SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Notice of Intent to Negotiate Solely with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Notice Date
- 3/17/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Procurement Management Branch, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mail drop 5230, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- FSIS-366856
- Archive Date
- 4/17/2010
- Point of Contact
- Megan Robey, Phone: 301-504-3989
- E-Mail Address
-
megan.robey@fsis.usda.gov
(megan.robey@fsis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to negotiate solely with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, located at 1880 Pratt Drive Suite 2006 Blacksburg, VA 24060-6750, to conduct a study that shall mimic the conditions of a typical retail deli facility in terms of product separation, sanitation practices, bacterial harborage sites, personnel and traffic patterns, etc. The study must identify important and key practices, sites, and events in a retail facility that may enhance cross-contamination from the environment to food products and contact surfaces. The study shall seek to answer pertinent questions regarding the transfer dynamics from the environment to food and vice versa noting the events, actions and occurrences responsible for cross-contamination. The contractor shall conduct studies to evaluate the impact of offering products regulated by both FSIS and FDA for sale in the same retail facility. The study shall seek to answer whether such a multi-commodity environment increase the number of sites within the RTE deli region that are contaminated. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Dr. Daniel Gallagher (who is the author of the work which is to be expanded on with this contract) is the only known source which can provide the required service. This procurement shall be conducted under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services shall satisfy agency requirements. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Request for copies of this solicitation shall not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for information received. All interested parties must respond within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of this notice. Written responses must provide clear and concise documentation indicating your firms capability to provide the needed services which shall be considered by the Agency. Verbal responses are not acceptable and shall not be considered. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to Announcement #366856. If after April 2, 2010, no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, USDA/FSIS shall negotiate solely with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FSIS/AAS/FSIS-366856/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1880 Pratt Street, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060, United States
- Zip Code: 24060
- Zip Code: 24060
- Record
- SN02095630-W 20100319/100317235641-1ff707c219f1df3c514545013ab5106a (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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