RFI Full Line Food Service Northern New England AOR
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- SPE30026R0012
- Agency
-
Subsistence
Troop Support, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 3119 Other Food Manufacturing
- PSC
- 8905 Meat, Poultry, And Fish
- Place of performance
- United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence is conducting market research through this Request for Information (RFI) regarding full-line food service distribution for the Northern New England region, encompassing Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The procurement seeks information from potential vendors capable of providing comprehensive food and beverage distribution support, including canned items, dry goods, chilled products, ultra-high temperature dairy, frozen bakery products, frozen meats, seafood, poultry, ice cream, and eggs to military and federally authorized customers in garrison feeding operations. This RFI is not a formal solicitation, and the government will not compensate respondents for information provided or commit to future business based on participation. The government will use submitted information for market research purposes only, with proprietary information protected if appropriately marked. Responses to this RFI are due by November 30, 2025, and interested vendors should note that DLA Troop Support expects to issue a formal solicitation for a Subsistence Prime Vendor contract within the coming months.
No set-aside designations apply to this market research initiative. The notice does not identify current incumbents or specific award values, as this RFI precedes the formal solicitation phase. While evaluation criteria for the eventual solicitation are not detailed in this pre-solicitation notice, vendors can reference current DLA Troop Support CONUS SPV contract information at the provided website to understand program requirements and operational expectations. The RFI identifies specific military customers in the Northern New England region, including Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and Bath Iron Works, though the complete customer list appears truncated in the posted notice. Interested vendors should recognize that this RFI represents the preliminary phase of a competitive procurement process and should monitor DLA's solicitation channels for the formal request for proposals.
Notice text
This is a request for information (RFI) for the Northern New England region (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont). This is not a solicitation for proposals and there is no solicitation available at this time. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this RFI, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. This RFI does not constitute a commitment from the Government and any information provided in response to this RFI will be used for informational purposes only. Any proprietary information submitted will be protected if appropriately marked. Vendor participation is not a promise for future business with the Government. The purpose of this RFI is to conduct Market Research.
Background: DLA Troop Support expects to issue a solicitation for Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) supporting the Northern New England region (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont) within the contiguous United States (CONUS). DLA Troop Support’s CONUS SPV contractors are responsible for providing full-line food and beverage item distribution support for garrison type feeding to military, federally funded, and other authorized customers in the covered region by each contract. The DLA Troop Support SPV contractor will be responsible for providing food products such as canned items, dry items, chill items, ultra-high temperature (UHT) dairy items, frozen bakery products, frozen meats, frozen seafood and poultry, ice cream, eggs and other dairy products under this contract. Information on the current DLA Troop Support CONUS SPV contracts can be found at https://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/Subsistence/Foodservices/Regions/CONUS.aspx.
DLA Troop Support's CONUS Subsistence Prime Vendor (CONUS SPV) Program is interested in your comments regarding food support for our current customers listed below in the Northern New England region.
Customers
Location
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Kittery, Maine)
Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine)
Port of Portsmouth, NH (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Vermont Army National Guard (Jericho, Vermont)
Following are specific questions to consider:
- Can you support any or all of the customers listed above? Many of the customers expect delivery 48 hours after placing their orders. Are there any location limitations in meeting this delivery schedule?
- Do you have preferred delivery set-ups (routes, grouping of customers) to provide complete food support throughout the state?
- Some of our customers are remotely located and require smaller pack-size items. Can this requirement be provided? Can you provide service to them, regardless of weather conditions? What method of shipping would be used?
- Would there be customers who could not be supported if an emergency order is needed (either same day or next day)?
- Please confirm if your facility is capable and willing to complete a long-term 5-year contract.
We encourage and appreciate your participation; please share your ideas regarding these issues. Your written comments, suggestions and ideas regarding support for our customers will be treated as confidential and for Government use only. Please provide your responses via email, by November 30, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. Philadelphia Local Time to the following email addresses: Michael Jackson at Michael.P.Jackson@dla.mil and Zaida Chevere Torres at Zaida.Chevere@dla.mil.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Presolicitation Notice for Full-Line Food and Beverage Item Distribution for DLA Troop Support's Customers in Northern New England and Surrounding Areas (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont) | Pre-Solicitation | |
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation |
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