Solicitation
Solicitation Notice for Bread and Bakery Products Support for DLA Troop Support Military Customers in Colorado State Zone
Dept of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency · Sol. SPE300-26-R-0039
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA Troop Support) plans one or more indefinite quantity contracts (standing contracts where the government orders as needed) with commercial firms to supply fresh bread and bakery products to military customers in the Colorado region. The attachments we could read cover only the electronic ordering setup and an item request form, so the actual product list, quantities, contract length and evaluation rules are not visible here.
Watch out for
- Required EDI system connection. You must exchange catalogs, orders and invoices through DLA's electronic data interchange system and finish testing before go-live, which is a real setup cost and lead time for a small bakery.
Each of the EDI transactions (832, 850, 810) must be tested successfully before the contract can
- Orders can arrive any day. Purchase orders can come at any time, seven days a week, so you need staff or systems watching your electronic mailbox every day.
As mentioned earlier, outbound 850 purchase orders can be generated anytime during the day seven days
- Weekly catalog updates and no substitutions. Late catalog price updates can cause pricing errors and wrong payments, and you may only deliver exactly what was ordered.
deliver items that are on the order and should not substitute any similar items.
- Key solicitation documents not visible. The main solicitation, product list and price sheets appear to be in spreadsheets and documents not read here, so requirements, quantities and evaluation are unknown.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. 2 not read in full.
- SPE30026R0039.LTC_PID0002.PDF
- SPE30026R0039.LTC_PID0004.PDF
- SPE30026R0039.LTC_PID0001.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
- SPE30026R0039.LTC_PID0003.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
Full brief
What they want
- Supply fresh bread and bakery products to Department of War (military) customers in the Colorado state region
- Receive orders electronically through DLA's STORES system, including orders at any time of day, seven days a week
- Send a product catalog (EDI 832), take purchase orders (EDI 850) and send invoices (EDI 810) in the required electronic formats
- Pass EDI testing for all three transaction types before the contract goes live
- Deliver only the items ordered, with no substitutions, to customer locations such as dining facilities, warehouses, hospitals, ships or child care centers
- Contract type
- Indefinite quantity contract(s) (IQC)
- Place of performance
- Colorado state region; delivery to military customer locations (SAM.gov lists only USA)
- Offers due
- October 26, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern time
What to include when you submit
- The notice says the full solicitation package is in the attachments; the main solicitation document and two spreadsheets were not readable here, so check them for how to submit and what to include
- A Market Fresh Item Request Form (Attachment 2) is included for describing items for DLA's catalog; the readable text does not say when it must be submitted
You must have
- Must be a commercial firm able to supply fresh bread and bakery products in the Colorado region
to supply fresh Bread and Bakery products to Department of War
- Must pass EDI testing for catalog, purchase order and invoice files before going into production (a clean EDI link to DLA Transaction Services, directly or through a third-party VAN)
Each of the EDI transactions (832, 850, 810) must be tested successfully before the contract can
Not in the notice text
- Contract length, any option periods, and ordering limits (minimum and maximum quantities)
- Which bread and bakery products are required and in what quantities
- How offers are evaluated and how many contracts will be awarded
- How and where to submit an offer
- Whether any size, socioeconomic or other eligibility limits apply (SAM.gov shows no set-aside)
- Delivery frequency, delivery locations and lead times within Colorado
- Food safety, inspection, shelf life and packaging requirements for the products
- Contents of the two spreadsheets (SPE30026R0039.LTC_PID0001.xlsx and SPE30026R0039.LTC_PID0003.xlsx), which were not read
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 26, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 9, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- SPE300-26-R-0039
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
- Office
- Dir of Sub DLA Troop Support
- NAICS
- 311812
- Product/service code
- 8920
- Business type
- Food & food service
- Contracting contact
- Clarissa Casterclarissa.caster@dla.mil4457371208
What similar contracts paid
157,158 contracts at this agency for the same NAICS and product/service codes had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 23% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$3KMiddle half: $1.4K to $11.2K
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The Defense Logistic Agency (“DLA”) – Troop Support (“Agency”) intends to enter into an indefinite quantity contract(s) (“IQC”) with a commercial firm(s) to supply fresh Bread and Bakery products to Department of War (“DoW”, or “Troop”) customers in the Colorado State region. This solicitation closes on October 26, 2026, at 3 PM EST. Please see attachments for all documents in the solicitation package.
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