MODIFICATION
89 -- Tailored Operational Training Meal (TOTM) - TOTM MENU
- Notice Date
- 3/17/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 311422
— Specialty Canning
- Contracting Office
- Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Acquisition Locations, DLA Troop Support - Subsistence, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111-5096, United States
- ZIP Code
- 19111-5096
- Solicitation Number
- SPM3S1-14-R0001
- Archive Date
- 4/5/2014
- Point of Contact
- Tiendung H. Nguyen, Phone: 215-737-0825, James Lecollier, Phone: 215-737-3625
- E-Mail Address
-
Tiendung.Nguyen@dla.mil, james.lecollier@dla.mil
(Tiendung.Nguyen@dla.mil, james.lecollier@dla.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- TOTM MENU DLA Troop Support, Subsistence Directorate, Operational Rations Division, Individual Rations IST, is responsible for managing and administering the Individual Rations Long Term Contracts (LTCs). The LTCs are awarded to full line Rations suppliers. Customers include the military and other federally funded facilities within the Continental United States. The Tailored Operational Training Meal (TOTM) is a totally self-contained packet consisting of a meal packed in a flexible meal bag that is lightweight and fits easily into military field clothing pockets. TOTM employs commercial packaging to reduce costs. There are 3 sets of menus available. Each set is comprised of 12 different menus. Each case contains 12 meals, one of each menu. The TOTM may also be easily adapted for disaster relief efforts. The net weight per case is approximately 20 lbs. and.95 cubic feet, while each pallet weighs approximately 1,023 lbs. and is approximately 52.7 cubic feet. Menus typically contain an entrée, a wet-pack fruit, a beverage base, a flameless heater, a dining kit, and other assorted components. The contents of one TOTM meal bag provide an average of 997 calories. Except for the beverages, the entire meal is ready to eat. While the entree may be eaten cold when operationally necessary, it can also be heated in a variety of ways, including immersion in hot water while still sealed in its individual entree package. A flameless heating device has also been packed into each meal bag to heat the entree. This product is designed to be a "just in time"/Direct Vendor Delivery (DVD) item with a 7-10 day delivery time. The shelf life of the TOTM at the time of delivery to the customer will be 18 months to no less than 12 months shelf life when stored at 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The Government intends to make a Fixed Price (with EPA 52.216-9063 for Economic Price Adjustment - Tailored Operational Training Meal (TOTM) (NOV 2011), DLAD) Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process. The contract will consist of a five (5) Years. Estimated Minimum/Maximum quantities for five years are 12,000 cases/48,000 cases per line item. The Lowest Price Technically Acceptable method of evaluation will be utilized in this acquisition to determine the successful awardee. All responsible sources may submit proposals that will be considered by DLA Troop Support. Copies of the solicitation will be found on the DLA-EBS Internet Bid Board System at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil. If not already registered, prospective offerors will be required to do so prior to viewing and downloading a copy of the solicitation. RFPs are in portable document format (PDF). In order to download and view these documents, prospective offerors will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is available free at http://adobe.com. Anticipated solicitation issue date: March 21, 2014
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DLA/J3/DSCP-H/SPM3S1-14-R0001/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, United States
- Zip Code: 19111
- Zip Code: 19111
- Record
- SN03312061-W 20140319/140317234019-104d0a3354feeb6a4fb0b55e1d0eeac3 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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