East Coast Export Mission 2028-2033

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution intends to solicit a single-award Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for cross-dock, cold-chain warehousing and delivery of perishable food items for overseas export, with a response deadline of September 3, 2026 at 1600 EST; the award is restricted to small business concerns, and the competitive area is limited to 19 Virginia counties.

The five-year contract will serve three embarkation points: Charleston AFB (South Carolina), Norfolk NAS (Virginia), and McGuire AFB (New Jersey). The contractor must provide minimum 40,000 square feet of climate-controlled facility space, including dry storage (50–55F, minimum 4,000 sq ft), chill storage (35–45F, minimum 28,000 sq ft), and freeze storage (–10F, minimum 8,000 sq ft), along with equipment, supervision, and personnel to receive, consolidate, and ship Government-owned perishable subsistence items in both truckload and less-than-truckload quantities as palletized loads.

Projected Year 1 volumes include Charleston AFB (11,198 CWT fresh, 6,667 CWT freeze, 10,000 CWT chill), Norfolk NAS (13,125 CWT fresh, 5,500 CWT freeze, 5,318 CWT chill), and McGuire AFB (3,281 CWT fresh, 1,000 CWT freeze, 3,373 CWT chill). A Site Manager with three years' distribution management experience, hazmat-certified personnel, and multi-shift operational capability are required. Under small business set-aside rules, the prime must perform at least 50 percent of personnel performance costs with its own employees.

Small business respondents must submit a six-page (one-sided, single-spaced, 11-point font minimum) capability statement to Samuel.tustin@dla.mil demonstrating ability to perform per the attached draft Performance Work Statement. The set-aside decision is contingent upon responses received.