8920--Bread and Bakery Products for VA New Jersey Health Care System (East Orange and Lyons Campus) - Base + 4 Option Years

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (through its Network Contracting Office in Albany, New York) is soliciting quotes for fresh bread and bakery products to supply two facilities within the New Jersey Healthcare System: the East Orange VA Medical Center and the Lyons VA Medical Center. This procurement will be conducted under FAR Part 12 for commercial products and services, and all prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of quote submission. The solicitation requires compliance with NAICS code 311812 (Commercial Bakeries) with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. The VA has not disclosed specific evaluation criteria in this pre-solicitation notice, though standard evaluation factors for commercial products typically include price, delivery capability, and product quality. Critical dates include the anticipated RFQ issuance on or about February 4, 2026, posted to sam.gov, with all questions to be submitted via email to Contracting Officer Myra Florisa N. Green at Myra.Green2@va.gov (with RFQ no. 36C24226Q0313 in the subject line); telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

This procurement is designated as a total Small Business set-aside, meaning only businesses meeting the small business size standards under NAICS 311812 may submit quotes. The pre-solicitation notice does not identify any incumbent contractors or current service providers. No specific award value or budget range has been disclosed in this pre-solicitation announcement. The contract structure consists of a base period plus four option years, providing a potential five-year engagement for the selected contractor. The solicitation will be posted exclusively online, with no hard copies made available, and interested parties are responsible for downloading the RFQ and any subsequent amendments from sam.gov.