SOPAKCO Awarded US Close Combat Assault Rations Contract

12th November 2024

Prototype Close Combat Assault Ration on display at the Pentagon May, 2018 [US Army: Gary Sheftick]

SOPAKCO Inc., has been awarded a maximum $47,605,500 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Close Combat Assault Rations.

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Contract Notice, Washington DC, November 2024: SOPAKCO Inc., Mullins, South Carolina, has been awarded a maximum $47,605,500 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for close combat assault rations.

This was a competitive acquisition with three responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. The ordering period end date is Nov. 10, 2029. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2025 through 2030 defence working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Close Combat Assault Ration should provide enough food in one ration to equal an entire day’s worth of MREs [US Army: David Kamm]

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Editor’s Comment: “The Close Combat Assault Ration (CCAR) is a compact, eat-on-the-move assault ration designed for short durations of highly mobile, high intensity combat operations. The CCAR is substantially reduced in weight and cube and enhances Warfighter consumption, nutritional intake, and mobility. The intended purpose of the CCAR is for usage during the first 72 hours of a conflict in lieu of using Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MRE), which are heavier and more voluminous. The CCAR has 10 packs per shipping container consisting of 3 different menus.” [source: US Defense Logistics Agency]

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