Today after our daily review of current open solicitations we found an Army requirement posted for several huge ice coolers a very timely request as today is the first day of summer. The size of the cooler is over 82 gallons weighing in at 89 pounds when empty. This Army requirement is coming out of Fort Benning, GA. One listed requirement says the cooler is for “deep-sea catches” – Army fishing missions?
The solicitation requests the Yeti Tundra 350 cooler, however the buyer is accepting brand name or equal as long as the alternate item provided meets the salient characteristics of the Yeti cooler.
Using the BidLink database for research we were able to find a few National Stock Numbers (NSN’s) for some of Yeti’s coolers with procurement history, however there were no NSNs associated to this almost 6 foot wide ice chest. Yeti’s CAGE code is 5REC4. One of yeti’s smaller coolers, the 45 quart model has an NSN assigned which is 4110-01-579-0984, it sold in November of 2017 at a price of 297.49 each the ordered quantity was 12, there were many other orders that year.
This solicitation which is a Small business set-aside closes on June 26, 2018, it’s also a reverse auction solicitation which will be processed through FedBid.
Summary
- Solicitation number: BENNING30THAGAM0011
- Outside dimensions: 24 ¾” x 23 ¼” × 63 ½”
- Inside dimensions: 16 ¾’’ × 17 ¾” × 54 5/8”
- Empty weight: 89 pounds
- Description: 19,000 cubic inches of capacity and enough space to hold 82.4 gallons, it’s built to handle big events and deep-sea catches.
- Quantity requested: 14 each
- Contracting Office: 5305 3rd Infantry Division Rd, Fort Benning, GA 31905
Distributors or manufacturers’ of ice chests / coolers have a bid opportunity somewhere in the thousands of dollars range for this solicitation selling to the Army, Happy fishing.
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