8910-- nutrition food services(NFS) dairy contract

The Department of Veterans Affairs Salisbury VA Medical Center in North Carolina is issuing a pre-solicitation notice for dairy and milk products to support their Nutrition Food Services program for veterans. This unrestricted procurement falls under NAICS Code 311511 (Fluid Milk Manufacturing) with a size standard of 1,000 employees and will provide essential nutritional food and drink products to veterans receiving care at the facility. The contract period of performance will run from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. All interested vendors must communicate exclusively via email with Contracting Officer Donald V. Harris at donald.harris@va.gov, as telephone inquiries will not be accepted. The formal solicitation 36C24625Q1122 will be released on or about September 15, 2025, and potential offerors are responsible for monitoring SAM.gov for all documents and amendments without further notification from the contracting office.

This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designations, making it open to all qualified vendors regardless of size or socioeconomic status. The pre-solicitation notice does not identify any incumbent contractors or provide specific award values or budget ranges for the dairy products contract. No quantities or detailed specifications for the dairy and milk products are disclosed in this initial notice, as those details will likely be included in the formal solicitation document. The contract will be administered by the VA Network Contracting Office located in Hampton, Virginia, though the products will serve the Salisbury facility. The extremely short timeline between the pre-solicitation notice posting date of September 10, 2025, and the anticipated solicitation release of September 15, 2025, indicates this is likely a routine renewal or continuation of existing dairy supply services.