This federal contract IDV award is for the delivery of fresh stone fruit commodities, including nectarines, peaches, and plums, to support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) domestic food assistance programs and COVID-19 response efforts. The prime contractor, Sierra Sun Fruit Marketing, a subchapter S corporation based in Sanger, California, has been awarded a firm fixed-price delivery order with a ceiling value of $3,337,571.83 and an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2024. This contract was not set aside for any specific business category. Through previous contracts, Sierra Sun Fruit Marketing has supplied over 200,000 trays of fresh peaches and plums to the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service.
The original solicitation, issued by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service Commodity Procurement Program, was for the procurement of fresh stone fruit for use in domestic food assistance programs. The solicitation was open to all businesses and may have included various small business set-asides, such as partial or total set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses. The commodities and products must be grown, processed, and prepared for distribution exclusively in the United States, and potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements.
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