Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 28, 2026·Responses due Sep 30, 2026

Presolicitation Notice for Full-Line Food and Beverage Item Distribution for DLA Troop Support's Customers in Northern New England and Surrounding Areas (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont)

DLA Troop Support · DLA TROOP SUPPORT

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
311999
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SPE30026R0012
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
9999
Place
Westbrook, ME, USA
Contact
Michael Shepperd (michael.shepperd@dla.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SPE30026R0012 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 30, 2025
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Jun 26, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Jul 24, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 28, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jan 16, 2026 to May 17, 2026, middle of the range Mar 1, 2026.
Measured from 2442 past early notices at Defense Logistics Agency that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 30, 2025).
Responses are due Sep 30, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Subsistence Directorate intends to issue a solicitation for Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV) support for Northern New England area customers and surrounding areas. Requirements for SPV support will include the delivery various quantities of subsistence items from the 8900 federal supply group or commercial equivalents. The contractor will be required to make delivery on a "just in time" basis. The delivery of items will be expected to begin no later than 120 days after the date of award. Offerors MUST be able to interface with the Government�s est… (show all)

ablished transaction package and support Electronic Data Interchange transaction sets listed in the solicitation. The resultant contract will be Fixed-Price subject to Economic Price Adjustments (EPA). The maximum dollar value of the entire acquisition is $29,070,000. The Government�s intent is to award one (1) Long Term Contract. The effective period of the contract will be from the award date up to 60 months, consisting of a period of five (5) years comprised of three (3) separate tiers for purposes of distribution price. The first tier shall be a twenty-four (24) month period (inclusive of up to a 120-day implementation period). The second tier will be an eighteen (18) month period directly following the first tier. The third and final tier will be an additional eighteen (18) month period following the second tier. The acquisition will use full and open competitive procedures and will be issued on an unrestricted basis. The proposals received in response to this solicitation will be evaluated utilizing Lowest Price Technical Acceptable procurement procedures and a contract will be awarded based on these criteria. Alternate items will be considered/evaluated. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on the DLA BSM DIBBS website, https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ as RFP # SPE300-26-R-0012. This solicitation is scheduled to be posted in September 2026.

Who won similar work

35 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 311999.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
US FOODS INC · $USFD12$1.7BJul 17, 2026
SYSCO RALEIGH, LLC3$258.0MMay 20, 2026
BAXTERS NORTH AMERICA, INC.3$74.1MJun 23, 2026
SYSCO SEATTLE, INC.2$301.9MJun 30, 2026
LABATT INSTITUTIONAL SUPPLY CO San Antonio TX 78218 USA2$149.0MAug 12, 2026
LABATT INSTITUTIONAL SUPPLY CO1$125.7MMay 29, 2026
Labatt Food Service LLC1$99.8MMay 23, 2025
LABATT FOOD SERVICE San Antonio TX 78218 USA1$72.4MMay 16, 2025
THE MERCHANTS COMPANY1$44.3MFeb 21, 2025
COASTAL PACIFIC FOOD DISTRIBUTORS, INC.1$39.7MFeb 21, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Defense Logistics Agency since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense Logistics Agency job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.