Solicitation Notice Fresh Fruit & Vegetable support for Washington DC, Delaware and Maryland

This solicitation seeks fresh fruits and vegetables suppliers to support Department of Defense and United States Department of Agriculture customers in Maryland, Delaware, and Washington D.C. under an indefinite-quantity contract. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence is soliciting proposals to supply over 1,288,525 cases of fresh produce items over a four-year period to activities in the region. The solicitation will utilize lowest price technically acceptable source selection and closes on September 28, 2021.

The solicitation is set aside for total small business and designated under NAICS code 445230, Fruit and Vegetable Markets, with a small business size standard of $27.5M. Current contractors were not specified. The place of performance is within the United States for an estimated 1,288,525 cases of fresh fruits and vegetables distributed over four years to Department of Defense troops and Non-Department of Defense schools in Maryland, Delaware and Washington D.C. Offerors must meet quality standards of US Grade 1 or higher and maintain at least a 98% order fill rate.