A 2.3 Purchase Description_Fresh Fruits Vegetables (FFV)_Final_25MAR.pdf

Purchase Descrip�on (PD)

Tradewinds Barbados 2024 (TW 24)

Fresh Fruits & Vegetables (FF&V)

1. Delivery Details

1.1. Delivery Dates: 02-14 May 2024.

1.2. Hours of Opera�on: The contractor shall deliver fresh fruit and vegetables between the hours of 0900 to 1600hrs Monday through Sunday except when the Government facility is closed due to local or na�onal emergencies, administra�ve closings, or similar Government directed facility closings.

1.3. Place of Performance: The deliveries shall be made to Camp Paragon and BCGS Pelican in accordance with the Delivery Schedule and in coordina�on with the designated Government Representative (GOV REP).

2. Specifica�ons:

2.1 The contractor shall provide and deliver whole fresh fruits, vegetables, and assorted packets of salad dressing every three (3) days as scheduled by the GOV REP to the U.S. personnel in accordance with this Purchase Descrip�on.

See sec�on 2.7 for list of fruits and vegetables.

Es�mate of personnel supported is 200 at Pelican and 700 at Paragon.

2.2 The Contractor shall provide the KO and the GOV REP a standard order form and a list of available whole fruits and whole vegetables to order each week with completely case poundage for fruit and vegetables. All fruits and vegetables ordered u�lizing completely case concept.

2.3 The Contractor shall provide on a weekly basis, whole fresh fruits, whole vegetables, packet salad dressings (Ranch, Thousand Island, French, Blue Cheese), and salt(packets), black pepper(packets), ketchup(packets), mustard(packets), mayonnaise(packets) to Camp Paragon and GCGS Pelican to the GOV REP or KO. The KO and / or COR will provide the contractor the list of required fresh fruits and vegetables and frequency of deliveries to Camp Paragon and BCGS Pelican.

2.4 The KO and / or COR will provide the contractor an order at least three (3) days in advance of the required delivery date. Vendor will provide feedback NLT 24 hours a�er order has been submited. If items are unavailable or of poor quality; vendor will provide recommended subs�tu�on. Vendor and COR will discuss future orders and es�mated amounts.

2.4.1 Delivery. Point of Contact (POC) Mayor Cell. Delivery dates at Camp Paragon and BCGS Pelican are as follows:

a. 2 May 24

b. 5 May 24

c. 8 May 24

d. 11 May 24

e. 14 May 24

Loca�on Delivery Frequency Delivery Dates Camp Paragon Every 3 days 2May, 5May, 8May, 11May, 14May BCGS Pelican Every 3 days 2May, 5May, 8May, 11May, 14May nennie.y.gargard Highlight

2.5 The contractor shall not provide fruits or vegetables that have been cut. Hard-skin fruits and vegetables shall be the only items provided to the U.S. government. All vegetables must be fresh and not prepackaged this includes spinach, letuce, and radishes.

2.6 The Contractor shall provide products from the list below. The order will be delivered every three (3) or four (4) days as dictated by the COR. The government understands that certain items are seasonal.

a. Fresh fruits.

(a) Apples – Red Delicious or Granny Smith – U.S. Fancy grade standards, mature but not overripe, clean, well formed, and free from decay, internal browning, internal breakdown, so� scald, freezing injury, visible water core, and broken skins.

(b) Oranges – Naval or Valencia. U.S. Fancy grade standards - mature, well colored, firm, well formed, of smooth texture, and which are free from decay. No broken skins which are not healed, hard or dry skins, exanthema, growth cracks, dryness, or mushy condi�on, and free from injury caused by bruises, split, rough, wide, or protruding navels, creasing, scars, oil spots, scale, skin breakdown, sunburn, dirt or other foreign material disease, insects or mechanical or other means.

(c) Pears – U.S. no 1 grade standards consists of pears of one variety which are mature, but not overripe, carefully hand-picked, clean, well formed, and free from decay. No internal breakdown, scald, freezing injury, worm holes, black end, and from damage caused by hard end, bruises, broken skins, limb rubs, hail, scars, drought spot, sunburn, sprayburn, s�ngs or other insect injury, disease, or mechanical or other means.

(d) Banana – No excessive bruising, evidence of chilling or freezing, over ripeness.

b. Summer seasonal fresh

(a) Cantaloupes - U.S. No. 1 grade standard consists of cantaloupes of one type which are mature and have good internal quality but are not overripe or so� or wilted. In addi�on, which are well formed, well neted, free from decay, wet slip, and sunscald, and free from damage caused by liquid in the seed cavity, sunburn, hail, dirt, surface mold or other disease, aphis or other insects, scars, cracks, sunken areas, ground spot, bruises, or mechanical or other means.

(b) Honeydew - U.S. No. 1 grade standard consists of honeydew or honey ball type melons which are mature, firm, well formed, which are free from decay, and free from damage caused by dirt, aphis stain, rust spots, bruises, cracks, broken skin, sunscald, sunburn, hail, moisture, insects, disease, or other means.

(c) Nectarines - U.S. Fancy consists of nectarines of one variety, which are mature, but not so� or overripe, well formed, clean, and free from decay. No broken skins which are not healed, worms, worm holes, and free from injury caused by bruises, growth cracks, hail, sunburn, spray burn, scab, bacterial spot, scale, split pit, scars, other disease, insects, or mechanical or other means.

(d) Watermelons - Basic requirements: Mature, well formed, not overripe, decay, sunscald, white heart, free from damage by any means.

c. Salad Items.

(a) Cucumbers - U.S. Fancy grade standards consist of cucumbers which are well colored, well formed, not overgrown, and which are fresh, firm, and free from decay, sunscald, and from injury caused by scars and from damage caused by yellowing, sunburn, dirt, or other foreign material, freezing, mosaic or other disease, insects, cuts, bruises, mechanical or other means.

(b) Onions, yellow dry, peeled - Similar varietal characteris�cs, except color when designated as a specialty or mixed pack; mature; firm; and, well shaped.

(c) Radishes, fresh, red - U.S. No. 1 grade standards consist of radishes of similar varietal characteris�cs the roots of which are clean, well formed, smooth, firm, tender, and free from decay and free from damage caused by freezing, growth cracks or air cracks, cuts, pithiness, disease, insects, or other means. Bunched radishes have tops, which are fresh, free from decay, and free from damage caused by freezing, seed stems, yellowing or other discolora�on, disease, insects, or other means.

(d) Spinach, iceberg letuce or romaine letuce fresh, ready-to-use (prepackaged spinach or letuce mix is not acceptable) - plants of similar varietal characteris�cs which are fresh, well developed, well-trimmed, and which are free from decay, and free from damage caused by seed stems, broken, bruised or discolored leaves, �p burn, wil�ng, foreign material, freezing, dirt, disease, insects, mechanical or other means.

(e) Tomatoes - U.S. No. 1 grade standard consists of tomatoes of similar varietal characteris�cs which are mature but not overripe or so�, clean, well formed, which are free from decay, sunscald, and freezing injury, and free from damage caused by bruises, cuts, shriveling, puffiness, ca�aces, growth cracks, scars, disease, insects, moldy stems, skin checks, or other means.

(f) Lemons, fresh - U.S. No. 1 grade standards consist of lemons, which are mature, firm, well formed, smooth. Must be free from decay, contact spot, internal evidence of, unhealed broken skins, hard or dry skins, exanthema, growth cracks, internal decline, red blotch, membranous stain, or other internal discolora�on. Also free from damage caused by bruises, dry or mushy condi�on, scars, oil spots, scale, sunburn, hollow core, skin breakdown, melanoses, dirt, or other foreign material, other disease, insects, or other means.

(g) Salad dressing, assorted, light or regular (blue cheese, French, Italian, ranch, and thousand islands) assorted individual packets or containers. No container larger than 16 fluid ounces can be provided.

(f) salt(packets), black pepper(packets), ketchup(packets), mustard(packets), mayonnaise(packets)

2.7 Es�mated delivery amounts.

The Contractor shall provide products according to below charts; Atachment 1 & 2. The order will be delivered as per COR request. The government understands that certain items are seasonal.

Atachment 1:

Deliverables Chart to Camp Paragon

Items Package/ Size Personnel Pound per 50x Personnel

QTY (Total Pounds/Total)

1 Apples lbs. 700 12 168 2 Oranges lbs. 700 12 168 3 Pears lbs. 700 12 168

Items Package/ Size Personnel Pound per 50x

Personnel QTY (Total

Pounds/Total) 4 Plums lbs. 700 12 168 5 Bananas lbs. 700 12 168 6 Cantaloupes lbs. 700 15 210 7 Honeydew lbs. 700 15 210 8 Nectarines lbs. 700 12 168 9 Watermelons lbs. 700 18 252

10 Mangoes lbs. 700 12 168 11 Pineapples lbs. 700 18 252 12 Lettuce lbs. 700 5 70 13 Cucumbers lbs. 700 2 28

Onions, (yellow, dried and Peeled) lbs.

2 28

Radishes (Fresh, Red) lbs.

0.5 7 16 Tomatoes lbs. 700 6 84 17 Lemons (fresh) lbs. 700 2 28

Salad Dressing, assorted, light and regular (Blue Cheese, French, Italian, Ranch and Thousand Island)

7/16 oz packages

150 individual Packets

19. Salt(packets), Individual Packets 150 Individual Packets Black pepper(packets), Ketchup(packets), Mustard(packets), Mayonnaise(packets)

Atachment 2:

Deliverables to BCGS Pelican

Items Package/ Size Personnel Pound per 50x Personnel

QTY (Total Pounds/Total)

1 Apples lbs. 200 12 48 2 Oranges lbs. 200 12 48 3 Pears lbs. 200 12 48 4 Plums lbs. 200 12 48 5 Bananas lbs. 200 12 48 6 Cantaloupes lbs. 200 15 60 7 Honeydew lbs. 200 15 60 8 Nectarines lbs. 200 12 48 9 Watermelons lbs. 200 18 72

10 Mangoes lbs. 200 12 48 11 Pineapples lbs. 200 18 72 12 Lettuce lbs. 200 5 20 13 Cucumbers lbs. 200 2 8

Items Package/ Size Personnel Pound per 50x

Personnel QTY (Total

Pounds/Total)

Onions, (yellow, dried, and Peeled) lbs.

2 8

Radishes (Fresh, Red) lbs.

0.5 2 16 Tomatoes lbs. 200 6 24 17 Lemons (fresh) lbs. 200 2 8

Salad Dressing, assorted, light and regular (Blue Cheese, French, Italian, Ranch and Thousand Island)

7/16 oz packages 150 individuals Packets

19. Salt(packets), Individual Packets 150 Individual Packets Black pepper(packets), Ketchup(packets), Mustard(packets), Mayonnaise(packets)