MODIFICATION
H -- Marine Cargo Surveys - Responses to Questions - Amendment 3
- Notice Date
- 10/18/2019
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 488390
— Other Support Activities for Water Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Commodity Procurement Program, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250, Washington, District of Columbia, 20250, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20250
- Solicitation Number
- 12-1NTS-20-Q-0001
- Point of Contact
- Cita D. Trice, Phone: 816.926.1438, Justin Martinek, Phone: 816.926.2853
- E-Mail Address
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cita.trice@usda.gov, justin.martinek@usda.gov
(cita.trice@usda.gov, justin.martinek@usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Please see the following pages of the solicitation: SF30 for Amendment 3 - changes the Proposal Due Date to October 24, 2019. This document includes all of the questions that have been received from interested participants and the responses from the contracting office. Amendment 3 - This amendment changes the Proposal Due Date to October 24, 2019. Additional changes are included from the following pages of the solicitation: 11 - Performance Dates to begin November 18, 2019 12 - Effective period to begin November 18, 2019 12 - Ordering dates from November 18, 2019 14 - Period of Performance begins November 18, 2019 44 - Under instructions for offerors, submit offers by October 24, 2019 4:00 pm central Each firm that responds to this solicitation shall clearly acknowledge receipt of this amendment in their proposal. Failure to acknowledge receipt of this amendment may result in the proposal being considered non-responsive. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) requests quotations from responsible sources to provide marine cargo discharge/delivery survey services in Niger. The services will include surveys of containerized, bulk, and breakbulk commodities for food assistance programs. It is the intention of the Government to award a firm-fixed price contract to one firm. The Agricultural Marketing Service procures staple foods for use in various international food aid programs administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The food is purchased in bulk and packaged form and transported overseas by ocean carriers to discharge ports or foreign inland destinations for delivery to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO), or foreign governments. Given the inherent nature of transporting bulk and packaged food long distances by sea and overland in foreign nations, there is a potential for loss or damage. To address this risk, a marine cargo survey is performed for each food aid shipment during unloading at the foreign destination. The products subject to marine cargo discharge/delivery survey service include dry staple foods such as rice, peas, beans, and lentils; dry blended foods such as wheat-soy blend and corn-soy blend; and vegetable oil type products. This food aid is typically packaged in polypropylene or paper bags ranging in size from 25 to 50 kilograms, cardboard cartons containing consumer-pack quantities, liquid 20 liter pails, 6/4 liter containers, and 208 liter drums. Bulk grain and oil cargoes may be shipped such as wheat, corn, soybeans, soybean meal and vegetable oil. Agricultural commodities for food assistance programs are shipped overseas using three shipment methods: containerized shipments, breakbulk shipments, and bulk shipments. Cargoes will be shipped port-to-port or on through bills of lading where the cargoes are transported to inland locations.
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