Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE3S118DZ207

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Subsistence, a defense agency, awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Baxters North America, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract, valued at up to $449,352,536, provides for the delivery of various perishable and semi-perishable food items, including Unitized Group Rations (UGRs), tailored operational meals, and specialized rations to support the agency's global food service operations. Baxters North America, Inc. serves as the prime contractor and has been issued multiple firm fixed-price delivery orders under this IDC, valued between $3,580 and $1.3 million, for the provision of UGR A, B, D, and other perishable food products. The deliveries will be made to DLA distribution centers in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the contract does not have any set-aside designations.

Baxters North America, Inc. is also a prime contractor on a separate $220 million Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to supply meals, including reduced sodium, survivor daily rations, and commercial meals, in support of disaster response efforts across the United States. This demonstrates the company's expertise in providing a wide range of shelf-stable and perishable food items to various government agencies to meet their subsistence and emergency preparedness needs.