Bulk Ice Purchase with Reefer Storage

Material Code: 263B NAICS:312113 PSC: 8950 Requested Specification: Bulk Crushed or Cubed Ice Purchase with Reefer Storage Period of Performance: 18 Jun - 24 July 2025 Location: Ice shall be delivered to BLDG 3140 (SSMO) on JBMDL, NJ. (Google Map location: 3145 County Rd616, Fort Dix, NJ 08640: 29FC+HH Fort Dix, Pemberton Township, NJ) See attached map, building is label TISA. Quantity: 110,000 pounds of bagged crushed, cubed, or nugget ice. No shaved ice will be accepted. General Characteristics: No specific size of cube or crush is required. Ice shall be separated into 20-pound bags. No other size of bagged ice will be acceptable. Ice must be clean, untouched, and fit for human consumption. It can be made from tap water, spring water, or purified water. Contract shall use standard pallet of 48inches by 48 inches or 48 inches by 40 inches. Pallets shall be shrink-wrapped or strapped appropriately in order to prevent spillage or loss at delivery point. At minimum the packaged ice labels must meet FDA food labeling requirements. The labels must list the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor of the ice. The labels must also list the net quantity of contents of the product. Ice is a single ingredient food, packaged ice does not need listing of ingredients, nor a nutrition facts label. The source water must meet all the requirements for such types of source water, as described in FDA regulations. Delivery Information: Frozen food shall be transported at a temperature of-18 C (0 F) or lower to maintain its safety, freshness, and quality. Contractor shall be able to access Fort Dix (JBMDL) Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ. (https://www.jbmdl.jb.mil/About-Us/Welcome-Center-Information/). Government has no obligation to assist Contractor?s and drivers with military installation access. Contract shall secure access to Fort Dix (JBMDL) one week before delivery POP. Contractor shall retain paperwork of access to military installation. Delivery made to (dropped off at) any gate will result in termination of contract, Contract Action Report (CARs), and FAR subpart46.407 nonconforming supplies or services. Contractor shall handle ice in such a manner as to minimize contamination from the time it is frozen until delivery at destination. On the 18June 2025 Contractor shall place 3 trailers at the loading dock of Building 3140. Contractor shall load the bulk of the palleted ice into one reefer trailer, the residual into the second reefer trailer, and the third reefer trailer shall be empty. Contractor shall connect the trailers to the electrical power service provided by the government. The reefer freezer trailers shall be a minimum of fifty-three (53?) foot in length. Temperature requirements shall range from negative ten (-10) degrees to ten (10) degrees Fahrenheit for freezer capability. The trailers shall be capable of connecting to 208 volts, 3 phase, 60-amp electrical service located at building?s loading docks. The reefer freezer trailers shall be level with the loading dock floor for safe accessibility by forklifts, pallet jacks, and personnel. The freezer trailers shall be lockable and must meet all Federal, state, and local laws and regulations for food storage. Contractor shall set-up and maintain the freezer trailers for the length of the performance period. Contractor shall immediately repair or replace inoperable refrigerated / freezer trailers at no cost to the government. Contract shall provide a 24-houremergency number for repair or replace with the solicitation. Reefer trailers shall be picked up 24 July 2025 no later than 3 pm eastern standard time.