Attachment 3 Delivery Requirement.docx

Attachment 3 Delivery Requirement

1. Delivery Details

1.1. The deliveries shall be made to Flores and Guatemala City. The Contracting Officer (KO) and / or Government Representative (GR) will provide the contractor the requirements and frequency of deliveries with each BPA Call.

2. Specifications

2.1. The Contractor shall provide the KO and the GR a standard order form and a list of available items to order each week with completely case poundage for fruit and vegetables. All fruits and vegetables ordered utilizing completely case concept. The Contractor shall provide all items ordered by weight as required.

2.2. The KO and / or GR will provide the contractor will provide the contractor the requirements and frequency of all deliveries. The KO and / or GR 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 after order be submitted if items are unavailable or of poor quality; vendor will provide recommended substitution. Vendor and GR will discuss future orders and estimated amounts.

2.3. 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, lettuce or radishes.

2.4. The Contractor shall provide products from the list below. 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, fairly well formed, and free from decay, internal browning, internal breakdown, soft scald, freezing injury, visible water GRe, and broken skins.

(b) Bananas – No excessive bruising, evidence of chilling or freezing, over ripeness.

(c) 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 condition, 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.

(d) Pears – U.S. no 1 grade standards consists of pears of one variety which are mature, but not overripe, carefully hand-picked, clean, fairly 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, spray burn, stings or other insect injury, disease, or mechanical or other means.

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 soft or wilted. In addition, which are well formed, well netted, 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 soft 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, Fairly well formed, Not overripe, Decay, Sunscald, White heart, Free from damage by any means

c. Salad Items.

(a) Cucumbers - U.S. Fancy grade standards consists 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 characteristics, 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 consists of radishes of similar varietal characteristics 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 discoloration, disease, insects, or other means.

(d) Spinach, iceberg lettuce or romaine lettuce fresh, ready-to-use (prepackaged spinach or lettuce mix is not acceptable) - plants of similar varietal characteristics 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, tip burn, wilting, foreign material, freezing, dirt, disease, insects, mechanical or other means

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

(f) Lemons, fresh - U.S. No. 1 grade standards consists of lemons, which are mature, firm, well formed, fairly 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 discoloration. Also free from damage caused by bruises, dry or mushy condition, scars, oil spots, scale, sunburn, hollow core, skin breakdown, melanoses, dirt, or other foreign material, other disease, insects or other means.