FF&V Maui Schools

This is a Sources Sought. DLA Troop Support (“Agency”) Indo-Pacific, Procurement Office-Hawaii is interested in comments and feedback regarding the Agency’s full line of United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) Grade Number 1 or better-quality Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (“FF&V”) products to Non-Department of Defense (DoD) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) School customers, Maui, in the State of Hawaii Zone. There is no solicitation available at this time.

Requests for a solicitation will not receive any response. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to the Sources Sought, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to the government. This Sources Sought does not constitute a commitment from the Government and any information provided in response to this market survey will be used for informational purposes only and will not be released.

Any proprietary information submitted will be protected if appropriately marked. Please note that by responding to the Agency’s request, a potential offeror is not promised any future business with the Government. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor SAM.gov for additional information pertaining to this Sources Sought. Not responding to this Sources Sought does not preclude participation in any future solicitation. The sole purpose of this Sources Sought is to conduct market research to assist the Agency in crafting an appropriate solicitation in the future.

Background Information: The Agency intends to issue a solicitation and ultimately enter into a Simplified Indefinite-Delivery Contract(s) (“SIDC”) with a commercial firm(s) to supply a full-line of United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) Grade Number 1 or better quality Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (“FF&V”) products to Non-Department of Defense (DoD) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) School customers, Maui, in the State of Hawaii Zone.

Specific quality requirements per item are included in the Schedule of Items (Attachment 1). When proposing in response to any future solicitation, failure to propose the specified quality requirement per item as identified in Attachment 1 may render an offeror’s proposal technically unacceptable. If the item’s description in Attachment 1 does not provide a specific quality grade, the minimum quality trade that is required to meet the terms of any future Solicitation is USDA Grade Number 1 or better quality. After solicitating, the Agency intends to make one award.

Submissions for Sources Sought: Please see the attachments: 1 – Schedule of Items, 2 – Delivery Schedule-Customer List, and 3 – Market Research Survey. If interested, we strongly encourage submitting a completed Market Research Survey. We appreciate and thank you in advance for any feedback. Your responses regarding this Sources Sought are requested back by 08:00 AM HST on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Please respond via email to the following address: Jasielle Castro, jasielle.castro@dla.mil Kirk Moser, kirk.moser@dla.mil