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99 -- NONVIABLE DRIED TORULA YEAST SOL 26-M-APHIS-96 DUE 102695 POC POC: Robert Crowther is the Contracting Officer. He can be reached at Area Code (612) 370-2115 The USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), International Services (IS), and Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Divisions uses nonviable, dried Torula Yeast, incapable of growth, at facilities that rear Mediterranean Fruit Flies (Medfly), Coratitus Capitata and Mexican Fruit Flies (MFF), Anastrepha Ludens, in Texas, Hawaii, Mexico, and Quatemala. Nonviable, dried torula yeast is used in the insect diet for the mass rearing of Medfly and MFF. Award is limited to only those companies on the Qualified Manufacturer's List (QML). A firm, fixed price, requirements contract will be awarded and effective from date of award through September 30, 1996. The contract will contain a renewal option to extend the contract through September 30, 1997. The quantities estimated for each period of the contract are as follows: 200,000 pounds - MFF -Edinburgh, Texas; 300,000 pounds - Medfly -Tapachula, Mexico; 240,000 pounds. Medfly - Guatemala; and 160,000 pounds - Medfly - Waimanalo, Hawaii. Texas, Mexico and Guatemala shall be shipped F.O.B.. Destination to Brownsville, Texas. Hawaii shall be shipped F.O.B. Destination to Waimanalo, Hawaii. (0249)

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