Attach 3_(FOR RFI)_Market_Research_Survey.pdf

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MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY

Long Term Contract: The Government is conducting a new round of market research for Full-line of

United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) Grade Number 1 or better quality Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (“FF&V”) products to Non-Department of Defense (DoD) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) School customers, for the islands of Lanai and Molokai, Maui county, in the State of Hawaii Zone.

There are two attached Excel files.

Attachment 1 -Schedule of Items is an estimated usage report for a 12 month period of the contract.

Attachment 2 – Customer List is a list of all the proposed delivery points.

If interested, please answer the questions below, as well as provide any additional feedback/comments you may have.

If interested, please answer the questions below, as well as provide any additional feedback/comments.

Responses Due By:

Potential Maximum Ceiling:

Potential Contract Period:

Any questions? Feel Free to Contact:

Contract Specialist:

Contracting Officer:

COMPANY NAME: ________________________________________________________

CAGE CODE: _____________________________________________________________

# OF EMPLOYEES: _______________________________________________________

POINT OF CONTACT: _____________________________________________________

PHONE: __________________________________________________________________

E-MAIL: _________________________________________________________________

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1. Would you be interested in bidding and delivering to ALL customers listed in the attached customer listing?

a. If YES, please provide brief description on how/why you would be able to service all customers.

b. If NO, would you be able to service any of the listed customers? If so, which ones? If not interested at ALL, please indicate below

c. What would be your firm’s minimum dollar delivery requirement, if any?

d. Is your firm a Full Line vendor?

e. Have you done business with the Federal Government in the past? If yes, when, how long, and what areas?

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f. Are you registered in SAM.GOV( https://www.uscontractorregistration.com/ ) AND do you maintain valid licenses?

g. Is your firm a small or large business (small businesses have <500 employees)?

2. Please provide any additional comments/information about your company that you feel may be beneficial to help us better understand your firm’s capabilities to deliver to all the customers listed. Also, indicate your firm’s ability to use the internet based systems STORES (EDI) for cataloging, invoicing and ordering. (More information on STORES is listed on page 4).

Please e-mail all responses and feedback to:

Contract Specialist:

Contracting Officer:

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We appreciate your time and consideration for replying to the questionnaire!

Yes NoYes NoYes NoYes No

Small Business Large Business https://www.uscontractorregistration.com/

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Total Order & Receipt Electronic System (STORES)

DoD Customers will order using the Subsistence Total Order and Receipt Electronic System (STORES) catalog. STORES EDI information can be found in attachment. The vendor is responsible for establishing and maintaining the STORES catalog in accordance with attachment.

1. Accessed via the Internet, STORES is the Government’s translator/ordering system that is capable of accepting orders from any of the Services, i.e. Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marines, individual ordering systems and translating them into an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) format. In addition, this information is passed to DLA Troop Support for the purposes of contractor payment and customer billing.

2. Customers will be able to order all of their requirements through STORES. The System will transmit orders to the vendor and DLA Troop Support.

3. The awardee shall be required to interface with STORES and must be able to support the following EDI transactions:

810 Electronic Invoice 820 Payment Voucher Information 832 Catalog (Outbound - Vendor to DLA Troop Support) 850 Purchase Order 861 Receipt

997 Functional Acknowledgement

4. The vendor shall have access to the Internet and be able to send and receive electronic mail (email).

5. Unit prices must be formatted not more than two (2) places to the right of the decimal point in all ordering catalogs.

6. Vendors are required to utilize the Government’s item descriptions on all electronic ordering catalogs (832 transmissions) as well as on its invoices, delivery ticket to customer and 810 invoice transaction set.

7. The offeror may be required to transmit 810, 832, and 997 transactions, prior to award and during proposed evaluations, in order to demonstrate its EDI capability.

8. The vendor will utilize the DLA Troop Support invoice reconciliation process, or other such systems as may become available, to the maximum extent, towards the goal of correcting invoices early and facilitating the payment process.

9. In the event the STORES system or the vendors interface is not operational, the vendor must provide alternate ways for the customer to order (e.g., by fax by phone, pick up orders, etc.)

A complete description of these transaction sets is included in the “EDI Implementation Guidelines” has been provided as an attachment.

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