DOCUMENT
89 -- Sources Sought Notice to Procure Ready-To-Eat (Meal Replacement): Paste (A-20), Rice Bar (A-28), Wheat Bar (A-29) - Specifications - Sources Sought Description in PDF
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought Description in PDF
- NAICS
- 311340
— Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office, P.O. Box 419205, Mail Stop 8698, Kansas City, Missouri, 64141-6205
- ZIP Code
- 64141-6205
- Solicitation Number
- KCCO-IPD-09-0002
- Archive Date
- 7/28/2009
- Point of Contact
- Debbie Martinek, Phone: 8169266088, Robert Buxton, Phone: 816-926-6774
- E-Mail Address
-
deborah.martinek@kcc.usda.gov, robert.buxton@kcc.usda.gov
(deborah.martinek@kcc.usda.gov, robert.buxton@kcc.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PDF version of the description. The Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), International Procurement Division, is seeking information about potential qualified suppliers of the above products. This notice will serve as the market research to obtain information for this procurement. All information gathered in response to this Sources Sought Notice will be used solely for planning purposes. This is not a formal solicitation but a request for interested parties to provide information. No current solicitation exists and requests for a solicitation will be ignored. The projected procurement quantity is not expected to exceed a total of 300 metric tons. Specifications for these products can be obtained online by accessing the Commodity Requirements Document, “EFP1: Emergency Food Product “at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/efp1.pdf and the Commercial Item Description A-A-20358 at http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=stelprdc5071020. All components of food products procured by the USDA for use in international food assistance programs will be subject to a 100 percent domestic origin requirement, unless waived by the terms of the solicitation. The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 311340 with a small business standard of 500 employees. The Government intends to issue a request for proposal (RFPs) for this product. The solicitation will provide the specifications, the office to which offers are to be submitted, the closing time for receipt of offers, and all other applicable provisions. Specific information from interested parties is requested in order for KCCO to initiate this procurement. Please provide the following information: 1. Technical equipment, facilities, and production capability to manufacture Ready-To-Eat (Meal Replacement): Paste (A-20), Rice Bar (A-28), Wheat Bar (A-29) 2. The availability of product and components that are 100 percent domestic origin 3. The amount of time needed to be in a position to commence production 4. What quantities could be produced over what period of time. 5. Shelf life and storage recommendations 6. Pricing information 7. Recommendations concerning pack sizes and packaging materials 8. Small Business Administration size status of your firm. 9. Information/documentation establishing which specification components of domestic origin (if any) may not be available from domestic sources at fair and reasonable market prices. 10. Any other information beneficial to the Government. Written responses shall be mailed to the attention of Debbie Martinek at KCCO-IPD, Stop 8738, P.O. Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 64141-6205, and Telephone: 816-926-6088. Ms. Martinek may also be contacted via email at deborah.martinek@kcc.usda.gov. These responses must be received no later than 15 days after publication of this notice.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FSA/KCCO/KCCO-IPD-09-0002/listing.html)
- Document(s)
- Sources Sought Description in PDF
- File Name: Link to Commodity Requirements Document, EFP1. (http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/efp1.pdf)
- Link: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/efp1.pdf
- File Name: Link to the Commercial Item Description, A-A-20358. (http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=stelprdc5071020)
- Link: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=stelprdc5071020
- Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
- File Name: Link to Commodity Requirements Document, EFP1. (http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/efp1.pdf)
- Record
- SN01852089-W 20090624/090622235453-8d32883b0c61c0e38ec6c58ed8d871e0 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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