AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

See Block 14

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

6. ISSUED BY CODE SPE3S1 7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE SPE3S1

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

STERLING BV, INC. 

DBA STERLING FOODS 

1075 ARION PKWY 

SAN ANTONIO TX 78216-2883 

USA

CODE 7R8H1 FACILITY CODE

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

SPE3S1-21-D-Z135

2021 SEP 20

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended. 

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE 

PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this 

amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this 

amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. 

 IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES ( such as changes in paying office, appropriation

date, etc. ) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103 (b).

FAR 52.212-4 (c) - Changes

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, X is required to sign this document and return 1 copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

NSN 7540-01-152-8070 

Previous edition unusable

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83) 

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(Signature of Contracting Officer) (Signature of person authorized to sign)

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning

DLA TROOP SUPPORT 

SUBSISTENCE SUPPLY CHAIN 

700 ROBBINS AVENUE 

PHILADELPHIA PA 19111-5096 

USA 

 Initiator: Steven Hoenes 

 PSPTRCC Tel: 215-737-3726 Email: Steven.Hoenes@dla.mil

DLA TROOP SUPPORT 

SUBSISTENCE SUPPLY CHAIN 

700 ROBBINS AVENUE 

PHILADELPHIA PA 19111-5096 

USA

 15C. DATE SIGNED

Katherine Knecht

2021 DEC 09

16C. DATE SIGNED

X

X

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

See Blk. 16C

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

See Continuation Sheet

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1. CONTRACT ID CODE

P00003

 2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 

(X)

 CHECK ONE

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO. 

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS, 

 IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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I. The following applies to contract SPE3S1-21-D-Z135: 

 

A. Solicitation SPE3S1-21-R-0003, Page 21 of 115, delete: 

“MARKING: Shipping containers shall be marked in accordance with DLA Troop Support Form 3556, Marking 

Instructions for Boxes, Sacks, and Unit Loads of Perishable and Semiperishable Subsistence.” 

and insert: 

“MARKING: Shipping container markings shall be as follows: 

A. Shipping containers that are not being shipped to ration assemblers shall be marked in accordance with 

DLA Troop Support Form 3556, Marking Instructions for Boxes, Sacks, and Unit Loads of Perishable and 

Semiperishable Subsistence.

 

B. Shipping containers that are shipped to ration assembly contractors are permitted to have alternative 

markings that have been agreed upon by each assembler and the GQAR. A copy of this agreement shall be 

provided to the contracting officer prior to any shipment with alternative markings. In addition, any alternative 

markings shall comply with all applicable Federal and State mandatory requirements. This requirement shall 

remain in place for the duration of this contract or until further notice.” 

 

B. Solicitation SPE3S1-21-R-0003, page 33 of 115, delete: 

“D. Government Verification Inspection. Government verification inspection (conducted by the GQAR or 

Government laboratory) shall be withheld, at a minimum, until the contractor's completed lot submittal package, 

including, but not limited to, inspection results and/or in-process verification documentation as authorized for the 

contractor's Inspection and Acceptance Program option is presented to the Government's Quality Assurance 

Representative (GQAR). Unless otherwise authorized, in writing, by the contracting officer, the GQAR and/or 

Government laboratory shall not perform Government verification inspection/testing unless documentation 

contained in the contractor's lot submittal package provided to the GQAR indicates conformance to ALL 

contractual requirements.” 

and insert:

“D. Government Verification Inspection. Government verification inspection, tests and exams conducted by either 

the Government's Quality Assurance Representative (GQAR) or Government designated laboratory, shall be 

withheld, at a minimum, until documentation of the contractor's conforming and completed inspection results are 

presented to the GQAR. Unless otherwise authorized, in writing, by the contracting officer, neither the GQAR nor 

the Government laboratory shall perform Government verification inspection until such time as the contractor's lot 

submittal package, the package including the documented results of all inspections required to performed by the 

contractor, is provided to the GQAR and the inspection results contained therein indicate conformance to ALL 

applicable contractual requirements. Submit requests for Contracting Officer authorization using template 

“REQUEST FOR EARLY GOVERNMENT INSPECTION”. 

Standby inspection samples. The Government reserves the right to withdraw and hold, for inspection purposes, 

standby samples of components or finished products or both. Samples not used will be returned to the contractor.” 
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C. Solicitation SPE3S1-21-R-0003, page 42 of 115, in “L. Periodic Review Samples”, delete: 

 

“Six samples selected by USDA/AMS will be sent to: 

Operational Rations Lead Person, Michael Lynch (three samples) 

Operational Rations Marketing Specialist, Louis Obot (one sample) 

Agricultural Commodity Grader Staff Assistant, Benjamin Jackson (one sample) 

USDA Area Office Officer-in-Charge (one sample) “ 

 

and insert:

 

“Six samples selected by USDA/AMS will be sent to: 

 Operational Rations Marketing Specialist, Anthony Foresi (three samples)

 Operational Rations Marketing Specialist, Louis Obot (one sample)

 Operational Rations Marketing Specialist, Luke Smith (one sample)

 USDA Area Office Officer-in-Charge (one sample)”

 

D. Solicitation SPE3S1-21-R-0003, page 42 of 115, in “L. Periodic Review Samples”, at end of Natick mailing 

address, add: “POC: (508) 233-5037”

 

E. Solicitation SPE3S1-21-R-0003, page 48 OF 115, delete provision titled “DLA Provision 9044 Sanitary 

Conditions (APR 2014)”, and insert the following provision, titled “9044 SANITARY CONDITIONS (JUL 2021)”: 

 

“9044 SANITARY CONDITIONS (JUL 2021) 

 

(a) Food establishments. 

 

 (1) All establishments and distributors furnishing subsistence items under DLA Troop Support contracts are 

subject to sanitation approval and surveillance as deemed appropriate by the Military Medical Service or by other 

Federal agencies recognized by the Military Medical Service. The Government does not intend to make any award 

for, nor accept, any subsistence products manufactured, processed, or stored in a facility which fails to maintain 

acceptable levels of food safety and food defense, is operating under such unsanitary conditions as may lead to 

product contamination or adulteration constituting a health hazard, or which has not been listed in an appropriate 

Government directory as a sanitarily approved establishment when required. Accordingly, the supplier agrees that, 

except as indicated in paragraphs (2) and (3) below, products furnished as a result of this contract will originate only 

in establishments listed in the U.S. Army Public Health Center (USAPHC) Circular 40-1, Worldwide Directory of 

Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments for Armed Forces Procurement, (Worldwide Directory) available at: https://

phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/foodwater/ca/Pages/DoDApprovedFoodSources.aspx. Compliance with the current 

edition of DoD Military Standard 3006, Sanitation Requirements for Food Establishments, is mandatory for listing of 

establishments in the Worldwide Directory. Suppliers also agree to inform the Contracting Officer immediately upon 

notification that a facility is no longer sanitarily approved and/or removed from the Worldwide Directory and/or other 

Federal agency's listing, as indicated in paragraph (2) below. Suppliers also agree to inform the Contracting Officer 

when sanitary approval is regained and listing is reinstated. 

 

 (2) Establishments furnishing the products listed below and appearing in the publications indicated need not be 

listed in the worldwide directory. Additional guidance on specific listing requirements for products/plants included in 

or exempt from listing is provided in Appendix A of the worldwide directory. 

 (i) Meat and meat products and poultry and poultry products may be supplied from establishments which are 
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currently listed in the “Meat, Poultry and Egg Inspection Directory”, published electronically by the U. S. Department 

of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA, FSIS), (available at: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/

inspection/establishments/meat-poultry-and-egg-product-inspection-directory). The item, to be acceptable, shall, on 

delivery, bear on the product, its wrappers or shipping container, as applicable, the USDA shield and applicable 

establishment number. USDA listed establishments processing products not subject to the Federal Meat and Poultry 

Products Inspection Acts must be listed in the Worldwide Directory for those items. 

 (ii) Intrastate commerce of meat and meat products and poultry and poultry products for direct delivery to 

military installations within the same state (intrastate) may be supplied when the items are processed in 

establishments under state inspection programs certified by the USDA as being “at least equal to” the Federal Meat 

and Poultry Products Inspection Acts. The item, to be acceptable, shall, on delivery, bear on the product, its wrappers 

or shipping container, as applicable, the official inspection legend or label of the inspection agency and applicable 

establishment number. 

 (iii) Shell eggs may be supplied from establishments listed in the USDA, Agriculture Marketing Service 

(AMS) interactive resource “Meat, Poultry and Shell Egg Plants”, located at: https://apps.ams.usda.gov/plantbook/

Query_Pages/PlantBook_Query.asp. 

 (iv) Egg products (liquid, dehydrated, frozen) may be supplied from establishments listed in the “Meat, 

Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory” published electronically by the USDA FSIS (available at: https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/inspection/establishments/meat-poultry-and-egg-product-inspection-directory). All products, to be 

acceptable, shall, on delivery, bear on the product, its wrappers or shipping container, as applicable, the official 

inspection legend or label of the inspection agency and applicable establishment number. 

 (v) Fish, fishery products, seafood, and seafood products may be supplied from establishments listed in the 

“U.S. Department of Commerce, Approved Establishments”, published electronically by the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries (USDC, NOAA) (available at: https://www.

fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/us-department-commerce-approved-establishments). All products, to be 

acceptable, shall, on delivery, bear on the product, its wrappers or shipping container, as applicable, the full name and 

address of the producing facility. 

 (vi) Pasteurized milk and milk products may be supplied from plants having a pasteurization plant compliance 

rating of 90 percent or higher, as certified by a state milk sanitation officer and listed in “Sanitation Compliance and 

Enforcement Ratings of Interstate Milk Shippers” (IMS), published electronically by the U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (USDHHS, FDA). (available at: https://www.fda.gov/Food/

GuidanceRegulation/FederalStateFoodPrograms/ucm2007965.htm). These plants may serve as sources of pasteurized 

milk and milk products as defined in Section I of the “Grade `A' Pasteurized Milk Ordinance” (PMO) published by 

USDHHS,FDA (available at: https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/

GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/Milk/default.htm). 

 (vii) Manufactured or processed dairy products only from plants listed in Section I of the “Dairy Plants 

Surveyed and Approved for USDA Grading Service”, published electronically by Dairy Grading Branch, AMS, 

USDA (available at: https://apps.ams.usda.gov/dairy/ApprovedPlantList/) may serve as sources of manufactured or 

processed dairy products as listed by the specific USDA product/operation code. Plants producing products not 

specifically listed by USDA product/operation code must be Worldwide Directory listed (e.g., plant is coded to 

produce cubed cheddar but not shredded cheddar; or, plant is coded for cubed cheddar but not cubed mozzarella). 

Plants listed in Section II and denoted as “P” codes (packaging and processing) must be Worldwide Directory listed. 

 (viii) Oysters, clams and mussels from plants listed in the “Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers 

Lists” (ICSSL), published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, (available at: https://www.fda.gov/food/

federalstate-food-programs/interstate-certified-shellfish-shippers-list). 

 

 (3) Establishments exempt from Worldwide Directory listing. Refer to AR 40-657/NAVSUPINST 4355.4H/

MCO P1010.31H, Veterinary/Medical Food Safety, Quality Assurance, and Laboratory Service, for a list of 

establishment types that may be exempt from Worldwide Directory listing. AR 40-657 is available from National 
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Technical Information Service, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312 ; 1-888-584-8332 ; or download the 

publication from web site: (https://armypubs.army.mil/). For the most current listing of exempt plants/products, see 

the Worldwide Directory (available at: https://phc.amedd.army.mil/topics/foodwater/ca/Pages/

DoDApprovedFoodSources.aspx). 

 

 (4) Subsistence items other than those exempt from listing in the Worldwide Directory, bearing labels reading 

“Distributed By”, “Manufactured For”, etc., are not acceptable unless the source of manufacturing/processing is 

indicated on the label or on accompanying shipment documentation. 

 

 (5) When the Military Medical Service or other Federal agency acceptable to the Military Medical Service 

determines the levels of food safety and food defense of the establishment or its products have or may lead to product 

contamination or adulteration, the Contracting Officer will suspend the work until such conditions are remedied to the 

satisfaction of the appropriate inspection agency. Suspension of the work shall not extend the life of the contract, nor 

shall it be considered sufficient cause for the Contractor to request an extension of any delivery date. In the event the 

Contractor fails to correct such objectionable conditions within the time specified by the Contracting Officer, the 

Government shall have the right to terminate the contract in accordance with the “Default” clause of the contract. 

 

(b) Delivery conveyances. 

The supplies delivered under this contract shall be transported in delivery conveyances maintained to prevent 

tampering with and /or adulteration or contamination of the supplies, and if applicable, equipped to maintain a 

prescribed temperature. The delivery conveyances shall be subject to inspection by the government at all reasonable 

times and places. When the sanitary conditions of the delivery conveyance have led, or may lead to product 

contamination, adulteration, constitute a health hazard, or the delivery conveyance is not equipped to maintain 

prescribed temperatures, or the transport results in product `unfit for intended purpose', supplies tendered for 

acceptance may be rejected without further inspection.” 

 

F. Solicitation SPE3S1-21-R-0003, page 52of 115, ATTACHMENTS, insert: 

 

“ATTACHMENT 6 “REQUEST FOR EARLY GOVERNMENT INSPECTION”, posted at: https://www.dla.mil/

TroopSupport/Subsistence/Operationalrations/mre/mreci.aspx” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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contractor signed mod 3.

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