Request for Information (RFI) for Fresh Bread & Bakery Products support for DoW Troop Customers in El Paso, TX Zone

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Request for Information (RFI) for Fresh Bread & Bakery Products support for DoW Troop Customers in El Paso, TX Zone. Dear Valued Suppliers: This is a Request for Information (�RFI�). DLA Troop Support�s (�Agency�) Subsistence and Market Fresh Program is interested in comments and feedback regarding the Agency�s fresh Bread and Bakery items to the Department of War (DoW) Troop Customers. There is no solicitation available at this time. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this 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 instant Agency request, a potential offeror is not promised any future business with the Government. The sole purpose of this RFI is to conduct market research to assist the Agency in crafting an appropriate solicitation in the future. Background: The Agency intends to issue a solicitation and ultimately enter into one (1) indefinite quantity contract(s) (�IQC�) with a commercial firm(s) to supply Fresh Bread and Bakery products to military customers in the El Paso, TX Zone. Commercial standards should be used to maintain temperatures appropriate for the individual items. When proposing in response to a solicitation, failure to propose the specified quality requirement per item as identified above may render an offeror�s proposal technically unacceptable. This will consist of One group of DoW/Troop Customers in El Paso, TX Zone. Group 1: El Paso, TX Troop Customers After soliciting, the Agency intends to make one award per group. Offerors are required to propose on all items in the Schedule of Items for each Group which it offers. Failure to do so may result in a proposal being deemed technically unacceptable and therefore excluded from further consideration for award. Because the Contracting Officer is not obligated to initiate negotiations, when proposing to the solicitation each offeror shall submit its most competitive proposal for each Group it has chosen to propose on. Said proposal shall be responsive to all the Solicitation�s requirements and free from any deficiencies. The contract period of performance will start in October 2026. If interested, we strongly encourage you to respond using the attached questionnaire. We appreciate and thank you in advance for any feedback. Your responses regarding this solicitation are requested back by the close of business on June 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Please respond via e-mail to the following addresses: Alexis Adams, Contracting Specialist, Alexis.Adams@dla.mil; and Jennifer DeLange, Contracting Officer, Jennifer.Delange@dla.mil *****PLEASE NOTE: You are only required to send back the completed PDF file �Market Research Vendor Survey�