Digital flatbed cutter, automatic, with tangential creasing for the USDA, ARS, NADC-Visual Services in Ames, IA
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service seeks quotations for one automatic tangential creasing digital flatbed cutter with installation and setup for the National Animal Disease Center Visual Services in Ames, Iowa, with quotations due September 28, 2026 and questions due September 25, 2026. This is a Total Small Business set-aside; the small business size standard is 750 employees.
Place of performance and delivery is Ames, Iowa. The equipment must feature a flatbed capable of simultaneous creasing and cutting, 2.5 kg creasing force, high-capacity auto feeder with 2,000-sheet capacity, 1,200 mm/sec cutting speed, portrait or landscape sheet feed capability, rear mark scanning system, two-zone vacuum bed, Adobe Illustrator plugins, and one-year warranty coverage for parts and labor plus one-year software support. All items must be new, approved parts with clear traceability to the original equipment manufacturer; offerors must provide a Certificate of Conformance demonstrating OEM or authorized distributor traceability per FAR 52.246-15. Delivery and installation must be completed within 90 business days after contract award, performed by factory-trained engineers only. Country of origin for the product offered must be clearly stated in the response. This is a firm fixed-price supply contract with one anticipated award. The NAICS code is 333248 (All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing) and PSC is 3695 (Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery). Evaluation uses a lowest-priced, technically acceptable approach: only the lowest-priced offer is evaluated for technical capability; if technically unacceptable, evaluation proceeds sequentially by price. Offerors must hold pricing firm for 90 calendar days from receipt. Questions should be submitted to Shelley Steen at shelley.steen@usda.gov.
1232SA26Q1155 Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
9/22/26, 11:09 AM SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE-Digital flatbed cutter, with tangential creasing for the USDA, ARS, NADC-Visual Services in Ames, IA
The USDA Agricultural Research Service is seeking sources for a domestically sourced automatic tangential creasing digital flatbed cutter, with a sources sought response due by July 24, 2026, and anticipated solicitation release on July 31, 2026; this procurement is set aside for total small business.
The equipment will be installed at USDA ARS National Animal Disease Center, Visual Services in Ames, Iowa. The flatbed cutter must simultaneously crease and cut with a minimum creasing force of 2.5 kg for thicker stock and include a high-capacity auto feeder capable of handling 2,000 sheets. Delivery is expected within ninety days of award.
This sources sought notice is market research only and does not constitute a solicitation or commitment. ARS will not award a contract, pay for response preparation, or notify respondents of results. The Government will use responses to determine domestic source availability and capability, then decide whether to proceed with an unrestricted solicitation offering full and open competition. Respondents should address domestic sourcing and manufacturing capability in their responses.
1232SA26SS1169453 Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
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