Indiana Statewide Rations IDIQ

This is a Pre-solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 5.207, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation for this notice will be published on https://sam.gov as a Request for Quote (RFQ) on or about July 1, 2024, with a closing date on or about August 2, 2024, and an anticipated award date of September 30, 2024.

The Indiana Army National Guard (INARNG) requires a contractor that will provide and deliver raw subsistence items and meal kits to 68 INNG facilities throughout Indiana on a weekly basis.  Subsistence items will support the INARNG 24 Day Menu where Culinary Management personnel prepare meals from raw subsistence.  Meal kits are to follow the Army’s basic nutrition guidelines for meal kits and the Nutrition Labeling Act. 

The objective of this Contract is to improve support of our soldiers and more cost-effectively by consolidating subsistence requirements through one Contractor who will minimize waste by limiting delivered quantities to just-in-time requirements, by eliminating unit involvement in actually purchasing, transporting, or breaking down rations, and by reducing administrative burden to both the Government and the Contractor by using commercial practices (such as, credit cards and electronic commerce).

INNG will provide the following information to the Contractor:  the unit; the number of meals to be served; the menus scheduled; a required consumption date. The Contractor shall acquire and deliver the specified items in the required quantities to the unit in time to allow unit to prepare and serve the meals. 

An indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) Contract will be awarded. Orders will be written off the base contract, the Award will be a supply distribution food contract supplying rations to statewide locations as required. The anticipated contract will consist of a sixty-month requirements contract. The total contract period shall not exceed five (5) calendar years.

On or about July 1, 2024, the Government intends to issue one solicitation for a $35M Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) for statewide rations to one (1) Small Business firm. Task Orders within the SATOC are Firm-Fixed Price (FFP). The Primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this solicitation is 311991, Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing with a size standard for Small Business of 700 employees.

This SATOC will have a total period of performance of five (5) years from the date of award, to include a one-year base period and a two (4) year option period. The minimum guarantee amount for the total contract to include the option period(s) is $2,500.00.