SOURCES SOUGHT
H -- Meat Testing Services
- Notice Date
- 5/11/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- 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
- amsmeattesting
- Archive Date
- 5/31/2010
- Point of Contact
- Larry D Nelson, Phone: 612-336-3225
- E-Mail Address
-
Larry.D.Nelson@aphis.usda.gov
(Larry.D.Nelson@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Livestock and Seed Program is seeking sources to provide meat testing services for meat procured for the National School Lunch Program and other Federal food and nutrition assistance programs. Companies interested in competing for this requirement must submit a statement of capabilities detailing their ability to meet the below requirements (i.e., demonstrated ability to provide the required meat testing services). This statement shall be emailed to: larry.d.nelson@aphis.usda.gov Responses to the announcement will be used to determine acquisition strategy (e.g., small business set-aside, full and open competition). This announcement does not commit the Government to award of a contract. No contract award may be made based on the responses as this sources sought notice is for informational purposes only. Responses must be received within 10 days of publication of this notice. Meat Testing Requirement: The proposed Meat Testing requirement will be for a one period with four option years. Geographical location(s) of the testing laboratories is undetermined as of this time and will depend on laboratory locations of successful offerors of future synopsis/solicitation. The Government is flexible as to laboratory locations as long as they can meet timeliness requirements of sample testing of AMS meat suppliers who are located in various locations across the United States. The contractor(s) will provide required meat testing for microbiological and fat tests, analysis of data and reporting of results for AMS-contracted boneless beef suppliers, suppliers of boneless beef destined for AMS-contracted ground beef, ground beef suppliers, other AMS-contracted meat product suppliers, and non-AMS contract suppliers participating in AMS'Product Certification Service. The following are the tests that will be required: A. Microbiogical Testing Testing for all microbes as specified within the applicable AMS Federal Purchase Program Specifications. Tests will be done for both presence and quantification level microbes. Testing for quantification levels of the following will be required: 1. Aerobic (standard) plate counts 2. Total Coliforms 3. Generic Escherichia coli (E. coli), and 4. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) The following Presence only tests will be required: 5. Salmonella, and 6. Shiga-toxigenic E. coli 0157 (including 0157:H7 and 0157:Non-Motile (NM) B. Fat Testing Requirements Samples will be tested for fat content as specified within the applicable AMS Federal Purchase Program specifications Contractor(s) shall responsible for providing the sampling procedures to all meat suppliers, conducting the required tests for microbiogical and fat tests, and reporting the test results on a timely basis simultaneously to AMS and the meat supplier. All testing laboratories to be used by the contractor(s) must meet the following accreditation standards: Documentation that the laboratory and methods used by the laboratory to perform testing for AMS Federal Purchase Program requirements are assessed for compliance with the quality system requirements of ISO/IEC 17025, General Requirements for the Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories, assessed for technical competency to perform specific tests (including proficiency testing), and accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). Laboratories shall stay current with their A2LA laboratory (ISO/IEC 17025) accreditation and shall provide the AMS Contracting Officer with up-to-date documentation (Certificate of Accreditation and Scope of Accreditation) of their A2LA laboratory (ISO/IEC 17025) accreditation.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/APHIS/Contracting/amsmeattesting/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: various locations, United States
- Record
- SN02145628-W 20100513/100511234441-ee6799e4991b2223aae21149899b6888 (fbodaily.com)
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