The Postal Service is partnering with the grocery industry and looking for a cost effective solution to deliver groceries nationwide. The content must maintain frozen foods while shipping for a certain period of time. solicit
The purpose of this RFI is to identify:
- Interested suppliers to manufacture affordable options on preserving refrigerated and frozen foods while shipping. Additionally, supplier must come up with a USABLE ALGORITHM to maintain cold-based products in ambient temperature in certain packaging, as well as length of time the product remains cold.
Submissions must show how to vary cold products based on the following factors:
a. Maintain frozen products for a minimum of 24 hours
b. Maintain refrigerated products for a minimum of 24 hours
c. Multi use/more than once
d. Alternatives using dry ice or jell packs is acceptable or other means of keeping products cold
e. Size of packaging must be approximately 17 x 17 x 18
f. Durable packaging (box and/or bag)
g. Seal is very important
h. Actual testing data proving above a to g factors required
- Schedule to deliver 3 prototypes per version