8920--bread for martinsburg VAMC

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Network Contracting Office (NCO) 5 issued a sources sought notice on July 21, 2026, for bakery products to supply Martinsburg VAMC, with responses due by July 31, 2026, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. This notice is for planning purposes only and does not constitute an invitation for bid, request for quotation, or request for proposal; no contract will be awarded from this notice, and respondents will have no entitlement to payment.

NCO 5 seeks sources for nine line items of bread and bakery products under NAICS code 311812 (Commercial Bakeries) with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. Required items include white bread loaves (2,379 units), wheat bread loaves (6,229 units), rye seedless bread (572 units), Texas toast loaves (1,132 units), raisin bread (371 units), white dinner rolls (191 units), English muffins (804 units), whole grain sub rolls (457 units), and Italian kaiser rolls (1,743 units). The base performance period runs October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027.

Contractors must provide daily deliveries (excluding Wednesdays, Sundays, and federal holidays) between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. to Building 500 main kitchen at 510 Butler Avenue, Martinsburg, West Virginia 25405. All products must bear a "sell by date" and certification of freshness for seven days after baking; production cannot precede delivery by more than 24 hours. Whole wheat bread must contain special high commercial grade 100% whole wheat flour with no less than 2% fiber, with caramel coloring explicitly prohibited. Items must be delivered FOB Destination in commercially acceptable containers complying with the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Interested vendors should submit responses including company name, point of contact information, SAM UEI, business size status, manufacturer/distributor confirmation, country of origin, pricing, and capability statements to Ryan Singletary, Contracting Officer, at ryan.singletary@va.gov.