Blanket Purchase Agreement W90BRJ11A0003

The Defense Intelligence Agency awarded a single-award blanket purchase agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees for laundry and dry cleaning services. No set-aside was used for this contract to the foreign entity. Between April 2011 and April 2016, the agency issued numerous firm fixed-price calls against the BPA valued between $40-$2,997 to provide laundry and dry cleaning services in Saudi Arabia in support of Defense Intelligence Agency operations. The services procured include emergency dry cleaning of drapes, general laundry and dry cleaning, with the last order placed in January 2016. The BPA and associated calls aimed to establish pre-negotiated pricing and terms for recurring cleaning needs abroad, allowing the agency to rapidly place orders valued from $40 to over $2,000 through the end of 2015. Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, registered as Federal Egov IAE Initiative - Generic Entity Identifier, served as the prime contractor delivering these routine support services to agency staff in Saudi Arabia.

The blanket purchase agreement and subsequent calls awarded by the Defense Intelligence Agency to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees exemplify how the U.S. government leverages contracting vehicles to efficiently meet recurring overseas support requirements. By establishing a long-term agreement with pre-negotiated terms, the agency was able to streamline the procurement process and obtain needed laundry and dry cleaning services for its personnel in Saudi Arabia on an as-needed basis for around five years. This allowed the DIA to focus its efforts on core missions rather than administrative functions. The foreign entity supported these efforts as the prime contractor, delivering services that facilitated operations in the region.