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No. 019-03
January 13, 2003


DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

AmeriQual Group, LLC*, Evansville, Ind., is being awarded a $47,014,329 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment and indefinite-quantity delivery type of contract for ready-to-eat meals for all U.S. Armed Services. The performance completion date is May 17, 2003. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were three solicitations and three responses. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (SP0300-99-D-Z105).

The Wornick Co.*, McAllen, Texas, is being awarded a $47,389,634 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment and indefinite-quantity delivery type of contract for ready-to-eat-meals for all U.S. Armed Services. The performance completion date is April 30, 2003. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were three solicitations and three responses. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (SP0300-99-D-Z106).

SOPAKCO Packaging, Mullins, S.C., is being awarded a $35,001,982 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment and indefinite-quantity delivery type of contract for ready-to-eat meals for all U.S. Armed Services. The performance completion date is April 30, 2003. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were three solicitations and three responses. The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (SP0300-99-D-Z104).

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Johnson Technology Inc., Muskegon, Mich., is being awarded a $5,044,761 fixed-price contract for procurement of high-pressure turbine nozzle segments used on the F404 engine for the F/A-18 aircraft. Work will be performed in Muskegon and is to be completed by September 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point Philadelphia is the contracting activity (N00383-03-C-M020).

*Small Business