USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service, ASD, PCS, Room 2161 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700

B -- SMALL PRODUCER/PACKER NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY SOL FSIS-14-W-97 DUE 041597 POC Contact Point, Claudia Andrews, (202) 720-9891 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is interested in supporting a survey of small producers and small and very small packing plants to determine what kinds of information they will need to operate in a HACCP environment. This survey will assist FSIS in meeting the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. To support this effort, FSIS intends to award a contract to the Center for the Integrated Study of Food Animal and Plant Systems, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, under the 1890 Land Grant institution preference. All other interested concerns must identify their interest in writing and fully document their capability to meet the Agency's requirements by forwarding a detailed response within 15 days of publication of this notice. All proposals from responsible sources will be considered by the Agency. If no affirmative written responses are received to determine that a comparable source is available and is more advantageous to the Government, negotiations will take place with Tuskegee University. (0056)

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