U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Acquisition Management Branch, STOP 0567, 1400 & INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-0567

R -- DEVELOPMENT OF CROP INSURANCE PROGRAMS!! SOL FSA-R-0007-00DC!! DUE 070700 POC Scott C. Wolz 202-720-3736 CORRECTION: This procurement is being revised to allow for full and open competition. For contract award purposes, there will be small business goals contained in the solicitation. The CBD announcement published on February 29, 2000, is hereby revised to change the procurement from a small business set-aside to full and open competition. Additional information related to the procurement is as follows: Contractor(s) shall develop new crop insurance and other risk management programs that will include, among other things, conducting market research; proposing an appropriate risk management tool; creating forms, contracts, and procedures; creating actuarial or economic models that projects program income and expenses; and insuring that the program will comply with USDA/Risk Management Agency's business processing system and legislative authority. The contracts will contain a base period and four, one year option periods. July 7, 2000, is the anticipated due date for proposal submission, not the date for the issuance of the solicitation (refer to the solicitation for the specific proposal due date and time which may be revised based on the actual solicitation release date). This procurement is being conducted under SIC Code 6331. It is anticipated that this procurement will result in the award of multiple, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) fixed price contracts. Telephone requests for the solicitation will not be honored. The RFP document was developed using Word Perfect 8.0 and Word and will only be available through the USDA Farm Service Agency Contracting Home Page (AMB Web page). All amendments and other information regarding the solicitation will be issued through the AMB Web page. A pre-solicitation conference was conducted on May 4th. The transcript of the conference is located on the AMB Web page. Based on comments received during the pre-solicitation conference, the procurement will be conducted as a fully competitive procurement. Potential offerors will be responsible for monitoring theAMB Web page for amendments and any other procurement related information. The AMB Web page is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is located at "http:// www.fsa.usda.gov/amb". If you have any questions regarding the AMB Web page, please contact Scott Cook at 202-720-7349. ***** Posted 05/23/00 (W-SN457715). (0144)

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