SOLICITATION NOTICE
H -- Commodity Sampling and Weighing Services for GIPSA League City, TX.
- Notice Date
- 9/28/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, MRPBS, ASD, Specialized Contracting Branch, 2150 Centre Avenue Building B, MS2E6, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80526, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80526
- Solicitation Number
- AG-6395-S-10-0178
- Point of Contact
- Leigh D. Eberhart, Phone: 6123363206
- E-Mail Address
-
Leigh.D.Eberhart@aphis.usda.gov
(Leigh.D.Eberhart@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), facilitates the marketing of U.S. grain and related agricultural products through the establishment of standards for quality assessments, and regulation of handling practices. GIPSA's Federal Grain Inspection Services (FGIS) administers the official inspection and weighing program under the authority of the US Standards for Grain and Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA), as amended. The US Standards for Grain and the AMA authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to contract with private firms, institutions, and individuals for the purpose of performing specified inspection services. FGIS will use this contracting authority to supplement its workforce by contracting with private firms, institutions, and individuals to grade, sample, review documents/dispatch or weigh bulk and bagged rice when requested by FGIS to help respond to unpredictable workloads. When requested by FGIS, the contractor must provide Federal Grain and Rice inspection services under the authority of the AMA and the US Grain Standard Act in the geographical area serviced by the FGIS League City, Texas, Field Office (F/O). These areas may include rice, corn, wheat, soybean, sorghum, and editable beans, facilities in the following areas: • League City Field Office The inspection services that the F/O may assign to the contractor include but are not limited to, the following services The USDA intends to award multiple Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) commercial contacts for this effort based on priority need and workload. The Contractor will be required to furnish all necessary labor and transportation as required per the solicitation and Statement of Work. This is being offered as a total small business set-aside. This will be best value procurement. It is anticipated that the formal solicitation, Request for Proposal (RFP) AG-6395-S-10-0178, will be released on or about Sept 28, 2010 and posted on this FEDBIZOPPS website. Please download the RFP from this website. All interested parties may submit responses to this solicitation. NAICS code is 561990. NOTIFICATIONS WILL NOT BE SENT TO OFFERERS REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION NOR ANY OF ITS AMENDMENTS. IT IS THE OFFERER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THIS WEB SITE. A hard (printed) copy of the solicitation will not otherwise be available. Any questions or inquiries must be e-mailed or faxed to the Contracting Office, to the attention of the point of contact listed in this notice. Requests by telephone will not be honored. Point of contact: Leigh Eberhart, Contracting Specialist, (612) 336-3206, FAX: (612) 336-3550, E-mail: Leigh.Eberhart@aphis.usda.gov
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/APHIS/MRPBS/AG-6395-S-10-0178/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA GIPSA FGIS, 1025 E. Main Street, #104, League City, Texas, 77573, United States
- Zip Code: 77573
- Zip Code: 77573
- Record
- SN02299073-W 20100930/100928234618-3b0469309821099519440e234be0cba2 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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