Sources Sought – Shelf Stocking, Warehouse, and Custodial Services (NAICS 561990)

Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is conducting market research to identify interested and capable sources for providing Shelf stocking, Receiving/Storage/Holding Area (warehouse operations), and Custodial services at Fort Wainwright Commissary on a Military Installation. The Government seeks to determine the availability and capability of qualified small businesses, including:

• 8(a)
• HUBZone
• Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
• Women-Owned
• Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses

This information will assist in determining the appropriate acquisition strategy, including potential set-aside decisions.The Government anticipates a requirement for a contractor to provide non-personal services including, but not limited to:

• Shelf stocking (stocking store shelves, filling and replenishing displays, facing, rotation, nearest case stocking, methods of stocking and placing such as location, allocation, and arranging; returning merchandise to appropriate locations, disposing cardboard and waste materials. Pulling expired merchandise off shelves, cleaning and dusting merchandise.)
• Warehouse support (offloading trucks, transporting merchandise, segregating merchandise, storing and pulling)
• Custodial services (daily janitorial work at the commissary include but not limited to clearing floors in the store and waxing, cleaning floors and areas outside of store to include concreate/brick areas, clean sanitize bathrooms, meat room area, and clean floors.  to include and/or storage areas)

  The Government anticipates a requirement for a contractor to provide non-personal services including, but not limited to:

• Shelf stocking (stocking store shelves, filling and replenishing displays, facing, rotation, nearest case stocking, methods of stocking and placing such as location, allocation, and arranging; returning merchandise to appropriate locations, disposing cardboard and waste materials. Pulling expired merchandise off shelves, cleaning and dusting merchandise.)
• Warehouse support (offloading trucks, transporting merchandise, segregating merchandise, storing and pulling)
• Custodial services (daily janitorial work at the commissary include but not limited to clearing floors in the store and waxing, cleaning floors and areas outside of store to include concreate/brick areas, clean sanitize bathrooms, meat room area, and clean floors.  to include and/or storage areas)

  Interested firms should submit a brief capabilities statement addressing the following:

• Company name, address, point of contact, email, and phone number
• UEI and CAGE code
• Business size/status (e.g., Small Business, 8(a), SDVOSB, etc.) under NAICS 561990
• Relevant experience within the last 3–5 years performing similar services
• Ability to perform work at Fort Wainwright military instillation in Fairbanks Alaska

• Limit responses to 5 pages. No proprietary or classified information should be included.

• Please submit all responses via email to Anthony Beason at Anthony.beason@deca.mil by 05/09/2025

• DISCLAIMER:
  This Sources Sought Notice is issued solely for informational and planning purposes. It does not constitute a solicitation nor should it be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses will not be returned, and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information.