Presolicitation Notice for Full-Line Food and Beverage Item Distribution for DLA Troop Support's Customers in Northern New England and Surrounding Areas (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont)
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency · DLA TROOP SUPPORT
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Solicitation details
Solicitation number
SPE30026R0012
Notice type
Presolicitation
NAICS
311999
Product service code
9999
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-07-24
Response deadline
Aug 31, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Westbrook, ME
Contracting contact
michael.shepperd@dla.mil
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Subsistence Directorate intends to issue a solicitation for Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) support for Northern New England area customers and surrounding areas. Requirements for SPV support will include the delivery various quantities of subsistence items from the 8900 federal supply group or commercial equivalents. The contractor will be required to make delivery on a "just in time" basis. The delivery of items will be expected to begin no later than 120 days after the date of award. Offerors MUST be able to interface with the Government’s established transaction package and support Electronic Data Interchange transaction sets listed in the solicitation. The resultant contract will be Fixed-Price subject to Economic Price Adjustments (EPA). The maximum dollar value of the entire acquisition is $29,070,000. The Government’s intent is to award one (1) Long Term Contract. The effective period of the contract will be from the award date up to 60 months, consisting of a period of five (5) years comprised of three (3) separate tiers for purposes of distribution price. The first tier shall be a twenty-four (24) month period (inclusive of up to a 120-day implementation period). The second tier will be an eighteen (18) month period directly following the first tier. The third and final tier will be an additional eighteen (18) month period following the second tier. The acquisition will use full and open competitive procedures and will be issued on an unrestricted basis. The proposals received in response to this solicitation will be evaluated utilizing Lowest Price Technical Acceptable procurement procedures and a contract will be awarded based on these criteria. Alternate items will be considered/evaluated. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on the DLA BSM DIBBS website, https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ as RFP # SPE300-26-R-0012. This solicitation is scheduled to be posted in August 2026.
Contact
Point of contact
Michael Shepperd
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Email
michael.shepperd@dla.mil
Secondary
michael.p.jackson@dla.mil
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