Bottled water
Updated
Presolicitation from the Defense Logistics Agency, for work in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Due Nov 18, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC-5), 14 days left.
| Solicitation number | EcuadorPreSolicitation2027 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Defense Logistics Agency |
| Office | DLA Troop Support |
| Notice type | Presolicitation |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing (311999) |
| Product or service code | 8915 |
| Place of performance | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Posted | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 18, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC-5) (14 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Description
Request For Information (Ecuador 2026 – 2027) This is a Request For Information (RFI). DLA Troop Support’s OCONUS Subsistence Prime Vendor (OCONUS SPV) Program is interested in your comments regarding “Bottled Water Support” to our Army Customers in Ecuador. There is no solicitation available at this time.
The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this RFI, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. This RFI does not constitute commitment from the Government and any information provided in response to this market survey will be used for informational purposes only. Any proprietary information submitted will be protected if appropriately marked.
Vendor participation is not a promise for future business with the Government. The sole purpose of this RFI is to conduct Market Research There is one Public Health Command (PHC) approved source for bottled water in Ecuador: Coca-Cola Plant address: Avenida Juan Tanca Marengo KM 4.5 Guayaquil, Ecuador Phone number: (593) 44371 9800, (593) 44500 0183 E-mail [email protected] Product Produced: water (bottled) Please consider the following questions: Bottled Water support includes the ability to source bottled water items, to receive and consolidate materials, warehousing and inventory management, transportation capabilities, the ability to accept customer orders electronically and provide delivery, and the ability to maintain a quality assurance program.
Can you provide Prime Vendor support to our customer located at Ecuador. Could you please submit specification sheets or item information about the types of bottled water items available from this source? Our customer may be interested in cases of 1-liter or 1.5-liter bottles and 5-gallon containers.
Are or will there be any concerns with making deliveries to Ecuador? Will your company be able to get base access to make deliveries or will your drivers need to be escorted? Is your firm a large or small business concern?
(Small business being defined as a firm that employs less than 700 employees). In what type of business is your company involved – e.g. logistics, food distribution? Who are your firm’s major customers, e.g. Retailers, industrial accounts, and commercial accounts?
What is the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) identifier? Does your company have access to the DLA Troop Support – Subsistence Total Order and Receipt Electronic System (STORES)? If not, would your company be able to follow the instructions and requirements listed at the site below to obtain access?
STORES Web (dla.mil) (stores.dla.mil/Stores_Web/Regis...)
Does your firm have an existing facility by which you would be operating? If so, is it currently used for commercial or other businesses, and if so, what type of business? The estimated annual bottled water sales for this contract is $350,000.00.
Does your firm handle/have the operational capacity or ability to expand to handle this requirement? Are you able to display pricing in this format below? Product price+ Distribution price = Final price (Distribution price is fixed throughout the length of the contract which is one year) 9.There is a possibility of an additional requirement to supply bottled water to the above-listed location.
Would you be able to complete this requirement using the below listed PHC Approved Sources for Bottled Water? We encourage, appreciate, and would like to thank you in advance for your participation. Your responses, comments, suggestions, and ideas regarding support for our customers are requested back by the close of business on (November 18, 2026.
Your responses may be sent via email to the following email address below. Primary Point of Contacts: Kenyatta Richards [email protected] Phone: 445-737-3944 Donovan Mahoney [email protected] Phone: 445-737-6373
Contracting contact
- Kenyatta Richards · [email protected] · (445) 737-3944
- Donovan Mahoney · [email protected] · 445-737-6373
As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.
Is your business small enough?
For NAICS 311999, a business counts as small if it has no more than 700 employees (SBA size standard). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for all other miscellaneous food manufacturing work, who also hold DLA contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, Inc. $183.9 million in this trade
- US Foods Inc $86.8 million in this trade
- Reinhart Foodservice, LLC $69.0 million in this trade
- Ameriqual Group LLC $39.2 million in this trade
- Labatt Institutional Supply Co $38.9 million in this trade
About the buyer
The Defense Logistics Agency awarded $46.4 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Amerisourcebergen Drug Corp, Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. and W S Darley & Co. See what DLA is buying now.
Who can bid: Small Business set-aside
Total and partial small business set-asides are open to any business under the SBA size standard for the notice's NAICS code.
All open Small Business set-asides.
All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing contracts right now
There are 24 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 311999), 10 posted in the last 7 days; 79% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons, Agricultural Marketing Service and Defense Logistics Agency. Most of the work with a stated place is in Kentucky, New Jersey and Oklahoma. A notice in this trade gives a median of 14 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 15 days.
All open all other miscellaneous food manufacturing contracts
Coming up in this trade
Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.
Recent awards in this trade
- MANY AWARDS Joint Base MDL NJ $1.0 million · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Oct 29, 2026
- The Smooth Sailing Group LLC $22,391 · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Oct 14, 2026
- VARIES Brooklyn NY $0 · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Oct 8, 2026
- G.E.R.J Logistic Services LLC $131,259 · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Sep 1, 2026
- Multiple Vendors Oakdale LA $510,529 · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Sep 1, 2026
From the award notices agencies publish.