89--Milk

The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 6 Network Contracting Office (NCO) is conducting Market Research through this sources sought to help determine the availability of qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) and Small Businesses (SB) to provide the following dairy products to the Durham VAMC for one base year and up to four option periods: 34,000EA Milk, whole, fresh, pasteurized, homogenized Vitamin A and D fortified, 1/2 pint container, Type 1 Class 1 93,600EA Milk, low fat (2% milk fat) fresh, homogenized, pasteurized, Vitamin A and D fortified, 1/2 pint container 35,000EA Milk, skim, nonfat (less than 0.5% milk fat), fresh, milk solids added, homogenized and pasteurized, Vitamin A and D fortified, 1/2 pint container 5,500EA Milk, chocolate flavor, 1% and 2% milk fat, fresh, homogenized, pasteurized, Vitamin A and D fortified, 1/2 pint container 10CO Cottage Cheese, 1% fat, 5% container If the contractor can provide the above items, the contractor shall provide a letter from the manufacturer stating they are an authorized distributor/licenser of their products. Failure to submit an authorized distributor letter shall result in the product(s) potentially offered to be considered grey market and shall not be considered technically acceptable. The capability statements received from this market research are for planning purposes only and will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy. This is strictly market research and the Government will not entertain questions concerning this market research. The Government will not assume any costs incurred by the contractor in the preparation of responses. All responses shall be submitted in writing no later than August 10, at 7:00 AM, EST to the attention of: Cole J. Culley, VA Medical Center, 27 Averill Avenue, Hampton, VA 23667. E-mail address: cole.culley@va.gov Locations where deliveries are needed: VAMC Durham 508 Fulton Street Durham, NC 27705