Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. Packaging Bottled water must be at least 16.9 fluid ounces in 24 (twenty-four) count cases stacked 70 (seventy) to 84 (eighty-four) cases per pallet. Pallets must be designed for pick-up from all four sides. Each pallet is to be doubled wrapped. MEMA will order bottled water in multiples of standard industry truckloads, approximately 38,304 (thirty- eight thousand, three hundred four) bottles per truck. B. Product Best if Used Date Upon issuance of a purchase order, the best if used dates will have no less than 24 (twenty-four) months of shelf life. C. Product Standards All water must be produced, packaged, labeled, transported, stored, and handled in accordance with Title 21, CFR, Parts 101, 110, 129 and 165 and all other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Any possible without jeopardizing timely deliveries of quantities of bottled water ordered. D. Primary Container The water must be packaged in single-service polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles with flat caps. Bottles must be 16.9 ounces. The contractor will make every effort to standardize to 16.9- ounce bottles as soon as possible without jeopardizing timely deliveries of quantities of bottled water ordered. E. Documentation of Bottled Water Deliveries The contractor must assure that every water order is properly presented to MEMA and that MEMA acknowledgement of every delivery is obtained. The contractor will be responsible for assuring that every delivery has all required documentation. Delivery will be considered made when the contractor has obtained acknowledgement of the date and time of the arrival at the delivery site by the onsite MEMA representative.
