In-Store Seafood Market Resale Operations to include Roadshows at Four DeCA Pacific Area Commissary locations in Hawaii

SOURCES SOUGHT AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

Title: In-Store Seafood Market Resale Operations to include Roadshows at Four DeCA Pacific Area Commissary locations in Hawaii

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY; NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. THIS NOTICE IS BEING POSTED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES WHO MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE REQUIREMENT.

RESPONSES ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHALL NOT BE USED AS AN OFFER/PROPOSAL.

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is seeking potential sources and information in anticipation of a requirement to provide In-Store Seafood Market Resale Operations, to include Roadshows for four Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) commissary location.

DeCA commissaries are Government-owned and operated facilities designed to operate similar to commercial retail supermarkets, providing food items and other merchandise for resale to active-duty and retired military, and their families at a cost savings compared to the same or similar products sold in the commercial retail markets.

The Defense Commissary Agency is seeking qualified contractors for In-store Seafood Market Resale Operations to include Roadshows, for four Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) commissary location at:

DeCA Pacific (four Area commissaries located in Hawaii) Hickam AFB, Kaneohe Bay MCBH, Pearl Harbor, and Schofield Barracks

Currently, the period of performance for the contract is projected to consist of a base period of 24-months and three 12-month option periods.

In accordance with Federal Regulation 19.202-2(a), the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is conducting market research to locate small business concerns.

The PSC code for this acquisition is S203 Housekeeping – Food.

The NAICS codes for this acquisition are 311710 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging, 424420 Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers, and 445250 Fish and Seafood Retailers which sets the small business threshold at $9 million. The size standard represents the average of the total revenue for the past two years. If your company recognizes an average total revenue for the past three years that is $9 million or less, your company is classified as a small business for this procurement action.

The Contract will be written and administered as a Performance Based Services Acquisition (PBSA). This method of contracting requires the Government to describe the requirements the Contractor must meet in terms of outcome or results. The "how" is left to the Contractor, within certain regulatory guidelines as referenced in the performance work statement and contract. This allows the Contractor more flexibility in achieving the desired results. The Contractor shall execute its responsibilities under the resultant contract in a manner that is consistent with the performance standards contained within the performance work statement (See Attachment 1).

All seafood products will be procured only from approved sources.  Approved sources are those approved by the U.S. Army Public Health Command (APHC) and posted on the APHC website.

Instructions on how to become approved are found on the APHC website –

• https://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/foodwater/ca/Pages/DoDApprovedFoodSources.aspx

• Worldwide Directory of Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments for Armed Forces Procurement

https://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/foodwater/ca/Pages/default.aspx

• U.S. including Alaska and Hawaii, Canada, the Caribbean Area and South America Directory External Link

• Appendix B: Initial Sanitation Audit Requests for The United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, The Caribbean, And The Pacific Region (Excluding Korea)

The successful offeror shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://www.acquisition.gov/ before time of award.

Registration in Electronic Document Access (EDA) is also a requirement for any offeror that receives a contract award resulting from a solicitation. EDA registration and participation in Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) are mandatory for award eligibility. The EDA database can also be accessed at https://piee.eb.mil

If you are a qualified supplier interested in this opportunity, please complete the questionnaire at Attachment 2 and email it to the listed POCs along with any additional comments or questions.

Completed questionnaires are due back no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Fort Gregg-Adams local time) on Monday, May 6, 2024.