Request for Information (RFI) for Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) support for Southern Europe/Navy Ships

The DLA Troop Support's Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) Program is seeking information from vendors regarding contracts for full-service food support to military and authorized land customers in Southern Europe, as well as Navy ship customers in Northern/Southern Europe and Northern/Western Africa. The program includes sourcing food items, receiving and consolidating product, warehousing and inventory management, quality control, quality assurance, and inspections, transportation and security of product, personnel management, and meeting required delivery dates. Vendors are requested to provide information on their ability to manage the estimated volume of sales, which is around $55 million per year for land customers in Southern Europe and $47 million per year for Navy ship customers. • The program requires compliance with the Berry Amendment, which generally requires that food items purchased by the Department of Defense must be grown, reprocessed, or produced in the United States or its possessions. • Vendors must have the ability to provide Local Market Ready (LMR) items, such as fresh eggs from the local economy. • Vendors must be able to accommodate delivery schedules of 2 days for land customers and 3-12 days for Navy ship customers. • Vendors must have experience operating as a Subsistence Prime Vendor or have long-term contracting experience performing similar requirements.