Amendment P0001 to Solicitation for Fresh Milk & Dairy Products support for DLA Troop Support to military customers in the Southern California Zone

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support is seeking a commercial firm to supply fresh milk and dairy products to Department of Defense military customers in the Southern California region under an indefinite quantity contract (IQC). The procurement includes fluid milk products in various fat levels and container sizes, plus other dairy items such as cheese, ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, and sherbet across three customer groups. Prospective contractors must be current, functioning commercial distributors of milk and dairy items with third-party warehouse audits demonstrating sanitation compliance, maintain a 97% contract fill rate on an on-time, per-order basis, possess Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) capabilities, and comply with the Buy American Act by providing domestically produced and manufactured products. The solicitation uses Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection methodology, evaluating proposals first for technical acceptability—defined as taking no exceptions to solicitation terms and conditions and providing pricing for all items and tiers—followed by lowest aggregate evaluated price. The solicitation closes on May 18, 2026, at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, and this notice represents Amendment P0001, effective April 24, 2026, which revised the Schedule of Items Dairy, the Statement of Work, and certain FAR clauses without extending the submission deadline.

This solicitation includes no set-aside designations but offers HUBZone evaluation preference and applies to NAICS code 311511 with a 1,150-employee size standard. The contract period runs 36 months from June 13, 2026, through June 12, 2029, structured in two 18-month pricing tiers, with a guaranteed minimum contract value of $80,709.47 and a maximum value of $7,263,852.03. The schedule encompasses 41 line items for Group 1A (ship deliveries), 28 line items for Group 1B (land deliveries), and 28 line items for Group 1C (Navy Push Pack), covering approximately 70 naval vessels and Coast Guard cutters homeported in San Diego, along with eight land-based military installations across the Southern California region. Contractors must deliver products on a fill-or-kill basis with no substitutions, maintain freshness standards ranging from 10 days minimum shelf life for milk to 120 days for ice cream, and provide Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) pricing for Class I milk products adjusted monthly based on USDA pricing factors. The place of performance is San Diego, California, with delivery required FOB Destination on a 48-hour skip-day minimum lead time basis to all designated customer locations.