Wet Distillers, Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Hulls
Added: Mar 21, 2018 5:56 pm The USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) requires onsite delivery of Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Hulls, and Wet Distillers to the USMARC feed mill. Contractor is to provide all transportation required for deliveries. Corn Gluten Meal shall be delivered in hopper bottom truck to the feed mill. Soybean Hulls shall be delivered in a live bottom truck to the feed mill. All Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Hulls, Wet Distillers not meeting standards defined in this solicitation shall be rejected.Product Specification: Corn Gluten Meal: Minimum Crude Protein 60%, Minimum Crude Fat .5%, Maximum Crude fiber 3%, Maximum Moisture 12.0%. Soybean Hulls: Soybean Hulls with a minimum of 8% crude protein, minimum .5% crude fat, and a maximum 40% crude fiber.Wet Distillers: Corn Based Wet Distillers Grains with solubles without the oil removed; dry matter content shall be 30% at minimum and 39% maximum. The product cannot be “modified” or “dried” product. The associated NAICS Code is 311221Scheduling Process: The order and schedule for the following month will be placed with the vendor the prior Tuesday. This order will define the number of ton needed for the delivery date and outline the delivery schedule. A signed order will be placed with the contractor by the end of Tuesday.SAM: Vendor must be registered in the System for Award Management prior to the award of this purchase agreement. You may register by going to www.sam.gov. you will need your Tax ID, Duns and Bradstreet Number, and Banking information. Evaluation Criteria: This procurement is a “best value” procurement. An award will be based upon the evaluation of the following:1. Past performance2. Product quality3. pricePayment: Any award made under this solicitation is subject to 31CFR Part 208 which requires all payments made by the government to be made by electronic funds transfer. Please note on your quote if you will accept a government purchase card (VISA). Invoices must be submitted into the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). IPP is a government-wide secure web-based payment information service offered free of charge to government agencies and their suppliers by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Management Service (FMS). This is a mandatory requirement initiated by the U.S. Department of Treasury and you can find more information at this website https://www.ipp.gov/index.htm. Please make sure that your company has registered at https://www.ipp.gov/vendors/enrollment-vendors.htm to establish your account. One-time enrollment in IPP means that you will receive a series of emails from Treasury services. The first email will have the IPP logon ID and link to the IPP application. A second email, containing the password will be sent within 24s. once you have these emails, please login to the IPP application and complete the registration process.Benefits of registering with IPP include the ability for your company to create invoices directly from a contract award and submit them electronically, as well as:- email notification when invoice(s) are paid- online payment history- remittance downloadthe email notification of payment is sent when a payment is distributed to your bank account and will include all pertinent payment information.the successful vendor must be enrolled in IPP to submit invoices and receive payment. If the successful vendor is already enrolled in IPP invoices are to be submitted under the vendors existing enrollment. 12653818S0004 Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area
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