In-Store Seafood Market Resale Operation to Include Roadshows for 12 commissary locations.

THIS IS A SPECIAL NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR INFORMAITON ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION, NOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS/QUOTES. NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SPECIAL NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION SYNOPSIS. THIS NOTICE IS BEING POSTED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSE ONLY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESS WHO MY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE REQUIREMENT. RESPONSES ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND SHALL NOT BE USED AS AN OFFER OR PROPOSAL.

DeCA commissaries are Government-owned and operated facilities designed to operate similar to commercial retail supermarkets, providing food items and other merchandise for resale to active-duty and retired military, and their families at a cost savings compared to the same or similar products sold in the commercial retail markets. The scope.

The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, supervision, food products, miscellaneous operating supplies, and other items unless otherwise specified, necessary to operate a well-stocked seafood market resale operation to include roadshows offering a variety of items in quantities to satisfy patron demands, ensure savings, increase sales and maximize patron satisfaction at the commissary locations.

NAICS Code: 311710 ( Added here due to Contract Opportunity system error ) The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is seeking potential sources and information in anticipation of a requirement to provide In store seafood market resale operation to include roadshows for 12 Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) commissary locations. The locations are:

Andrews AFB, Bolling, Fort Belvoir, Fort Eustis, Fort Gregg-Adams, Fort Meade, Mayport, McGuire AFB, Langley, Little Creek, Norfolk, and Quantico. All seafood products will be procured only from Government approved sources. Approved sources are those approved by the U.S. Army Public Health Command (APHC) and posted on the APHC website.

Instructions on how to become approved are found on the APHC website – • https://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/foodwater/ca/Pages/DoDApprovedFoodSources.aspx • Worldwide Directory of Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments for Armed Forces Procurement https://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/foodwater/ca/Pages/default.aspx • U.S. including Alaska and Hawaii, Canada, the Caribbean Area and South America Directory External Link • Appendix B: Initial Sanitation Audit Requests For The United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, The Caribbean, And The Pacific Region (Excluding Korea)

How to Participate: Interested parties are invited to submit a written response letter on a company letterhead with the following required information:

a. Entity Name:

b. Entity Address:

c. Authorized Company Point of Contact (POC):

d. POC Phone Number:

e. POC E?mail address:

f. Interested parties must be SAM registered in order to do business with the Government and provide the following:

SAM.gov Unique Entity Identifier:

NAICS Code:

CAGE Code:

TAX Identification Number (TIN):

g. Similar Government Contracts/Projects past and current information (Contract Number and Agency Name):

h. A short statement or a description of past or current seafood Government or Commercial contract or service that shows the necessary skills to successfully perform in-store seafood market resale operation:

i. Question question - Interested in providing service for all 12 commissary locations? If not, please provide locations of interest and why:

j. Questions to the Government to define the requirement, if any:

RESPONSE DEADLINE AND DeCA POC CONTACT INFORMATION: Interested parties are required to submit their written responses no later than 3:00PM EST on Friday February 28, 2024 to the following people (Contracting Officer, and Contracting Specialist).