MRE Spreads - Rations National Contract (RNC)
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- SPE3S126R0004
- Agency
-
Subsistence
Troop Support, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311421 Fruit and Vegetable Canning
- Place of performance
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence seeks bids for twelve spread components in 28-gram flexible pouches for Meal Ready-to-Eat assembly, with proposals due July 2, 2026, at 3:00 PM. This is an unrestricted Indefinite-Quantity Contract with a five-tier structure, each tier spanning 365 days.
Place of performance spans three MRE assembler locations: AmeriQual Packaging in Evansville, Indiana; SOPAKCO, Inc. in Mullins, South Carolina; and Baxters North America in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pricing must be offered F.O.B. Destination to all three sites. The line items include cheese spread (plain and jalapeno), peanut butter (smooth, chocolate, and chunky), preserves (blackberry and strawberry), jellies (apple and grape), mayonnaise (fat-free), barbecue sauce, and apple pie dessert spread. Estimated yearly quantities range from 1.515 million to 13.635 million units per line item, with guaranteed minimum and maximum quantities specified for each.
All products must comply with Performance-based Contract Requirements or Commercial Item Description specifications, 21 CFR 117 food safety regulations, and originate from USDA-sanitarily approved sources. Contractors must submit a Quality Systems Plan modeled on ISO/ANSI/ASQ 9001 standards, an Integrated Pest Management Program, a Food Defense Plan, and a Contractor Sanitation Program at bid time. Product Demonstration Models (106 samples per component) are required prior to solicitation close, distributed to U.S. Army DEVCOM Soldier Center, DLA Troop Support, and the contractor's facility. Government inspection by USDA-AMS at origin uses ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 sampling procedures, with inspection costs borne by the contractor. Economic Price Adjustments apply to cheese spreads and peanut butter based on commodity market indices, capped at 10 percent annually for increases. The NAICS code is 311421, Fruit and Vegetable Canning; PSC is 8940. Amendment 0001, effective June 12, 2026, updated the solicitation for compliance with the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul and current Class Deviations, deleting eight FAR provisions and incorporating the updated Combating Trafficking in Persons clause (Deviation 2026-O0038).
Notice text
Soliciation for the Rations National Contracts, Spreads Components.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SF30_SPE3S126R00040001.pdf | ||
| Final_SPE3S126R0004.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| MRE Spreads - Rations National Contract (RNC) | Pre-Solicitation | |
| MRE Spreads - Rations National Contract (RNC) | Pre-Solicitation |
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