG S 70, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824  - Up to $10,000
BLDG S 29, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $18,000
BLDG S 60, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $18,000
BLDG S 52, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $10,000
BLDG S 53, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $10,000
BLDG S 54, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $10,000
BLDG S 55, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $10,000
DFAC 1, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $10,000
DFAC 2, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $10,000
DFAC 3, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $10,000
DFAC 4, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $10,000
DFAC 5, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $10,000
BLDG A1, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, IA 50131-1824 - Up to $10,000
1712 Le Clark Road, Carroll, IA 51401-3333 - Up to $10,000
1500 Wright Brothers Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404-9053 - Up to $18,000
2003 Clark St., Charles City, IA 50616-4002 - Up to $10,000
1200 N 13th Ave, Clinton, IA 52732-3350 - Up to $10,000
2415 E Kanesville Blvd, Council Bluffs, IA 51503-1001 - Up to $10,000
3615 N Brady St., Davenport, IA 52806-7338 - Up to $10,000
9650 N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA 52806-7338 - Up to $10,000
12 North 35th St., Denison, IA 51442-7563 - Up to $10,000
3100 McKinley Ave, Des Moines, IA 50321-2720 - Up to $10,000
5001 Old Highway Road, Dubuque, IA 52002-9636 - Up to $10,000
403 South 18th St., Estherville, IA 51334-2789 - Up to $10,000
1501 W. Stone Ave., Fairfiled, IA 52556-2147 - Up to $10,000
1659 Nelson Ave, Fort Dodge, IA 50501-8517 - Up to $10,000
4540 Melrose Ave, Iowa Cit, IA 52246-9400 - Up to $18,000
217 Georgetown Road, Iowa Falls, IA 50126-1546 - Up to $10,000
170 Blvd Road, Keokuk, IA 52632-2301  -Up to $10,000
1015 N Lincoln ST, Knoxville, IA 50138-1430 - Up to $10,000
1050 Lincoln St. NE, LeMars, IA 51031-3317 - Up to $10,000
909 Summit St., Marshalltown, IA 50158-5677 - Up to $10,000
1160 19th St. SW, Mason City, IA 50401-6452 - Up to $10,000
16817 DMC Highway 34, Middletown, IA 52638-0347 - Up to $10,000
1000 S Walnut St., Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641-2401 - Up to $10,000
5801 Grandview Ave, Muscatine, IA 57761-1053 - Up to $10,000
201 10th St. SE, Oelwein, IA 50662-3017 - Up to $10,000
2260 Highway 63, Oskaloosa, IA 52577-9137 - Up to $10,000
2930 Willis Ave, Perry, IA 50220-2324 - Up to $10,000
2001 G Ave., Red Oak, IA 51566.4475 - Up to $10,000
920 Western Ave, Sheldon, IA 51201-1441 - Up to $10,000
601 W Ferguson Road, Shenandoah, IA 51601-1109 - Up to $10,000
3200 2nd Mech Dr., Sioux City, IA 51111-1348 - Up to $18,000
11 E 23rd St, Spencer, IA 51301-2116 - Up to $10,000
1601 Park St, Storm Lake, IA 50588-2623 - Up to $18,000
501 Hwy 1 South, Washington, IA 52353-9782 - Up to $10,000
3106 Airport Blvd., Waterloo, IA 50703-9700 - Up to $18,000
2245 West Big Rock Road, Waterloo, IA 50703-9643 - Up to $10,000

Discussion: DLA Troop Support may incorporate changes in acquisition strategy in this generation of CONUS SPV solicitations.

1) Use of trade-off source selection procedures, with all evaluation factors and significant subfactors that will affect contract award, including their relative importance, clearly stated in the solicitation.
2) Use of tiered pricing periods instead of structuring contracts with a base period and option period(s).

For this acquisition DLA Troop Support anticipates reverting back to using the following evaluation technique:

1) Evaluation of weighted distribution prices when evaluating competing proposal prices.

Following are specific questions to consider:
1) Can you support any or all of the customers listed above? Many of the customers expect delivery 48 hours after placing their orders. Are there any location limitations in meeting this delivery schedule?
2) Do you have preferred delivery set-ups (routes, grouping of customers) to provide complete food support throughout the state?
3) Some of our customers are remotely located and require smaller pack-size items. Can this requirement be provided? Can you provide service to them, regardless of weather conditions? What method of shipping would be used?
4) Would there be customers who could not be supported if an emergency order is needed (either same day or next day)?
We encourage and appreciate your participation; please share your ideas regarding these issues. Your written comments, suggestions and ideas regarding support for our customers will be treated as confidential and for Government use only. Please provide your responses via mail or email, by October 5, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. EST to the following mailing address or email address: Patricia Griffith at [email protected] or Kevin White at [email protected].
DLA Troop Support Philadelphia
Directorate of Subsistence/Prime Vendor CONUS
ATTN: FTAB/Patricia Griffith/Contracting Officer
[email protected]
700 Robbins Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Primary Point of Contact:
Patricia Griffith
Contracting Officer
[email protected]
Phone: 215-737-2911

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