Defense Personnel Support Center, Attn: Dpsc-hfve, 2800 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19101

89 -- VIRTUAL WARTIME VENDOR CONCEPT SOL SP0300-98-R-7000 DUE 030298 POC Debbie O'Donnell, 215-737-7752, Contract Specialist, P.J. Carr, Contracting Officer The original synopsis, submission number 134729, is revised due to the elimination of the food-purchase-option portion of the solicitation. Under the revised solicitation the contractor will not be required to supply food product or to offer an option for such purchase. The Defense Personnel Support Center is interested in developing and accessing commercial market information to maintain visibility over certain commercially available food components needed to support the military services wartime field feeding plan. The food items, which are referred to as Other War Reserve (OWR), consist of an estimated 250 items which fall into various food commodity groups. The food commodity groups consist of canned meat, poultry and fish; dairy foods and eggs; juices; canned fruit and vegetables; starches, cereals, bakery; jams, jellies and spreads; sugars and syrups; soups and gravy mixes; desserts and pie fillings; condiments and sauces; margarines and oils; spices; beverages and disposable items, such as paper cups and trays, plasticware and trash bags. These items are predominately commercial food components which are part of the military group-feeding system. According to the particular military service, the items either become part of an assembled ration or are shipped out individually. The government's objectives are to (1) purchase market information on commercial inventories available within the contractor's own supply system necessary to support the OWR program, (2) improve the ability of the commercial sector to respond to the mobilization needs of the government in the event of a surge in military requirements, and (3) reduce the overall costs to the government involved in planning and maintaining visibility over commercial inventory levels. The program will focus on Virtual Inventory Management. Under the Virtual Inventory Management concept, the objective during normal peacetime operations is to maintain instant access to information pertaining to the prime contractor's product sourcing at the distributor and/or the manufacturer level. Contract requirements will include: (1) a semi-annual report including recommendations for item substitutions, (2) participation in government-industry process review meetings semi-annually, (3) a contingency plan describing the contractor's proposed transition from a virtual inventory management system to an actual supply mechanism for the military should the need arise and (4) participation and interaction with the government for the testing of the contractor's virtual supply system and for verification of the proposed contingency plan. The contract awarded under this solicitation will be a firm fixed-price contract for visibility over product available within the contractor's supply system. This is an unrestricted acquisition. A source selection trade-off process will be utilized in this acquisition, which will include a base year and two one-year options. All responsible sources may submit proposals which will be considered by this Agency. Interested sources can request a copy of the solicitation by faxing a request to Debbie O'Donnell at (215)737-9043. (0358)

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