SOLICITATION NOTICE
V -- Blanket Purchase Agreement - Cotton Sample Hauling Services on an As-Needed Basis
- Notice Date
- 8/26/2022 10:46:47 AM
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 484230
— Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance
- Contracting Office
- USDA AMS COTTON DIVISION MEMPHIS TN 38133 USA
- ZIP Code
- 38133
- Solicitation Number
- 12474022R0036
- Response Due
- 9/9/2022 7:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 09/10/2022
- Point of Contact
- Beverly S. Brown, Phone: 5403611126, Fax: 9013843035
- E-Mail Address
-
BeverlyS.Brown@usda.gov
(BeverlyS.Brown@usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and the solicitation is attached.� The USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Cotton and Tobacco Program (CTP) intends to procure the following: Pickup of cotton sample sacks from a USDA cotton classing facility and transport to another USDA cotton classing facility.�� See attached Request for Proposal (RFP).� This procurement will be awarded as a firm fixed price contract with economic price adjustment. �USDA will award two Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) (one east of the Mississippi River and one west of the Mississippi River). �The BPAs will be awarded for a five year period.� Services under the BPAs will be on an as needed basis.� Commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR Part 12 will apply to this procurement.� This is a 100 percent total Small Business Set-Aside using NAICS code for this procurement 484230 with a small business size standard is $30 million. The Department of Labor Wage Determinations for all cotton classing offices are found in Section G of the RFP attached.� The Government will award two BPAs resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Relevant Experience, Technical Approach, Past Performance and Price.� Offerors responding to this solicitation must submit all the information required in Section E of the RFP.� This includes but is not limited to: �1) signed� SF-1449; 2) a description describing their experience in the hauling commodities or similar products, experience with cotton; �3) equipment and insurance requirements; 4) a list of 3 references for the same or similar services. The reference list must include the contract number, name, address and phone number with whom the contract is with, a brief description of services provided, estimated dollar amount for the contract.� A questionnaire will be sent to all references for relevant experience and past performance. �Offerors must read Section E for proposal requirements. Offerors must be registered and active�in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov).� SAM registration is free. Proposals shall be submitted based on cost per mile.� OFFERORS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE SOLICIATION PACKAGE IN ITS ENTIRETY. If an offeror's proposal does not contain all of the items listed above, the proposal may be considered incomplete for evaluation purposes and no further consideration will be given to the offeror's proposal, thereby making an offeror ineligible for award. For additional questions concerning the routes or the proposal process, equipment required, or insurance requirements please submit all questions in writing to Beverly Brown via email at BeverlyS.Brown@usda.gov.� Any questions regarding the solicitation must be received by 10:00 am eastern time on September 6, 2022.� USDA reserves the right to not respond to questions that may be answered by reading Section C, E, F and the attachments.� Proposals are due�September 9, 2022 at�10:00 a.m. eastern time. Proposals may be submitted via email at BeverlyS.Brown@usda.gov or via fax machine.� Fax number 901-384-3033.
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- SN06442800-F 20220828/220826230123 (samdaily.us)
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