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99 -- RENDERING OF ANIMAL CARCASSES SOL RFQ-50-M-APHIS-99 DUE 030399 POC Jeanne V. Lewis 612/370-2109 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation: proposals are being requested and a written solicitation WILL NOT not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal cquisition Circular 97-10. Simplified Acquisition Procedures will be followed. A firm fixed price contract will be awarded. All responsible sources may submit an offer for consideration. In an effort to help pork producers achieve pseudorabies free status and open foreign market opportunities the USDA has developed a plan to accelerate the Pseudorabies Eradication Program. Owners of pseudorabies infected herds will be offered a fair market price to voluntarily depopulate their swine herds. These animals will be euthanized in a humane manner and the carcasses will be rendered or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Federal, State, and local gulations. This program is intended to benefit the pork industry by removing pseudorabies infected and exposed swine from the market and reducing the risk of spread of pseudorabies to non-infected herds. The USDA is seeking proposals rendering plants for rendering of swine carcasses in this program. All sizes and ages of swine may need to be rendered in this program. Swine carcasses will be delivered to the rendering plants at USDA expense. The rendering plants will be required to : 1. Provide leak proof, covered trucks or trailers that meet state regulations for hauling carcasses. 2. Weigh each load of carcasses and provide a weight ticket to USDA to document the weight of the carcasses on each load. Weight tickets will be sent to the USDA with each invoice. 3. Document the source of each load (the slaughter plant where the animals were euthanized) and the date the load was delivered to the rendering plant. 4.Coordinate with the slaughter plants that are involved in the Accelerated Pseudorabies Eradication Program to make trailers or trucks available at the times required by the slaughter plants. If requested by the slaughter plants trailers or trucks will need to be available seven days per week. Swine enrolled in the Accelerated Pseudorabies Eradication Program are currently being euthanised at the following sites: the Iowa Packing Company, 1801 SE Maury Street, Des Moines, IA, Sioux-Preme Packing Company, P.O. Box 177, Highway 75 South Sioux Center, IA, W& G Marketing Company, Inc., at both 606 Lyon Street, Jewel, IA and Highway 275 North, Sidney, IA, Rock Dale Meats, Byron, MN, Foremost Packing, Moline, IL, AMPAC, Chicago, IL, and Indiana Family Farms, Anderson, IN. Other sites may be added. 5. Report to the USDA any occurrence of a live pig arriving on a shipment. 6. Allow USDA access to the rendering plant to inspect loads . 7. Euthanise in a humane manner any live swine that arrive at the rendering plant or contact USDA officials to euthanise the swine. Nationally the number of carcasses to be rendered could be as high as 1,900,000 depending on the level of producer participation in this program. The animals will be depopulated from January 1999 to June 1999. To be eligible to participate in this program the rendering plants must be in or adjacent to the following states: Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota,Nebraska, North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California, South Dakota, Texas, Massachusetts,or Louisiana. Proposal shall include the cost of rendering per hundredweight of swine carcasses.__________________ a. Cost of rendering Monday through Friday per hundredweight_________________ b. Cost of rendering Saturday & Sunday per hundredweight _________________ Number of loads the plant will accept each day WITHOUT a rendering charge_________WITH a rendering charge___________ The total number of loads the plant will accept each day___________________ Hours the plant will accept carcasses_______________________________ TECHNICAL EVALUATION FACTORS: 1. Indicate the states where the rendering plant will pick up carcasses. _____________________________________ 2. Indicate the days of the week and the hours each day that carcasses will be picked up at the sites where swine are euthanised. ___________________________________________ 3. Indicate how many pounds of carcasses the rendering plant will accept from the Accelerated Pseudorabies Eradication Program each day of the week.___________________________________________ The contractor is responsible for providing labor, supplies, equipment and material to perform the job. A Firm Fixed Price Requirements contract will be awarded. The Governemnt reserves the right to make multiple awards. The following Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors-Commerical Items, 52.212-2, Evaluation of Commerical Items, 52.212.3, Offeror Representation and Certification -- Commerical Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commerical Items and FAR 52.212.5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues of Executive Orders-Commerical Items, 52.214-22 Evaluation of Bids for Multiple Awards. Offerors shall prepare proposal in accordance with Instructions to Offerors. The Government will award the contract to the responsible offerorwhose offer conforms to the solicitation, technical and cost factors considered. Technical and cost are equally important. Facsimile proposals are acceptable. The facsimile number is (612)370-2106. Reference http://www.arnet.gov.fac.html for applicable forms and information. Posted 03/01/99 (W-SN303593). (0060)

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