Fresh Bread and Bakery Items for customers located in the states of; Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Maine

This is a solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested.

Solicitation SPE300-21-R-X025 is designed to place Market Ready Fresh Bread and Bakery items, all fully competitive, on contract(s) for various Department of Defense (“DoD”) customers in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Maine. The resultant contract will be issued as a firm-fixed price Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) with two pricing tiers for all items for the entire term of the contract. The contract period is expected to be from January 30, 2022 to January 25, 2025. This acquisition will be issued on an unrestricted basis. The total length of the contract will be three (3) years or $250,000, whichever comes first. The solicitation will be issued between November 1, 2021 through November 26, 2021.

The solicitation contains one group:

Group 1: States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Maine Troops

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 https://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. Requests for Proposals 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.

The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors.  Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint.  However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.