MODIFICATION
H -- Grain Inspection and Weighing Services
- Notice Date
- 5/27/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- AG-6395-S-09-0105
- Archive Date
- 6/27/2009
- Point of Contact
- Larry D Nelson, Phone: 612-336-3225
- E-Mail Address
-
Larry.D.Nelson@aphis.usda.gov
(Larry.D.Nelson@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO POST THE ATTACHED SOLICITATION WITH A REQUIRED RESPONSE DUE DATE OF JUNE 5, 2009 AT 2:00 PM CT. ******************************************************************************************************* The USDA, Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), intends to procure grain inspection and weighing services falling into the following four broad categories: Inspection/Grain Grading, Grain Sampling, Grain Weighing, and Stowage Examination. These services will be performed at one or more of the following six locations: Albany, NY; Duluth, MN; Portage, IN; Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, WI, and Toledo, OH. The awarded contract(s) with private persons and/or companies will be used to supplement GIPSA staff at the above locations. The inspection/grain grading service includes the analysis of grain samples for grade, official factors, or official criteria or any combination of these according to the regulations, official U.S. Standards for Grain, instructions, and the request for inspection. It also includes analyzing grain samples to determine falling number according to instructions, and the request for inspection under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act, of 1946, as amended. The sampling service includes sampling grain-lots using FGIS approved methods to obtain representative samples for analysis to determine quality based on grade, official factors, or official criteria or any combination of these according to the regulations, Official U.S. Standards for Grain, and instructions. The weighing service includes the monitoring of loading and weighing of grain-lots by grain facility weighing personnel to determine the quantity of grain-lots inspected. Stowage examination services includes examining carriers to determine if stowage areas are clean, dry, and free of infestation, rodents, toxic substance, and foreign odor; and suitable to store or carry bulk or sacked grain or other commodities. The USDA intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) commercial contract(s) for this effort. The contract(s) will include a one-year base period with four one-year unilateral option periods. This will be a best value procurement. It is anticipated that the formal solicitation, Request for Proposal (RFP) AG-6395-S-09-0105, will be released on or about May 18, 2009 and posted on this FEDBIZOPPS website. Please download the RFP from this website. This procurement will be a full and open competition. Therefore all responsible and responsive offers will be considered. The NAICS code is 541990. After release, one may download a copy of the solicitation at this site. NOTIFICATIONS WILL NOT BE SENT TO OFFERER’S REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION NOR ANY OF ITS AMENDMENTS. IT IS THE OFFERER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THIS WEB SITE. Any questions or inquiries must be mailed, e-mailed or faxed to the Contracting Office, to the attention of the point of contact listed in this notice. Point of contact: Larry Nelson, Contracting Officer, (612) 336-3225, FAX: (612) 336-3550, E-mail: Larry.D.Nelson@aphis.usda.gov
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/APHIS/Contracting/AG-6395-S-09-0105/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: various locations, United States
- Record
- SN01827796-W 20090529/090527234853-68838a286e3e2b98c693f8aa552d51bf (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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