SOLICITATION NOTICE
89 -- Infant Formula Solicitation
- Notice Date
- 12/26/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 311514
— Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product 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, United States
- ZIP Code
- 64141-6205
- Solicitation Number
- AG-DPRO-S-13-0037
- Response Due
- 1/9/2013
- Archive Date
- 1/24/2013
- Point of Contact
- Hilary A Cole, Phone: 816-926-6645, ,
- E-Mail Address
-
hilary.cole@kcc.usda.gov,
(hilary.cole@kcc.usda.gov, /div)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- USDA's Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) intends to issue solicitation AG-DPRO-S-13-0037 for procurement of Infant Formula Products for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB destination basis. This solicitation includes 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 28, 2012, and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and also through a link to the aforementioned 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 through WBSCM and 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 9, 2013. 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 to Betty.Kunkel@kcc.usda.gov. Once qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system. Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FSA/KCCO/AG-DPRO-S-13-0037/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: United States
- Record
- SN02955618-W 20121228/121226233615-393f17cee6a0c3cf87c67cc3271c2331 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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