The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Cotton and Tobacco Program and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to small business prime contractor Phelps Farms for the provision of seasonal cotton and tobacco sample hauling services. The contract, valued up to $7,500,000, has a period of performance from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029.
Under this IDC, Phelps Farms will provide firm fixed-price transportation of samples between warehouses, gins, and USDA offices to support the agencies' commodity inspection, classification, and reporting activities. The contract includes multiple delivery orders for sample hauling routes in the southern United States, including in Troy, AL, Corpus Christi, and Rayville, LA, with ceiling values ranging from $10,101 to $77,175. This work is part of Phelps Farms' existing portfolio of USDA cotton and tobacco sample hauling contracts, some of which have exceeded $1 million in value. The original solicitation was a combined synopsis/solicitation Request for Quote (RFQ) set aside for small businesses.
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