Presolicitation Notice: full line fresh fruit & vegetable (FF&V) support for DoD and Non-DoD (USDA Schools) customers in San Antonio North Region

The Government intends to issue a solicitation for full line fresh fruit & vegetable (FF&V) support for DoD and Non-DoD (USDA Schools) customers in San Antonio North Region. The solicitation will be 100% Small Business Set Aside (NAICS code 111998/size standard 500). The resultant contract will be an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC), Fixed Price with an Economic Price Adjustment based on cost of materials. This contract will be for 4 years. It contains one (2-year) base period plus one (2-year) option period. The acquisition method is low-price/technically acceptable (LPTA). The contract dollar value estimate is $9M, not to exceed 200% ($18M) of the estimate. The contract guaranteed minimum is 10% ($900,000.00) of estimate. We anticipate the solicitation issue date to be Monday, November 22, 2010 with a response required by Wednesday, December 15, 2010, NLT 3:00PM EST. Note: A pre-proposal teleconference is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Details to follow in the solicitation. Complete customer list and schedule of items will be included in the solicitation. There will be a separate solicitation for the San Antonio South Region under solicitation number SPM30011R008.