This is a request for information (RFI). DLA Troop Support’s OCONUS Subsistence Prime Vendor (OCONUS SPV) Program is interested in your comments regarding full service food support to our military and federally funded customers in the Hawaiian Islands

This is a request for information (RFI).  DLA Troop Support’s OCONUS Subsistence Prime Vendor (OCONUS SPV) Program is interested in your comments regarding full-service food support to our military and federally funded customers in the Hawaiian Islands area of operations.  There is no solicitation available currently.  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 market survey 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 sole purpose of this RFI is to conduct Market Research. 

Please consider the following questions:

Company Name:  _________________________________________

         Cage Code: _________________________________________

Point of Contact:  _________________________________________

                E-Mail: _________________________________________

1. The estimated annual food sales for this contract is $21,478,715.65. (Feb 20 to Feb 21) Does your firm have the operational capacity or ability to expand to handle this requirement? 
2. Is your firm a large or small business concern? (Small business being defined as a firm that employs less than 500 employees).
3. In what type of business is your company involved – e.g. logistics, food distribution?  Who are your firm’s major customers, e.g Retailers, industrial accounts, and commercial accounts? What is the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) identifier?
4. Does your firm have an existing facility by which you would be operating? If so, is it currently used for commercial or other business, and if so, what type of business?
5. Prime Vendor support includes the ability to source food items, to receive and consolidate materials, warehousing and inventory management, transportation capabilities, the ability to accept customer orders electronically and provide delivery, and the ability to maintain a quality assurance program.  Can you provide Prime Vendor support to our customers located in Hawaii (which include, but are not limited to land-based customers in approximately 65 different locations, Navy Ships, Combat Stores Ships (T-AFS ships), the Department of Education, and other approved military and federal customers)?
6. Do you have any long-term contracts with customers and/or suppliers in this AOR?  If yes, please provide a description of the type of work and nature of the contracts.  Would you be able to support a long term contract with a length of 5 years?  If no, please explain why.  For example, is it due to pricing concerns, disinterest in an extensive commitment, and/or subcontract concerns?
7. Many of our customers expect delivery “skip day delivery” (e.g., order placed on Monday is delivered on Wednesday) which qualifies as the normal course of delivery.  Emergency deliveries may also be required (i.e. same day delivery).  Would your firm be able to manage a requirement of this type? 
8. This region is anticipated to include a Surge Requirement.  A Surge Requirement is a requirement under which normal orders could be increased by 200 - 300% and requirements for emergency situations would have to be satisfied.  These conditions could result from a ramp up to meet early requirements normally needed within the first 45 days of a contingency, contingency operations, training exercises, surge testing and/or other conditions where requirements may exceed estimated annual quantities.  How would you be able to accommodate this increase?  What would be the time period to attain these increased quantities?  How long could you continue to operate at this increased output of products?
9.  Items that are supplied under a resulting contract must comply with domestic sourcing restrictions DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for certain domestic commodities. Based on the foregoing, can you provide compliant products in accordance with the domestic sourcing requirements?

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 back by the close of business on Monday February 28, 2022.  Your responses may be sent via email to the following email addresses:

Primary Points of Contact:

Elizabeth DiFrancesco

Contract Specialist

Elizabeth.DiFrancesco@dla.mil

Phone:  215-737-3470

Matthew Ligato

Contracting Officer

Matthew.Ligato@dla.mil

Phone: 215-737-9503