RFI Full Line Food Service Northern New England AOR

Solicitation No.

SPE30026R0012

Notice Type

Sources Sought

Set-Aside

No Set aside used

Posted Date

October 30, 2025

Response Deadline

November 30, 2025

NAICS Code

3119AI guide

PSC / Class Code

8905

Contract Code

97AS

Issuing Office

DLA TROOP SUPPORT

Sub-Agency

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Agency

DEPT OF DEFENSE

Primary Contact

Zaida Chevere Torres

City

PHILADELPHIA

State

PA

ZIP Code

19111-5096

AI Product/Service

both

This is a request for information (RFI) for the Northern New England region (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont). 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 issue a solicitation for Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) supporting the Northern New England region (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont) 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 covered region by each contract. The DLA Troop Support SPV contractor will be responsible for providing 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 this contract. Information on the current DLA Troop Support CONUS SPV contracts can be found at https://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/Subsistence/Foodservices/Regions/CONUS.aspx. DLA Troop Support's CONUS Subsistence Prime Vendor (CONUS SPV) Program is interested in your comments regarding food support for our current customers listed below in the Northern New England region. Customers Location Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Kittery, Maine) Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine) Port of Portsmouth, NH (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Vermont Army National Guard (Jericho, Vermont) Following are specific questions to consider: 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? Do you have preferred delivery set-ups (routes, grouping of customers) to provide complete food support throughout the state? 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? Would there be customers who could not be supported if an emergency order is needed (either same day or next day)? Please confirm if your facility is capable and willing to complete a long-term 5-year contract. 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 email, by November 30, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. Philadelphia Local Time to the following email addresses: Michael Jackson at Michael.P.Jackson@dla.mil and Zaida Chevere Torres at Zaida.Chevere@dla.mil.

1. October 30, 2025Posted Date
2. November 30, 2025Proposals / Responses Due