Fresh Milk and Dairy items and UHT milk

DLA Troop Support is issuing this Request For Quote (RFQ)  SPE30317Q0025  for Fresh Milk and Dairy items and UHT milk.  Product must be from a U.S. Public Health Command approved facility. In accordance with

 Commercial Item Description (CID) for Drinking Milk and Milk Products - 01 June 2016

This description covers milk and milk products for "Offshore acquisition by the United States (U.S.) Forces in Europe".

Plants producing milk and milk products shall be listed in the Worldwide Directory of Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments for Armed Forces Procurement, USAPHC Circular No. 40-1.

 The product is to support U.S. Troop Customers on bases throughout Europe.  The requirement also includes service to Navy ships as they arrive at ports in Europe. 

 The Government intends to make one (1) award based on the lowest technically acceptable offer.  An award may be made on initial proposals or it made be determined that opening discussions will be required prior to making an award.  The award type is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).  The BPA will be issued until a time that a long term contract for this requirement may be awarded   and implemented.  It is expected that the agreement shall not exceed duration of one (1) year, however the agreement will terminate at three (3) years, unless mutually agreed upon by both parties and the agreement is extended by way of a modification.

 The following EU Countries are included: Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, United Kingdom (England, Scotland & Northern Ireland), Ireland, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France, Italy, Malta, Spain, Portugal, Greece (Crete), Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. The following non-EU Countries are included: Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro & Norway The following Eurasian Country is included: Turkey The specific list of current customers can be found in the solicitation

 Offerors are required to offer on all items in the Schedule of Items; failure to do so may result in exclusion from award consideration.

 Copies of the solicitation will be found on the DLA Internet Bid Board System at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/  if not already registered, prospective offerors will be required to do so prior to viewing and downloading a copy of the solicitation.  All contractors choosing to conduct business with the Department of Defense must now be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.  Registration can be done at www.sam.gov.   RFQs 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.  This software is available free at http://adobe.com.  Attachments in the solicitation will require Microsoft Office, Word and Excel to open files. 

 The solicitation is issued September 15, 2017, and closes October 13, 2017. 

 An award should be made by October 27, 2017.  A 30 day ramp up after award, but before contract performance is included.. This solicitation will be evaluated under FAR 15.101-2 Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA).

 Offerors will be required to have a computer system capable of accepting delivery orders and processing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions.  This contract will require the Contractor to have electronic commerce/electric data interchange EC/EDI capabilities.

 All payments will be made in Dollars or Euros at the awardee's preference.