# Presolicitation Notice for Full-Line Food and Beverage Item Distribution for DLA Troop Support's Customers in Northern New England and Surrounding Areas (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/spe30026r0012

- Solicitation number: SPE30026R0012
- Notice type: Presolicitation
- Status: Open. Offers due September 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Logistics Agency
- Contracting office: DLA Troop Support (SPE300)
- NAICS: 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 9999 Miscellaneous Items
- Place of performance: Westbrook, Maine
- First posted: April 29, 2026
- Last posted: August 28, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f19c45a0f1c04a36a187447b27ce7b04/view

## Description

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Subsistence Directorate intends to issue a solicitation for Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) support for Northern New England area customers and surrounding areas. Requirements for SPV support will include the delivery various quantities of subsistence items from the 8900 federal supply group or commercial equivalents. The contractor will be required to make delivery on a "just in time" basis.

The delivery of items will be expected to begin no later than 120 days after the date of award. Offerors MUST be able to interface with the Government’s established transaction package and support Electronic Data Interchange transaction sets listed in the solicitation. The resultant contract will be Fixed-Price subject to Economic Price Adjustments (EPA). The maximum dollar value of the entire acquisition is $29,070,000. The Government’s intent is to award one (1) Long Term Contract.

The effective period of the contract will be from the award date up to 60 months, consisting of a period of five (5) years comprised of three (3) separate tiers for purposes of distribution price. The first tier shall be a twenty-four (24) month period (inclusive of up to a 120-day implementation period). The second tier will be an eighteen (18) month period directly following the first tier. The third and final tier will be an additional eighteen (18) month period following the second tier.

The acquisition will use full and open competitive procedures and will be issued on an unrestricted basis. The proposals received in response to this solicitation will be evaluated utilizing Lowest Price Technical Acceptable procurement procedures and a contract will be awarded based on these criteria. Alternate items will be considered/evaluated. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on the DLA BSM DIBBS website, https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ as RFP # SPE300-26-R-0012. This solicitation is scheduled to be posted in September 2026.

## Publications

- April 29, 2026: Presolicitation, due June 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice 9e4d02d1cd504bb3b9aebd41c9eb1324. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9e4d02d1cd504bb3b9aebd41c9eb1324/view
- June 26, 2026: Presolicitation, due July 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice 77df1300bd0041708fcefc39cd9117ab. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/77df1300bd0041708fcefc39cd9117ab/view
- July 24, 2026: Presolicitation, due August 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice 28e8150e7d4445aa8b5d477766495fe1. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/28e8150e7d4445aa8b5d477766495fe1/view
- August 28, 2026: Presolicitation, due September 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice f19c45a0f1c04a36a187447b27ce7b04. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f19c45a0f1c04a36a187447b27ce7b04/view

## Points of contact

- Michael Shepperd, michael.shepperd@dla.mil, 4457375936
- Michael Jackson, michael.p.jackson@dla.mil, 4457370689

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