Solicitation Notice for Fresh Milk & Dairy Products for military customers located in the Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and D. C. Zone (Andrews AFB, Dover AFB, Fort Meade, Fort Myer and VA, MD, DC Hospitals)

The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence is soliciting offers for fresh milk and dairy products to supply military customers across the Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington D.C. region, including Andrews Air Force Base, Dover Air Force Base, Fort Meade, Fort Myer, and regional hospitals. Solicitation SPE300-26-R-0024 requires offerors to provide fluid milk products in various sizes and formulations (whole, low-fat, nonfat, chocolate, lactose-free, and eggnog) as well as other dairy items including cottage cheese, sour cream, and yogurt. All products must be manufactured in the United States in accordance with the Buy American Act, sourced from sanitarily approved facilities, and delivered in compliance with strict food safety and temperature standards. The Government will make one award per geographic group using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation methodology, selecting technically acceptable offers that meet all solicitation requirements. Offers are due on April 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, with the contract period running from June 14, 2026 through June 14, 2031.

This solicitation uses no set-aside designations and contains no identified incumbent or current contractor information. The contract is structured as an Indefinite Quantity Contract with pricing organized into three tiers: Tier 1 covering June 14, 2026 through June 14, 2028; Tier 2 covering June 15, 2028 through December 15, 2029; and Tier 3 covering December 16, 2029 through June 14, 2031, allowing contractors to adjust pricing for non-Class I dairy items across the five-year period. The estimated 12-month Tier 1 value includes a guaranteed 10% minimum obligation and a 300% contract maximum across the entire five-year performance period. Contractors must maintain a 97% fill rate on orders delivered on a fill-or-kill, per-line-item basis with skip-day delivery accommodations, establish STORES electronic catalog capabilities, and comply with EDI transaction requirements for order and invoicing communications. The place of performance is Washington, D.C., with service delivery required to 17 locations across military installations and federal healthcare facilities in the specified region.