SOURCES SOUGHT
89 -- Sunflower Seed Oil
- Notice Date
- 5/11/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 311223
— Other Oilseed Processing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, A - Kansas City Commodity Office, P.O. Box 419205 Mail Stop 8768, Kansas City, MO, 64141-6205
- ZIP Code
- 64141-6205
- Solicitation Number
- KCCO-EOD-05-0004
- Description
- The Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture is a buyer of food commodities for various export feeding programs. Additional information about the programs and/or submitting offers on commodities is available at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/daco/default.htm. All contractors interested in offering commodities shall comply with KCCO?s qualification requirements as required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 9.202(f). The qualification requirements are available at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/daco/VendorQualifications/QualificationRequirements.htm. The following commodities, which are classified under NAICS code 311223, are purchased by Export Operations Division, KCCO. Purchase of Packaged and/or Processed Products for Export Donation Programs. http://www.fsa.usda.gov/daco/Announcement/Export/exportannon.htm *Sunflower Seed Oil (SFSO): The commodity delivered shall meet the requirements as specified in the Commercial Item Description A-A-20091D (May 7, 2002), Type 1 ? sunflower oil. Salient characteristics in the CID for Type 1 sunflower seed oil are amended to delete winterizing as a requirement and to allow for sunflower seed oil only. All offers for any other type of oil will be rejected. Sunflower seed oil shall be fortified with vitamin A (retinol palimtate). Sunflower seed oil shall be clear and brilliant. The commodity shall be packaged in either 6/4 liter cylindrical-style steel cans; 20 liter pails; or 208 liter steel drums. Technical contact is Cita Trice at 816-926-1438. *Crude Sunflower Seed Oil (BO): The quality of the crude sunflower seed oil shall correspond to the specifications contained in the American Fats and Oils Association Inc. Rulebook for Vegetable Oils (Export Contract), Rule 14. The crude sunflower seed oil (including Nusun) shall be pure and produced only from sunflower seeds of fair average quality by hydraulic, expeller or solvent extraction process. The product will be purchased in bulk, f.o.b. vessel. The contractor shall be responsible for providing continuous pumping of the bulk oil at a rate not less than 150 tons per running hour, per weather working day, Sundays and holidays included. Technical contact is Patsy Carleton at 816-926-2574.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Address: Invitations will specify type of commodity and delivery or shipment dates and place of performance.
- Record
- SN00804570-W 20050513/050511211903 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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