Supply Management

Bottled Drinking Water Services

Two national contracts for Bottled Drinking Water Ser­vices (BDWS) have been awarded, and the items are cur­rently available on eBuy. The Eastern Services Category Management Center in Windsor, Connecticut, named Nes­tle Waters North America and DS Waters of America as the recipients, making them the sole suppliers of BDWS for the Postal Service™ areas listed below. All product infor­mation and ordering instructions are available in the Mate­rial Logistics Bulletins (MLB) referenced below.

Items offered under the new contracts include the following:

• 5 gallon plastic containers of drinking water.
• Plastic container deposits (required for each con­tainer of drinking water).
• 4.25 oz. cone cups (packs of 200).
• 9 oz. flat-bottom cups (packs of 100).
• 5 gallon water dispensers (cold/room temperature and hot/cold temperature).

The contracts were awarded as follows:

Nestle Waters North America, Inc. (Contract# 2DMISC-07-B-0172)

Refer to MLB-CO-07-009 (http://blue.usps.gov/purchase/_pdf/ops_mlb07-009.pdf) for more details on this contract, which covers the following areas:

• Eastern Area.
• Northeast Area.
• New York Metro Area.
• Capital Metro Area.
• Southwest Area.

DS Waters of America, Inc. (Contract# 2DMISC-07-B-0173)

Refer to MLB-CO-07-010 (http://blue.usps.gov/purchase/_pdf/ops_mlb07-010.pdf) for more information on this con­tract, which covers:

• Southeast Area.
• Pacific Area.
• Western Area.

— Eastern Services Category Management Center in Windsor, CT, Supply Management, 11-22-07

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