Notice ID
356c8f68717b464697408ee62f9947f9
USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service AMSCommodity Procurement Program CPP intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of the products listed in the attached solicitation for domestic food assistance programs Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB origin basis see solicitation The solicitation may include various small business setasides pursuant to the Small Business Act 15 USC 631 et seq This may include partial or total small business setasides servicedisabled veteranowned SDVO setasides quantities reserved for 8a and AbilityOne firms and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses The solicitation is expected to be available on or after today and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management WBSCM located at httpsportalwbscmusdagovpublicprocurement and through a link to the aforementioned website in the documents attached to the solicitation notice on Contract Opportunities website A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition All future information regarding this acquisition including solicitation amendments and award notices will be published through WBSCM and Contract Opportunities website httpssamgov Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most uptodate information about this acquisition The anticipated date of receipt for offers is listed above under General Information The contract type will be firmfixedprice Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation AGAR 470103b commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown processed and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement WTO GPA and Free Trade Agreements FTA as addressed by Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR clause 522255 Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available through the attached documents AMSs solicitation when published will specify the pack sizes quantities and required delivery schedules To be eligible to submit offers potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 92 The AMS main contacts for vendor qualification requirements are Andrea Lang who can be reached at 202 7204237 and Diana Dau David who can be reached at 2023781075 or by email at newvendorusdagov Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at httpwwwamsusdagovsellingfood Once qualification requirements have been met access to WBSCM will be provided Bids modifications withdrawals of bids and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive The attached solicitation should be read in conjunction with contract terms and conditions contained in the Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements Domestic Programs MSCPD available on the AMS website at httpswwwamsusdagovsellingfoodsolicitations Commodity specifications documents are referenced in the solicitation and can be accessed online at httpswwwamsusdagovsellingfoodproductspecs
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Department/Ind.Agency
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
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Subtier
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
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Office
USDA AMS 3J14