SOLICITATION NOTICE
37 -- Feed Consumption/Behavior System for Beef Cattle
- Notice Date
- 4/24/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 423820
— Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Plains Area Office, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building D, Suite 310, Fort Collins, CO, 80526-8119
- ZIP Code
- 80526-8119
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-010-82HW-06
- Response Due
- 5/24/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/8/2006
- Description
- One new feed consumption and behavior monitoring system is required at the USDA, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE. The system shall be installed in the new feed efficiency building at the beef cattle feedlot. It will be used for developing technologies to improve efficiency of beef cattle production. The system shall include cattle feeding, cattle weighing, and cattle watering equipment with weigh cells and volume/flow measuring devices, animal identification and access activation devices, remote feed stall monitoring and control, etc. as stated in the specifications. Offerors shall submit with their offers qualifications statements describing how they comply with the evaluation factors. Evaluation factors in descending order of importance are: 1. ability to provide state-of-the-art feeding and watering systems with functionality to provide consumption and behavior data; 2. ability to provide qualified, experienced technicians to train staff, access, diagnose and advise on equipment / software problems, ability to provide warranty service, and inventoried parts; and 3. ability to provide a list of similar projects within the past five years along with contact information for them. Technical capability is more important than price. This acquisition is being conducted using commercial items best value procedures. The solicitation will be available for downloading on or about May 5, 2006.
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, State Spur 18D, Clay Center, NE.
- Zip Code: 68933
- Zip Code: 68933
- Record
- SN01033672-W 20060426/060424220144 (fbodaily.com)
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