Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE3S118DZ736

The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence awarded multiple firm fixed price delivery orders to Baxters North America, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer, to provide perishable and semi-perishable food items, unitized group rations (UGRs), and other subsistence products. The orders, valued at over $4.9 million total, were issued against the agency's Subsistence Prime Vendor program to support DLA's global food service operations. No set-aside designations were used. Baxters North America, Inc. has also been awarded an indefinite delivery contract by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, worth up to $220 million, to supply large quantities of reduced sodium, survivor daily, and commercial meals for disaster response. Delivery of the DLA subsistence products will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio under short-term contracts with completion dates ranging from January 2023 through February 2024.

Baxters North America, Inc. has a history of providing a wide array of military ration and convenience food products to the U.S. government. The delivery orders issued by DLA Troop Support Subsistence cover a variety of UGR items, including perishable, semi-perishable, and frozen components, to meet the agency's requirements for procuring and distributing food to military installations worldwide. The company's role as a prime contractor for both DLA and FEMA demonstrates its standing as a leading supplier of shelf-stable, emergency, and operational meal solutions to federal agencies.