This is a solicitation for commercial items, specifically snack items for the Unitized Group Ration (UGR) program. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP). Offers are due by May 11, 2026, at 3:00 PM EDT. The acquisition is unrestricted. Key requirements include the submission of Product Demonstration Models (PDMs) by the offer due date, adherence to specific packaging, labeling, and marking instructions, and compliance with food safety and defense plan requirements. The evaluation will be based on a Low Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection process, considering technical acceptability (including PDMs) and price. The contract will be an indefinite delivery contract. Detailed specifications for items like cashew nuts, toaster pastries, and beef snacks are provided. Contractors must submit pricing on an F. O. B. destination basis. A pre-award plant survey may be conducted. Electronic invoicing via Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) is mandatory. The contract includes various Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clauses covering inspection, acceptance, warranty, and other terms.
Required delivery dates shall not exceed 90 days after issuance of each delivery order.
Payment will be made by code. The solicitation mentions electronic invoicing by suppliers via Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) is required and is a condition for contract award.
The contractor warrants that for 6 months after receipt of supplies at destination or, in the case of supplies required to bear an expiration date, for the expiration date indicated in the labeling thereof, all supplies furnished are of a quality to pass without objection in the trade under the contract description, are fit for the ordinary purposes for which the supplies are used, are within the variations permitted by the contract, and are of an even kind, quality and quantity within each unit and among all units, are adequately contained, packaged, and marked as the contract may require and conform to the promises or affirmations of fact made on the container.
This procurement is using the low price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures. The government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and meeting the requirements of the solicitation considered.
To determine the responsibility of prospective contractors, the government reserves the right to conduct physical surveys of the plants which are to be used in the performance of a contract. In the event the government is prevented from conducting such surveys by the offeror or its proposed subcontractor, the offer may be rejected.
If this contract is terminated in whole or in part for cause, and the supplies or services covered by the contract so terminated are repurchased by the government, the contractor shall pay, and the government shall accept, the sum of 1,**** as payment in full for the administrative costs of such repurchase.
Product Demonstration Models (PDMs) are required for each item while the solicitation is open. PDMs must be received no later than the time set for closing of offers. A total of 30 samples of PDM items shall be submitted as stated in the solicitation.
