Commercial and Reduced-Sodium Meals 2012-2016

The Commercial and Reduced-Sodium Meals 2012-2016 Master IDIQ contract vehicle, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is designed to procure specialized, shelf-stable, self-heating meals for disaster response and emergency preparedness. These meals are characterized by reduced sodium content and include an entree with additional meal components that can be consumed either as part of the primary meal or reserved as a supplemental snack. The contract vehicle, with a shared ceiling of $64,000,000, enables FEMA to quickly acquire critical food supplies for emergency situations across multiple distribution centers nationwide.

Task orders under this IDIQ consistently focused on replenishing meal inventories at FEMA distribution centers located in regions such as Atlanta, Fort Worth, Frederick, Cumberland, and the Caribbean, with a predominant emphasis on disaster response efforts including Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Matthew, and Winter Storm responses. The delivery orders typically ranged from approximately $50,000 to $9,795,243.92, with completion dates spanning several months. Prime contractors So-Pak-Co, Inc. (Sopakco Packaging) and Ameriqual Group LLC were the primary vendors, with most task orders using a firm fixed-price contract type and having no specific small business set-aside designation. The meals procured were consistently described as reduced-sodium, 30-36 month shelf-stable, and self-heating, indicating a standardized product specification across different emergency response contexts.