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This is a Request for Information (RFI) for Planning Purposes. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. Responses will be treated as information only and shall not be used as a proposal. The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is interested in determining whether there are any individuals, partnerships or companies (entities) that are interested in providing an order fulfillment service to support an Internet based commissary shopping program. The preliminary concept is to offer 300 to 400 basic care and comfort items for sale from an order center to be located at the MacDill Air Force Base (AFB) Commissary. The entity would receive the order via the Internet, fill the order, pack and ship it directly to the ship to address. DeCA would provide a workspace location within the warehouse area of the MacDill AFB Commissary with equipment to process orders and provide access to government product inventory. The entity would provide all necessary labor, supplies, equipment and material necessary to pack and ship the orders. The entity will also provide a customer service representative to answer inquiries regarding status of shipments and maintain sanitation of the work area. If you are interested in working with DeCA to extend the commissary benefit to our authorized customers who are unable to shop in a commissary, forward your business plan describing your operational approach not later than April 15, 2005, to the Defense Commissary Agency, Contracting Business Unit/CICDS, ATTN Will Madera, 1300 E Avenue, Fort Lee, Virginia 23801-1800. For questions, please call Will Madera at (804) 734-8024. This RFI does not guarantee that DeCA will issue a formal solicitation for the service. Following a review of the submissions, DeCA may invite interested entities to provide further presentations.