Full Line Food Distribution For Norfolk, VA Land and Surrounding Areas - SPM300-13-R-0069

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Subsistence Directorate intends to solicit for Prime Vendor support for the Norfolk Virginia area, which includes customers such as Fort Eustis, Fort Lee, Langley Air Force Base and other federally funded agencies for various quantities of subsistence items from the 8900 Federal Catalog or their commercial equivalents. The old solicitation SPM300-11-R-0024 is being replaced by solicitation # SPM300-13-R-0069.   The total estimated dollar value of the requirement is $130 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. The proposals received in response to this solicitation will be evaluated using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable procedures and awarded to a Prime Vendor based on that criteria.  Offers MUST be able to interface with the Government's established translation package and support Electronic Data Interchange transaction sets listed in the solicitation.  Errors in proposals will not be corrected by DLA personnel.  The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on DLABSM DIBBS website as SPM300-13-R-0069. The website can be found at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. This solicitation is scheduled to be posted on or around April 17, 2013.