Ameriqual Packaging and The Wornick Co. have been awarded bridge contracts to supply Unitized Group Ration-A 50-person meals.
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Contract Notice, Arlington VA, June 2025: Ameriqual Group LLC, doing business as Ameriqual Packaging, Evansville, Indiana, has been awarded a maximum $52,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Unitized Group Ration-A.
This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a 167-day bridge contract. The ordering period end date is Nov. 23, 2025.
Using military services are Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2025 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Contract Notice, Arlington VA, June 2025: Baxters North America Inc., doing business as The Wornick Co., Blue Ash, Ohio, has been awarded a maximum $28,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Unitized Group Ration-A.
This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a 167-day bridge contract. The ordering period end date is Nov. 23, 2025.
Using military services are Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2025 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[US Army Reserve: Capt. William Stroud]
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Background: The Unitized Group Ration – A Option (UGR-A) is used to sustain military personnel during worldwide operations that allow organised food service facilities. The UGR-A is designed to maximise the use of commercial items and to simplify the process of providing high quality food service in a field environment. All components for a complete 50-person meal are included in the UGR-A, with the exception of mandatory supplements, such as milk and cold cereal, and optional enhancements like bread and fresh fruit and vegetables. The UGR-A includes perishable/frozen type entrees (A-Rations) along with commercial-type components. Currently there are 7 breakfast and 14 lunch/dinner menus available. The UGR-A module is comprised of three boxes. One pallet is comprised of twelve modules, which provides 600 meals.
Source: US Defense Logistics Agency
