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This is a request for information (RFI) for the Utah Region. This is not a solicitation for proposals and there is no solicitation available at this time. The Government will not pay for any informati... This is a request for information (RFI) for the Utah Region. This is not a solicitation for proposals and 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 RFI will be used for informational purposes only. Any proprietary information submitted will be protected if appropriately marked. Vendor participation is not a promise for future business with the Government. The purpose of this RFI is to conduct Market Research. Background: DLA Troop Support expects to issue the solicitation for Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) supporting the Utah region within the contiguous United States (CONUS). DLA Troop Support’s CONUS SPV contractors are responsible for providing full-line food and beverage item distribution support for garrison type feeding to military, federally funded, and other authorized customers in the regions covered by each contract. The DLA Troop Support SPV contractor will be responsible for providing food products such as canned items, dry items, chill items, ultra-high temperature (UHT) dairy items, frozen bakery products, frozen meats, frozen seafood and poultry, ice cream, eggs and other dairy products under this contract. Information on the current DLA Troop Support CONUS SPV contracts can be found at http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/Subsistence/Foodservices/Regions/CONUS.aspx. DLA Troop Support's CONUS Subsistence Prime Vendor (CONUS SPV) Program is interested in your comments regarding food support for our current customers listed below in the Utah region. Customer/Location Hill Crest Dining Facility / Hill Air Force Base, Utah Utah Air National Guard / Salt Lake City, Utah Camp Williams TISA-SSMO / Bluffdale, Utah Camp Williams DFAC / Bluffdale, Utah Following are specific questions to consider: 1. Can you support any or all of the customers listed above? Many of the customers expect delivery 48 hours after placing their orders. Are there any location limitations in meeting this delivery schedule? 2. Do you have preferred delivery set-ups (routes, grouping of customers) to provide complete food support throughout the state? 3. Some of our customers are remotely located and require smaller pack-size items. Can this requirement be provided? Can you provide service to them, regardless of weather conditions? What method of shipping would be used? 4. Would there be customers who could not be supported if an emergency order is needed (either same day or next day)? 5. Please confirm if your facility is capable and willing to complete a long-term 5 year contract. We encourage and appreciate your participation; please share your ideas regarding these issues. Your written comments, suggestions and ideas regarding support for our customers will be treated as confidential and for Government use only. Please provide your responses via email, by May 26, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. Philadelphia Local Time to the following email addresses: Michael Shepperd at Michael.Shepperd@dla.mil and Paula Williams at Paula.Williams@dla.mil .