8920--Bread Delivery | Base + 4 Option Years

The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 17 is soliciting firm-fixed-price quotes for weekly bread delivery to the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, with quotes due November 13, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Central. The RFQ is set aside 100 percent for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), and all respondents must hold active System for Award Management and SBA certification registrations, which the government will verify. Technical questions are due November 4, 2026.

The notice lists the Veterans Health Administration, VISN 17, as the agency. Place of performance is Temple, Texas, and the attached solicitation specifies deliveries to nutrition and food service departments at the Olin E. Teague VA Medical Center in Temple and the Doris Miller VA Medical Center in Waco, Texas. Deliveries occur one day per week by 11:00 a.m. The contractor must provide seven bread products, including white sandwich loaves, whole wheat loaves, hamburger buns, hot dog buns, cinnamon swirl loaves, hoagie rolls, and Texas toast, with quantities specified by item and location. Each delivery must carry a minimum seven-day shelf life and receive signatures from receiving staff.

The base period runs December 1, 2026, through November 30, 2027, with four one-year options extending through November 30, 2031. Contractors submit weekly invoices itemizing products and quantities delivered, and VA pays monthly by electronic funds transfer through its Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System under VAAR 852.232-72.

Award goes to the responsible offeror whose quote provides the best value to the Government, based on technical capability, price, and past performance. The source does not state evaluation weights. Quotes go by email to Contract Specialist Maria Orosco-Hofmann with the subject line "Quote 36C25727Q0072 Bread Delivery." The procurement is coded NAICS 311812, Commercial Bakeries, with PSC 8920.