68 -- YEAST DRIED INACTIVE, CANDIDA UTILIS, TYPE B

Notice Date

May 23, 2001

Contracting Office

USDA, APHIS, Field Servicing Office, Butler Square West, 5th Floor, 100 North 6th St., Minneapolis, MN 55403

ZIP Code

55403

Solicitation Number

APPQWR17-0035-1

Response Due

June 6, 2001

Point of Contact

Jason Wilking (612)370-2217

E-Mail Address

/presol (Jason_l_Wilking@aphis.usda.gov)

Description

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) , Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), Waimanalo, HI, , intends to issue a sole source purchase order with Lakes States for 20,000 pounds of dried inactive, Candida Utilus (Henneberg) Lodder and Kreger Van-RIJ, type B yeast, in 50 pound bags. The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest in having their product tested for approval. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR 21. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses which are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-11. Applicable FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: Prompt Payment 52.249-1; Fixed price 52.243-1; Evaluation-Commercial Items 52.202-2; Offeror Representations and Certifications 52.212-3; Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items 52.212-4; Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items 52.212-5. For additional information please contact Jason Wilking (612)370-2217.

Record

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