SOURCES SOUGHT
95 -- Various Vegetable Sizers. Each Single Blade shall be stamped with USDA Logo and the applicable size. - ATTACHMENT 1
- Notice Date
- 3/21/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332999
— All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
- 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
- APHIS-S-11-0057
- Archive Date
- 4/16/2011
- Point of Contact
- Carol R. Dingess, Phone: 612-336-3208
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov
(carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Logo Specs Statement of Work Interested Vendors please return attachment 1 by 4:00pm 4/01/2011 DESCRIPTION Various Vegetable Sizers. Each Single Blade shall be stamped with USDA Logo and the applicable size. THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATIONS ARE COMMON TO ALL SIZERS NOTED BELOW: Aluminum or aluminum alloy, minimum of 0.060 inch thick (except FL Grapefruit sizer minimum is 0.070 inch thick), with all corners rounded and a 1/4 inch hole in upper left corner to customize sets, if needed. Each blade shall be buffed/polished to remove burrs, sharp edges, etc., and assembled into sets with appropriate screws and lock nuts, as applicable. Acceptable variation tolerance for openings up to 2 1/2 inches in diameter shall be no more than 0.005 of an inch (5 thousandths) larger or smaller; for openings 2 1/2 inches or larger in diameter, no more than 0.008 of an inch (8 thousandths) larger or smaller. Width of material at narrowest point between round openings and from round opening to the edge on the same blade shall be a minimum distance between openings or to the edge on the same sizing blade of 0.30 of an inch. Potential new vendors may borrow (pursuant to availability) current samples to see and examine a single blade in each size (4x4, etc.) and the sizer sets. "First article" will be required for the first order of a sizer set if the purchase order is awarded to a vendor new to USDA AMS FV FPB. Each SINGLE BLADE shall be stamped with USDA and the applicable size. Blade Size (inches) Interested sources are encouraged to complete and return Attachment 1 to the contracting office. Small Business concerns are encouraged to participate. This is not a request for competitive proposals, but instead a market research method to determine interested sources. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No requests for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. Please provide Tax I.D. Number, Duns Number, and point of contact information. The Government will not award a contract based on the information received, nor reimburse participants for information or samples they provide. Information or materials provided is strictly voluntary. Please Email or Fax Attachment 1 to Carol Dingess at Carol.Dingess@aphis.usda.gov. fx# 612-336-3550 Email is the preferred method of communication. Telephonic inquiries will not be honored. Closing date for submissions of Statement's of Capability is APRIL 1, 2011 at 4:00PM ET. Anyone interested in doing business with the USDA must also obtain a Dunn and Bradstreet number. If your company does not have a DUNS number, you may contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one by calling 1- 866-705-5711or via the following website: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform or at ccr.dnb.com/ccr/pages/CCRSearch.jsp. Anyone interested in doing business with the USDA must complete a Representations and Certifications electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov and be listed in the government's Central Contractor Registrar. You may register on line with www.ccr.gov. or by calling Central Contractors Registration @ 1-888-227-2423 The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 332999 with a small business size standard of less than 500employees
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA, AMS, FVP, FPB, Equipment & Forms Depot, 100 Riverside Parkway Ste 101, FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia, 22406, United States
- Zip Code: 22406
- Zip Code: 22406
- Record
- SN02405278-W 20110323/110321234204-2ea55ac2cbe48f05d9cc5c07edf4bdc4 (fbodaily.com)
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