Market Ready Grocery Items for Oahu

This is a Request for Information (“RFI”). DLA Troop Support (“Agency”) Pacific, Procurement Office-Hawaii is interested in comments and feedback regarding the Agency’s full line of Market Ready Grocery Items that include to the Department of Defense (“DoD”) & Non-DoD customers on the Island of Oahu. 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 RFI, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to the government. This RFI 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 RFI. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation. The sole purpose of this RFI 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 Perishable & Non-Perishable Grocery items to DoD and Non-DoD Customers on the Island of Oahu. 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…