Solicitation/Request for Proposal (RFP) for Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) Support for Republic of Korea
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- SPE30025R0061
- Agency
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Subsistence
Troop Support, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
- PSC
- 9999 Miscellaneous Items
- Place of performance
- Korea, South
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support (DLA-Troop Support) has issued Solicitation SPE300-25-R-0061 for Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) support services in the Republic of Korea. The procurement seeks a full-line food distributor capable of supplying and delivering a comprehensive range of food and non-food items, including chilled and frozen products, fresh produce, dairy, bakery items, beverages, and Government Furnished Material such as Unitized Group Rations (UGRs) and Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) to military and federally funded customers throughout Korea. Key contract requirements include maintaining a minimum 60-day inventory supply, managing temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution, supporting surge and sustainment capabilities, adhering to strict food safety and food defense standards, and accommodating fluctuating customer needs across multiple facility types including shore facilities, ships, mobile kitchen tents, and military training locations. The solicitation specifies that proposals must be submitted through the DLA Internet Bid Boards System (DIBBS) by January 6, 2026, at 3:00 PM Philadelphia time, with multiple amendments issued to clarify requirements and update pricing documentation (most recently on December 23, 2025).
This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside procurement with no identified current contractors or incumbents. The contract will be structured as a Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement with Economic Price Adjustment provisions, covering a 60-month performance period divided into three pricing tiers: an initial 24-month period (potentially including a six-month ramp-up) followed by two consecutive 18-month periods. The estimated contract value is $217.5 million, with a guaranteed minimum of $21.75 million and a maximum potential value of $435 million. The Prime Vendor must be capable of sourcing local market-ready items while also manufacturing at least 50 percent of contract value items from small businesses, and must have the ability to support complex logistics including inventory management, transportation through the Defense Transportation System, and potential airlifts for hard-to-source items. All services will be performed in the Republic of Korea, with the vendor required to establish and maintain warehouse and distribution capabilities to support military dining facilities and other authorized customers throughout the theater.
Notice text
The Defense Logistics Agency-Troop Support (DLA-Troop Support) has issued a solicitation seeking offers for Subsistence Prime Vendor support to military and other federally funded customers located throughout the Republic of Korea. This solicitation is being issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The Request for Proposal (RFP) #SPE300-25-R-0061, along with the six (6) attchments, is posted on the DLA Internet Bid Boards System (DIBBS). All offers are required to be uploaded to the DLA Internet Bid Boards System (DIBBS). Please visit the DIBBS website to view the RFP in its entirety and to submit your proposal: https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil.
The Defense Logisitics Agency-Troop Support (DLA -Troop Support) intends to enter into a Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ) contract, with Economic Price Adjustment (EPA), with a full line food distributor who will act as a Prime Vendor responsible for the supply and delivery of semi-perishable and perishable food items as well as non-food Food Service Operating Supply (FSOS) items. The Prime Vendor must be capable of supplying all chilled products, semi perishable food products, frozen fish, frozen meat, frozen poultry, frozen bakery products, and other frozen foods (fruits, vegetables, prepared foods, etc.), dairy and ice cream products, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, fresh bakery products, beverage base & juices (for dispensers), beverages & juices (non- dispenser), non-food items and Government Furnished Material (GFM) such as Unitized Group Rations (UGR’s), Meals Ready to Eat (MRE’s) Health and Comfort packs (HCP’s) and other operational rations items either currently in existence or to be introduced during the term of this contract. The Prime Vendor will be required to support all authorized DLA customers, located in Korea (i.e. military shore and/or ship facilities, mobile kitchen tents (“MKTs”), ration break points, trailer-transfer points, and military training exercise locations, etc.). As previously stated, these customers include military or other federally funded customers. Though the solicitation describes existing customers known to the Contracting Officer at the time of the solicitation’s issuance, other customers, including military, Department of Defense (DoD), or non-DoD, may be added as necessary during the life of any resultant contract. The addition of said customers located within the solicitation’s specified region will be at no additional cost to the Government.
The Government intends to make one award. The contract shall be for a term of 60 months, with three separate pricing tiers. The first tier will be for a 24-month period (inclusive of an up to six-month ramp up period followed by, at least, an 18-month performance period depending on the length of ramp up). The second tier shall be an 18-month performance period immediately following the first tier. The third tier and final tier shall be for an 18-month period immediately following the second tier.
The estimated dollar value of this solicitation is $217,500,000.00 inclusive of all tiered pricing periods. The maximum dollar value will be $435,000,000.00 inclusive of all tiered pricing periods and surge requirements. The guaranteed minimum for the entire contract will be ten percent (10%) of the estimated dollar value, which equates to $21,750,000.00.
The Government will use Best-Value Continuum Procedures, specifically the Subjective Tradeoff Source Selection Process.
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| Notice | Type | Posted |
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| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Pre-Solicitation Synopsis for SPV Support for Republic of Korea | Pre-Solicitation |
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