Opportunity

The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence Directorate intends to solicit for Prime Vendor support for full line food service distribution for Navy Ships located in and around Naval Base San Diego area including customers such as Navy, Cargo, Military Sea Lift Command, and Coast Guard ships for various quantities of subsistence items from the 8900 Federal Catalog or their commercial equivalents. The total estimated dollar value of the requirement is $164.8 million. The items will be delivered approximately 60 days after the date of award. The effective period for the base period of the contract is from the award date up to 24 months thereafter. Note: There will be an up to two (2) month (60-day) start-up/implementation period upon award followed by a twenty-two (22) month ordering period. This contract includes one (1) twelve (12) month option period, followed by one (1) twenty four (24) month option period. This is an unrestricted acquisition. Customers will be provided delivery on a "Just in Time" basis. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by this agency. A contract will be awarded to a Prime Vendor using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable procedures. Offers MUST be able to interface with the Government's established translation package and support Electronic Data Interchange transaction sets listed in the solicitation. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on DLABSM DIBBS website as RFP # SPM30013R0049. The website can be found at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. This Request for proposal is scheduled to be posted on or around April 17, 2013.