Short description
The Danish Defence use General Purpose Individual Operational Rations. The ration is a self-contained combat ration that provides adequate food for 24 hours for one person to maintain health, physical performance, and cognitive function under routine training or operational conditions. Ration packs is used when the situation, is not allowing regular and fresh food to be provided to the soldiers. The durability of the individual packing and its content is very important as the products often will be carried by the soldier as single items in the packing system and often will be used in extreme conditions, both environmental and climatic. The Danish Defence pack the rations itself, and therefore this tender consists of the products that are included in the rations. The total production of rations is approximately 160 000 per year.