SOLICITATION NOTICE
89 -- Cheddar and Mozzarella Cheese for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs
- Notice Date
- 11/25/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 311513
— Cheese 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
- DPD-AGAP1-001
- Archive Date
- 12/19/2009
- Point of Contact
- Jaime G Martinez, Phone: 816-926-3399, Wayne A Oliver, Phone: (816) 926-2503
- E-Mail Address
-
jaime.martinez@kcc.usda.gov, wayne.oliver@kcc.usda.gov
(jaime.martinez@kcc.usda.gov, wayne.oliver@kcc.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Partial Small Business
- Description
- Notice: USDA's Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) intends to issue solicitation DPD-AGAP1-001 for the procurement of cheddar and mozzarella cheese for domestic food assistance programs. Pursuant to Agriculture Appropriations for fiscal year 2010, KCCO plans to purchase up to $60,000,000 of cheese for deliveries March 16 through December 31, 2010. Types of cheese and pack-sizes include white and yellow cheddar cheese regular and reduced-fat 2 lb chunks, white and yellow cheddar cheese regular and reduced-fat 1 lb shreds, lite and low-moisture part-skim mozzarella 1 lb chunks, and lite and low-moisture part-skim mozzarella 1 lb shreds for distribution in the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB destination basis. The solicitation may include various small business set asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial or total small business set-asides. The solicitation is expected to be available on or after December 29, 2009, and will be available electronically on USDA's website (http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas) and also through a link to the aforementioned USDA website in the document package attached to the solicitation notice on the Federal Business 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 both on USDA's website and announced (linked) through the Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fbo.gov). Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers will be on or near January 19, 2010. The contract type will be firm-fixed price. Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation 470.103(b), 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 and Free Trade Agreements, as addressed by FAR clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available in USDA's commodity requirements document available through the attached document package. KCCO's solicitation (when published) will specify the pack sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules. To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet KCCO's vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. KCCO's main contact for vendor qualification requirements is Betty Kunkel who can be reached by phone at 816-926-3295 or by email at Betty.Kunkel@kcc.usda.gov. Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-vr. Once qualification requirements have been met, access to the Domestic Electronic Bid Entry System (DEBES) will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system located at: https://pcsd.usda.gov:3077/MDBC1000.EXE?. Submission of the above by any means other than DEBES will be determined nonresponsive. Request for Information: Interested vendors should contact Jaime G. Martinez at tel: 816.926.3399 or email: jaime.martinez@kcc.usda.gov. Vendors are asked to provide monthly capacities, March thru December 2010, for the various types and pack-sizes of cheese by December 4, 2009.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FSA/KCCO/DPD-AGAP1-001/listing.html)
- Record
- SN02012219-W 20091127/091125235709-066c79cebbe23cd67ac7da0e964145a2 (fbodaily.com)
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