8920--Bread | Base Plus 4 Option Years
This is a Sources Sought/RFI for market research only, seeking qualified businesses—including SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, HUBZone, 8(a), small, and large—under NAICS 311812 with a 1,000-employee size standard. The VA intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract for bread products, including white/whole wheat sandwich loaves, rye, and hamburger buns, delivered to Nutrition & Food Service walk-in coolers at the Dallas VA Medical Center and Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center in Dallas and Bonham, TX. Performance is planned for a base period 12/01/2026–11/30/2027 plus four option years through 11/30/2031. Deliveries are required weekly on Tuesdays from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM, with rejected products replaced same day by 3:00 PM and bread having at least seven days of remaining shelf life. Contractor duties include sanitation/temperature inspections, compliant packaging and date coding, weekly itemized invoices, no advance payments, online ordering, and at least five days’ notice for product availability issues.