ATTACHMENT 3 - MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY.pdf

P a g e | 1 MARKET RESEARCH Market Fresh Long Term Contracts: The Government is conducting market research for a possible long term contract supplying fresh milk, dairy, and ice cream for customers located in the Southern California Zone. The solicitation will be for the support of Department of Defense ("DoD" Troop) military customers:

Group 1A - DoD Troop Customers located in the Southern California Zone ( Various Ships) Group 1B - DoD Troop Customers located in the Southern California Zone ( Land Deliveries) Group 1C - DoD Troop Customers located in the Southern California Zone (Ice Cream Catalog) If interested, please answer the questions below, as well as provide any additional feedback/comments you may have.

Estimated Contract Value: $2,605,000.00 (3 Years) Maximum Value: $7,808,000.00 (300% Max for 3 Years)

Any questions feel free to contact:

Gregory Barksdale , 445-737-7586, Gregory.Barksdale@dla.mil Colin Kendra, 445-737-9075, Colin.Kendra@dla.mil

Company Name:

Cage Code:

# of Employees:

Point of Contact:

Phone:

Fax:

E-Mail:

1. Would you be interested in offering and delivering Fresh Milk, Dairy, and Ice Cream Items contract for customers located in Southern California (i.e. San Diego)

Yes No

a. If YES, please provide brief description on how/why you would be able to service all customers. Would you prefer to have an extended period of performance (i.e. 3 years, 4 years, or 5 years?)

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.

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

d. Is your firm currently manufacturing a full line of fresh milk, dairy, and ice cream products?

Yes No

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

f. Are you registered in the System for Award Management ("SAM.GOV" - https:// www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM)?

Small Business Large Business

g. Is your firm registered on the Contracting Opportunities website, formerly Federal Business Opportunities (https://beta.SAM.gov/) and DLA Internet Bid Board System ("DIBBS" - https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/)? Does your firm have access/ capability in DIBBS to uploading/downloading documents?

Yes No

h. Is your firm a small or large business (small businesses have <1000 employees)?

Yes No https://www.uscontractorregistration.com/

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2. Can you provide any feedback on the layout of the zone? As it stands, this contract would support all Troops in the region as stated in the delivery schedule. Is this feasible? Explain any limitations.

b. Would you need to subcontract any part of the contract? If so, what areas would have to be subcontracted out? For the purposes of this future solicitation, subcontracting refers to the need to contract with a similarly situated vendor in order to support all requirements.

3. 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. Would you be interested in a longer contract if presented the opportunity?

4. What percentage (if any) of fresh dairy products would be subcontracted to Small Business dairies?

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Proposed vendors must have access to the Internet and shall comply with any findings or corrective actions noted on all of its mandatory monthly and yearly inspections and audits performed by County, State, and Federal Agencies including the FDA and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Offerors indicating a Place of Performance (manufacturing location) that is not under the day-to-day control and management of the offeror shall submit documentation that an agreement for production and distribution is in effec

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e-mail all responses and feedback to Gregory Barksdale at Gregory.Barksdale@dla.mil and Colin at Colin.Kendra@dla.mil.

estions, you can reach Jregory Barksdale at Gregory.Barksdale@dla.mil and Colin Kendra at endra@dla.mil. no later than February 02, 2026.

ppreciate your time and consideration for replying to the questionnaire.

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Subsistence 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.