FSA Food Aid Marine Cargo Survey Services

The Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office established a Master IDIQ for marine cargo survey services to witness and examine unloading of USAID food aid shipments in Afghanistan, Central America, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and United Arab Emirates. Ordering closed on September 30, 2019, and remains closed; this vehicle is no longer accepting new task orders.

The vehicle awarded six delivery orders across its operational period from November 2017 through February 2022, with ordering activity concentrated in 2017 (two orders) and 2021 (three orders). One order was placed in 2022. Combined task-order potential value totals $32 thousand, with 100 percent of that amount obligated. Individual task orders ranged from $970 to $10,349 in firm fixed price awards for port container deviation surveys and inland transport survey services.

All six delivery orders went to a single prime contractor, Intertek Testing Services (South Africa) (Pty) LTD, making this a heavily concentrated vehicle with no competitive distribution. The contracting activity was entirely customer-singular, with all orders placed by the awarding agency itself. No set-aside designations were used on any task orders; all procurement was unrestricted.

Work was performed in multiple locations across the eight designated countries, with visible ordering activity for South Africa (Durban and regional) and additional service locations across the Middle East and Africa. Task orders specify support services for USAID food donations under Public Law 480 Title II.

The extremely modest combined potential value ($32 thousand) and the closure of the ordering period more than six years ago render this vehicle inactive and closed to pursuit. The single-award concentration and dormancy since early 2022 indicate no ongoing commercial opportunity under this IDIQ.

The United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Commodity Operations, International Procurement Division has awarded a Master IDIQ for marine cargo survey services in order to witness and examine the unloading of USAID food aid shipments in eight different countries. The services will be required in Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Ghana, Senegal, Central America, South Africa, Sudan, and Tanzania.