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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Subsistence Directorate intends to solicit for Prime Vendor support for the customers in the South Carolina Region and other Federally funded agencies for various quantities of Subsistence items for the 8900 federal catalog or their commercial equivalents. The total estimated dollar value of the requirement for the South Carolina zone $452.617.541. The items will start being delivered approximately (3) three months after the date of award. The effective period for the base period of the contract is from the award date up to 21 months thereafter. (NOTE: There will be a ninety day or (3) month start up/implementation period upon award followed by a 21-month performance period for the base year with two option periods, one (12) month option period and one (24) month option period.) This is an unrestricted acquisition. Customers will be provided, delivery on a "just in time" bases. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by this agency. The proposals received in response to this solicitation will be evaluated using Best Value Tradeoff and awarded to a Prime Vendor based on that criteria. Offers MUST be able to interface with the Government's established translation package and support electronic data interchange transaction sets listed in the solicitation. Errors in proposals will not be corrected by DLA personnel. The request for proposal (RFP) will be posted on DLABSMDibbs website as SPE300-16-R-0033. The website can be found at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. This solicitation is scheduled to be posted on or around November 22, 2016.