Fresh Bread & Bakery Products support for DLA Troop Support to military customers in Maryland, Virginia and D.C.

Tender summary

Title: Request for Information (RFI) for Fresh Bread & Bakery Products support for DLA Troop Support to military customers in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. Dear Valued Suppliers: This is a Request for Information (“RFI”). DLA Troop Support’s (“Agency”) Subsistence and Market Fresh Program is interested in comments and feedback regarding the Agency’s fresh Bread and Bakery items to the Department of Defense (“DoD;” Troop). 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 market survey will be used for informational purposes only and will not be released. Any proprietary information submitted will be protected if appropriately marked. Please note that by responding to the instant Agency request, a potential offeror is not promised any future business with the Government. The sole purpose of this RFI is to conduct market research to assist the Agency in crafting an appropriate solicitation in the future. Background : The Agency intends to issue a solicitation and ultimately enter into one (1) indefinite quantity contract(s) (“IQC”) with a commercial firm(s) to supply Fresh Bread and Bakery products to military customers in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. Acceptance of supplies awarded under this solicitation will be limited to fresh product. Bakery products shall include mold inhibitors of the proper level as allowed by the FDA. Bread and Bakery must be delivered no more than 24 hours after baking. Following a non-bake day, these items must be Delivered no more than 72 HOURS after baking. Commercial standards should be used to maintain temperatures appropriate for the individual items. When proposing in response to a solicitation, failure to propose the specified quality requirement per item as identified above may render an offeror’s proposal technically unacceptable. This will consist of Two groups of DoD/Troop customers in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. area. Group 1: MD (Andrews AFB, ANG), VA (Ft. Hill. Ft. Meade, Ft. Myer) and D.C. (ANG) Group 2: Maryland, Virginia & DC Hospitals After soliciting, the Agency intends to make one award per group . Offerors are required to propose on all items in the Schedule of Items for each Group on which it offers. Failure to do so may result in a proposal being deemed technically unacceptable and therefore excluded from further consideration for award. Because the Contracting Officer is not obligated to initiate negotiations, when proposing to the solicitation each offeror shall submit its most competitive proposal for each Group it has chosen to propose on. Said proposal shall be responsive to all of the Solicitation’s requirements and free from any deficiencies. The contract period of performance will be April 12, 2026 to April 7, 2029 . If interested, we strongly encourage you to respond using the attached questionnaire. We appreciate and thank you in advance for any feedback. Your responses regarding this solicitation are requested back by the close of business on December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Please respond via e-mail to the following addresses: Edith Moss, Contracting Specialist, edith.moss@dla.mil; and Alicia Nichols-Harris, Contracting Officer, alicia.harris@dla.mil *****PLEASE NOTE: You are only required to send back the completed PDF file “Market Research Vendor Survey” Solicitation Number: SPE30026R0014 Type: Sources Sought Base Type: Sources Sought NAICS: 311812 Classification Code: 8920 Response Deadline: 2025-12-19T15:00:00-05:00 Office Address: PHILADELPHIA, PA Place of Performance: Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland POC: Edith Moss, edith.moss@dla.mil, 2157372605 POC: Alicia Harris, Alicia.Harris@dla.mil

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• Located in United States.
• Source notice 94e323ceba0d4df7a0cec6fddd9e0650 on SAM.gov.
• Notice published 12 Dec 2025; Tenqual indexed it 14 Dec 2025.
• Deadline listed as 19 Dec 2025.
• 3 tender documents identified.
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