PA-NJ-NY Full Service requirements
Solicitation Number:RFICONUSPV07022019316
Notice Type: Pre-solicitation
Title: Request for Information (RFI) for food support for DLA Troop Support's (CONUS SPV) NY, NJ, and PA area military and federally funded customers
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 SPV) Program is interested in your comments regarding food support for the below customers in New Jersey, New York, Eastern & Central Pennsylvania area which include but are not limited to:
1. 111th Fighter Wing, NJ
2. 111th ATKW Fighter Wing NJ
3. 201 Red Horse ANG Horsham, PA ( Bldg 240 )
4. Marine Air Craft Gp 49, NJ
5. 3rd BN 14th Marines, PA
6. USNS PATUXENT Naval Sys
7. MWSS 472 Marines, PA
8. 201 Red Horse ANG Annville, PA
9. 104th BEB Army, NJ
10. 193rd SVF (AF), PA
11. 411th ENG BDE, NY ( visitor )
12. Sector Delaware Bay, PA
13. 109th AW SVF Air Nat. Grd, NY
14. 105th Stewart ANG, NJ
15. 106 RQW AF Nat. Guard, NY
16. West Point Cadet Mess, NY
17. West Point Prep School, NY
18. Keller Army Community Hosp. Troop, NJ
19. So Bronx Job Corp Troop, NY
20. Brooklyn Job Corp Center Culinary,NY
21. Ft Hamilton NY
22. USCG Sector Galley Troop, NY
23. Marine Corp Reserve Ctr. NJ, NY, PA
24. PCU Sioux City ( Sep 2018)
25. 2nd BCT Mtn Café, Fort Drum, NY
26. SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE, NJ Bldg 795
27. FT. DRUM ANNEX, Watertown, NY Bldg 10650
28. 10th Ave BDE Dinning Facility, NJ
29. SOUTH POST DINING FACILITY, NJ
30. BTC Dinning Facility, Fort Drum, NY
31. SSMO Tisa, Fort Drum, NY Bldg P-60
32. TISA SSMO, Fort Drum, NY
33. CAMP NATURAL BRIDGE West Point, NY
34. USS Little Rock (25 May 18 )
35. DIX SSMO supply and service Troop, NJ
36. NCO Academy Troop
37. Fort Dix Dinning facility Troop, NJ
38. Ft Dix DF5904, NJ
39. Army Dinning Facility,NJ
40. McGuire Halverson Dinning Fac.Troop, NJ
41. 87th AMC SVS Flight Kitchen, NJ
42. MWSS 472 Det, PA
43. USNS Lewis and Clark
44. Edison Job Corp Center, NJ
Please respond to the following:
1. Provide a brief description of your company (name, address, type of business; business size, CAGE Code if applicable).
2. Subsistence Prime Vendor support includes, but is not limited to: sourcing food items; receiving and consolidating product; warehousing and inventory management; quality control, quality assurance, and inspections; transportation and security of product; personnel management; meeting required delivery dates and fill rates; and extensive reporting requirements. Total yearly sales for the New Jersey, New York, and Eastern & Central Pennsylvania area are estimated at $59,438,622.62.
a. Does your firm currently have any commercial and/or government business in the New Jersey, New York, and Eastern & Central Pennsylvania area? Or alternatively, describe your firm's experience with the New Jersey, New York, and Eastern & Central Pennsylvania area.
b. Can your firm manage the volume of business described above? Where are your warehouses presently located? What is the dollar value of product going through your warehouses on an annual basis?
c. What are the potential concerns that you see that may impede/impact your ability to deliver the necessary supplies to the customers in the New Jersey, New York, and Eastern & Central Pennsylvania area?
3. If or when a solicitation is issued for the New Jersey, New York, Eastern & Central Pennsylvania area, does your firm intend to participate in the bidding process?
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 July 24, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. EST to the following mailing address or email address: Montez Snyder at Montez.Snyder@dla.mil or Cedric Marlow at Cedric.Marlow@dla.mil
DLA Troop Support Philadelphia
Directorate of Subsistence/Prime Vendor CONUS
ATTN: FTAA/Montez Snyder/Contract Specialist
Cedric.Marlow@dla.mil
700 Robbins Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Primary Point of Contact:
Montez Snyder
Contract Specialist
215-737- 2467
2. Can you support 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?
3. If or when a solicitation is issued for the New Jersey, New York, Eastern & Central Pennsylvania area, does your firm intend to participate in the bidding process?
4. Do you have preferred delivery set-ups (routes, grouping of customers) to provide complete food support throughout the state?
5. Some of our customers are remotely located and require small pack-size items. Can this requirement be provided?
6. Can you provide service to our customers, regardless of weather conditions? What method of shipping would be used?
7. Would there be customers who could not be supported if an emergency order is needed (either same day or next day)?
We encourage, appreciate, and would like to thank you in advance for your participation. Your responses, comments, suggestions and ideas regarding support for our customers are requested by the close of business on July 24, 2019. Please respond via e-mail to the following addresses:
cedric.marlow@dla.mil
Total yearly sales for the New Jersey, New York, and Eastern & Central Pennsylvania area are estimated at $59,438,622.62.
montez.r. snyder, contract specialist, Phone 2157372467, Email montez.snyder@dla.mil
