USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service, ASD, PCS, Room 2159 South Building, 14th & Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700

81 -- OVERNIGHT SHIPPING CONTAINERS SOL FSIS-14-W-95 DUE 092595 POC Contact Point, Julie Adams, (202)720-9891 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has a requirement for insulated containers to be used in the overnight shipment of meat, poultry, and egg samples from inspection plants to FSIS Laboratories nationwide. Containers must be capable of maintaining frozen samples (0F start temperature) at 28F and refrigerated samples (34F start temperature) at less than 50F, for at least 20 hours. Dry ice may not be used for control of sample's temperature. FSIS is interested in purchasing approximately 4,000 low cost, reusable (5 - 10 round trips), stackable, containers that meet all overnight carrier and U.S. Department of Transportation shipping requirements. Program requirements and performance specifications will be available on/about August 28, 1995. Requests for copies shall be made in writing and may be faxed to 202-690-1814. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED. FSIS intends to award this procurement under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold procedures. (0228)

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