The Defense Commissary Agency is the Defense Department’s Supermarket. Military personnel and their families shop at these Military Supermarkets located on military bases worldwide. The Defense Commissary Agency known as DeCA currently operates 236 stores.
DeCA purchases both the equipment used in the stores, items like freezers, food display cases and shelving as well as the products sold in the stores. Most of the Government contracts for these items are awarded to small businesses.
Equipment the Defense Commissary Agency Buys – To operate the stores
Categories
Restaurant equipment
Delicatessen equipment
Supermarket supplies
Types of Items – only a sample
Refrigerated grocery display cases
Freezers
Shelving
Food service equipment
Open air coolers
Pallet jacks
Meat slicers
Products sold at Defense Commissary Agency Stores
Any product you see for sale in any modern supermarkets is sold in the Defense Commissary Agency stores. Products sold include name brands as well as their own store brands such as HomeBase and TopCare.
DeCA sells its groceries and household supplies at a significant savings compared to commercial grocery stores. A five percent surcharge is applied patron purchases to finance buying store equipment, appliances and to modernize existing stores.
Small Business Contracts
68.96 percent of the government contracts awarded by the Defense Commissary Agency were awarded to small businesses in Fiscal 2018 according to DeCA.
Companies selling products in the categories above should consider the Defense Commissary Agency as one of many government agencies for finding potential government contracts.
Defense Commissary Agency Contracts and Solicitations
When searching for Defense Commissary Agency government contracts or solicitations use the same techniques used to find bids from any other Government agency. Use Federal Supply Class or Federal Group Codes as well as simple keywords.
We found one interesting open solicitation using FSG 41 – “Refrigeration, air-conditioning & air circulating equipment” for a small business set-aside, a long term contract for Refrigeration Display Cases for Sushi, take a look at our article here.
BidLink is online search tool to find government contracts, procurement history, solicitations, NSN/part number information and market research relating to the products and services the Department of Defense purchases.
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