SOLICITATION NOTICE
89 -- Natural American Cheese for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs - KCCO's Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements - Commodity Requirements Documents - KCCO vendor qualification requirements
- Notice Date
- 7/14/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 311513
— Cheese Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office, P.O. Box 419205, Mail Stop 8698, Kansas City, Missouri, 64141-6205
- ZIP Code
- 64141-6205
- Solicitation Number
- DPD-BCD5-037
- Archive Date
- 8/12/2009
- Point of Contact
- Jaime g Martinez, Phone: 816-926-3399, Wayne A Oliver, Phone: (816) 926-2503
- E-Mail Address
-
jaime.martinez@kcc.usda.gov, wayne.oliver@kcc.usda.gov
(jaime.martinez@kcc.usda.gov, wayne.oliver@kcc.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- To be eligible to be considered for award potential contractors must meet KCCO's vendor qualification requirements. The complete requirement is available at this link. KCCO's main contact for vendor qualification requirements is Betty Kunkel. She can be reached by phone at 816-926-3295 or email at Betty.Kunkel@kcc.usda.gov. Commodity specifications and packaging requirements are within the commodity requirements document applicable for the commodity(ies) being procured. KCCO's Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements contains applicable FAR, AGAR, and KCCO solicitation provisions and contract clauses. USDA's Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) intends to issue solicitation DPD-BCD5-037 for procurement of Natural American Cheese for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB destination basis. The solicitation may include various small business set asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). The solicitation is expected to be available on or after July 14, 2009, and will be available electronically on USDA's website (http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas) and also through a link to the aforementioned USDA website in the document package attached to the solicitation notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website. A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published both on USDA's website and announced (linked) through the Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fbo.gov). Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers will be on or near July 28, 2009. The contract type will be firm-fixed price. Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation 470.103(b), commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States, and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown, processed, and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements, as addressed by FAR clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available in USDA's commodity requirements document available through the attached document package. KCCO's solicitation (when published) will specify the pack sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules. To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet KCCO's vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. KCCO's main contact for vendor qualification requirements is Betty Kunkel who can be reached by phone at 816-926-3295 or by email at Betty.Kunkel@kcc.usda.gov. Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-vr. Once qualification requirements have been met, access to the Domestic Electronic Bid Entry System (DEBES) will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system located at: https://pcsd.usda.gov:3077/MDBC1000.EXE?. Submission of the above by any means other than DEBES will be determined nonresponsive.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FSA/KCCO/DPD-BCD5-037/listing.html)
- Record
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