THIS SYNOPSIS FOR SOLICITATION HDEC02-12-R-0002 IS NOW ASSOCIATED WITH SOLICITATION NUMBER HDEC02-13-R-0001. THE SOLICITATION NUMBER WAS CHANGED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. PLEASE SEARCH HDEC02-13-R-0001 FOR THIS REQUIREMENT PACKAGE. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY; NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is seeking interested sources capable of providing fresh dairy, fluid milk products to commissaries located in DeCA's East Region (southeastern area of the United States). The commissaries are located in the southeastern area of the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee). The contractor is to furnish fresh dairy, fluid milk products in various sizes to 38 commissaries in DeCA's East Region (southeastern area of the United States). Fluid Milk Product Item Description & Sizes Whole Milk, 2% Milk, 1% Milk, and Skim Milk: 128 oz (gallons), 64 oz (1/2 gallons), 32 oz (quarts), 16 oz (pints), and 8 oz (1/2 pints) Whole, Chocolate Milk: 32 oz (quarts) 1% Chocolate Milk: 32 oz (quarts), 8 oz (1/2 pints) (4 or 6 unit multipacks) Egg Nog (Regular): 64 oz (1/2 gallons) For the purpose of this solicitation, the 38 commissaries will be grouped geographically into four separate groups, as listed below. Group 1 (12 Commissaries): Whiting Field NAS-FL, Pensacola NAS-FL, Hurlburt Field-FL, Fort Rucker-AL, Eglin AFB-FL, Tyndall AFB-FL, Kings Bay NSB-GA, Jacksonville NAS-FL, Mayport NS-FL, Patrick AFB-FL, MacDill AFB-FL, and Key West NAS-FL. Group 2 (8 Commissaries): Moody AFB-GA, Albany MCLB-GA, Fort Benning-GA, Robins AFB-GA, Camp Merrill-GA, Fort Gordon-GA, Fort Stewart-GA, and Hunter AAF-GA. Group 3 (5 Commissaries): Parris Island MCRD-SC, Charleston NWS-SC, Charleston AFB-SC, Shaw AFB-SC, and Fort Jackson-SC. Group 4 (13 Commissaries): Little Rock AFB-AR, Barksdale AFB-LA, Fort Polk-LA, New Orleans NAS JRB-LA, Keesler AFB-MS, Gulfport NCBC-MS, Meridian NAS-MS, Maxwell AFB-AL, Gunter AFB-AL, Columbus AFB-MS, Redstone Arsenal-AL, Arnold AFB-TN, and Memphis NSA-TN. Estimated fluid milk quantities per product size: Product Size Estimated Quantity Gallons (128 oz) 3,539,013 ½ Gallons (64 oz) 2,339,190 Quarts (32 oz) 259,134 Pints (16 oz) 130,486 ½ Pints (8 oz) 9,749 The successful contractor must: Price and provide every product line item within each geographic group offered in response to the solicitation. Assign and maintain one Universal Product Code (UPC) and one Global Trade Identification Number (GTIN) per fluid milk line item description. Multiple UPCs/GTINs within each geographic group are not permitted. Multiple UPCs/GTINs for different geographic groups may be permitted. Provide additional support and promotions to each commissary store. Additional support includes point of sale material, recipe cards, pamphlets, nutritional facts, or other consumer related material. Each group will be evaluated separately and each group will be awarded on an all or none basis. The Government will award one or more contracts resulting from this solicitation based on evaluation criteria using the Best Value, Tradeoff procedures. A Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustments, Requirements Type contract is contemplated. The base period of performance shall be for 12 consecutive months plus one, 12-month option period. The RFP will be released on or about November 30, 2011. The solicitation will be issued on an unrestricted basis. Soliciting under an unrestricted basis does not preclude any small business from submitting a proposal. Small businesses interested in submitting a proposal package may seek assistance from your local Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) or the Small Business Administration (SBA). Information on finding your local PTAC office may be located at http://www.dla.mil/db/procurem.htm. Businesses interested in seeking teaming and/or subcontracting arrangements may register as an Interested Vendor for this solicitation. Businesses may also utilize the Small Business Administration's (SBA) SUB-Net bulletin board to post sources sought notices for teaming partners and subcontractors for solicitations and future contracts. More information on SBA's SUB-Net may be found at http://web.sba.gov/subnet/. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 311511(Fluid Milk Manufacturing) which has a business size standard of 500 employees. Information about business size standard can be located at http://www.sba.gov/contractingopportunities/officials/size/index.html. To be eligible for an award, the contractor must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database and the Online Representations and Certification Application (ORCA). A contractor must register with the CCR at https://www.ccr.gov and ORCA at https://orca.bpn.gov, and have established Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) capability. This RFP will be available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FEDBIZOPPS) website at https://www.fbo.gov/ then search by solicitation number. Potential offerors are encouraged to use this website to register as an interested vendor and obtain a copy of the RFP. DeCA commissaries are Government-owned facilities designed to operate similar to commercial retail supermarkets that provide food items and other merchandise for resale to the military and their families at a cost savings when compared to the same or similar products sold in the commercial retail markets. Questions or inquiries will be accepted by email and must contain the following information: solicitation number, requestor's name and address, telephone number, and E-mail address. E-mail address:
[email protected]. Any requests for business information not posted should be requested under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) guidance. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered.