SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Contract to Provide inspection and certification services of processed fruits and vegetables and related products. - 346475 PRE SOL PKG
- Notice Date
- 11/25/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 813920
— Professional Organizations
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- 346475
- Archive Date
- 12/25/2009
- Point of Contact
- Carol R. Dingess, Phone: 612-336-3208
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov
(carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- STATEMENT OF WORK The Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to contract with private persons for the performance of inspection and certification services. Process Products Branch (PPB) will use this contracting authority to supplement its workforce by contracting with individuals to provide sampling, checkloading, case stamping, and condition of container services to help respond to unpredictable workloads. This will be a firm fixed price Contract for 1 base year and 4 possible option years. Locations will be disclosed in official solicitation. Interested sources that are capable of providing the equivalent services stated in the attached Statement of Work are encouraged to submit statements of capability to the contracting office. Small Business concerns are encouraged to participate. This is not a request for competitive proposals, but instead a market research method to determine interested qualified sources. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No requests for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. Please provide Tax I.D. Number, Duns Number, point of contact information, past performance and references regarding your ability to provide these services along with your Statement of Capability. The Government will not award a contract based on the information received, nor reimburse participants for information they provide. Information provided is strictly voluntary. Please fax Statements of Capability to Carol Dingess at 612-336-3550 or email to Carol.Dingess@aphis.usda.gov. Email is the preferred method of communication. Telephonic inquiries will not be honored. Closing date for submissions of Statement's of Capability is December 10, 2009 at 4:00PM ET.The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 813920 with a small business size standard of $7mil.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TO BE DETERMINED, United States
- Record
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