Beverage base, bag-in-box for military customers

This is an unrestricted acquisition for Beverage Base Bag-In-Box, Carbonated and Non-Carbonated for delivery to DoD and Non-DoD Customers in the Continental United States (CONUS), Navy Ships, Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam.  In addition to Bag-In Box products, successful offer(s) will supply the necessary dispensing equipment and CO2. (Exception: Navy customers will order CO2 separately due to funding issues specific to the Navy).  These delivery points require indefinite quantities of Beverage Base syrups for delivery beginning March 29, 2015 and ending March 28, 2020.  The Government may award multiple contracts. Each contract shall be for a term of 60 months, with three separate pricing tiers. The first tier shall be for a 24 month period; the second tier shall be for the following 18 month performance period; and the third and final tier shall be for another 18 month performance period.

A 250% contract maximum is being used for this acquisition.  The maximum dollar values will be based on the estimated contract dollar value.  The guaranteed minimum amount for this acquisition will be $3,000.  The Solicitation will be issued under Federal Acquisition Regulations FAR part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items.  Approximate solicitation issue date will be on November 12, 2014.  The December 15, 2014 response date is not definite, it is an approximate response date only.

There will be a pre-solicitation conference for this upcoming solicitation for any questions by interested parties.  Please contact the Contract Specialist and/or Contracting Officer on this pre- solicitation to be included in this conference which will be held on November 7, 2014.  Detailed information will be provided upon request to be included in the pre-solicitation conference.  If you have already shown interest on this pre-solicitation by contacting the Contract Specialist and/or Contracting Officer you have already been added to the list of invitees and will be informed of the pre-solicitation conference shortly.

All responsible sources may submit proposals that will be considered by DLA Troop Support.  Copies of the solicitation will be found on the DLA BSM internet Bid Board Systems (DIBBS) at http://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil.  If not registered, prospective offerors will be required to do so prior to reviewing and downloading a copy of the solicitation.  RFP's are in Portable Document Format (PDF).  In order to download and view these documents, prospective offerors will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.  The software is available free at http://adobe.com.