Rice Products for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service - Commodity Procurement Staff - Dairy, Grain & Multifood Branch, intends to issue solicitation 12-3J14-19-B-0310 for procurement of Rice Products for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB destination basis. The solicitation may include various small business set asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses. Quantities reserved for 8(a) and SDVO firms where only one of those firms meets AMS qualification requirements will be awarded on a sole source basis through issuance of a letter RFP issued directly to those companies. The solicitation is expected to be available on or after April 11, 2019, and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and also through a link to the aforementioned website in the document package attached to the solicitation notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website. A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and the Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fbo.gov). Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers will be on or near April 23, 2019. The contract type will be firm-fixed price. Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation 470.103(b), commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States, and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown, processed, and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements, as addressed by FAR clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available in USDA's commodity requirements document available through the attached document package. AMS's solicitation (when published) will specify the pack sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules. To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. The AMS main contact for vendor qualification requirements is Andrea Lang who can be reached by phone at (202) 720-4237 or by email to Andrea.Lang@ams.usda.gov. Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food Once qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system. Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive. .
12-3J14-19-B-0310 Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office
4/11/19, 3:43 PM Rice for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs
Added: Sep 20, 2011 11:44 am
Rice Products for use in Domestic Food Assistance ProgramsSolicitation Number: Notice Type:AG-DRPD-S-11-0228 PresolicitationUSDA's Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) intends to issue solicitation AG-DRPD-S-11-0228 for procurement of RIce Products for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB destination basis. The solicitation may include various small business set asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses. Quantities reserved for 8(a) and SDVO firms where only one of those firms meets KCCO qualification requirements will be awarded on a sole source basis through issuance of a letter RFP issued directly to those companies.The solicitation is expected to be available on or after September 20, 2011, and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and also through a link to the aforementioned website in the document package attached to the solicitation notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website. A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and the Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fbo.gov). Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers will be on or near September 27, 2011. The contract type will be firm-fixed price.Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation 470.103(b), commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States, and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown, processed, and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements, as addressed by FAR clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available in USDA's commodity requirements document available through the attached document package. KCCO's solicitation (when published) will specify the pack sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules.To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet KCCO's vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. KCCO's main contact for vendor qualification requirements is Betty Kunkel who can be reached by phone at 816-926-3295 or by email to Betty.Kunkel@kcc.usda.gov. Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-vr.Once qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system. Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive.
AG-DRPD-S-11-0228 Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office
9/20/11, 11:44 AM Milled Rice and Fortified Milled Rice Commodity Requirement Document
Added: Jul 08, 2014 8:53 am
Agriculture is a buyer of domestic origin food commodities for use in various U.S. Government international food aid programs and, from time to time, issues solicitations to purchase a variety of commodities. Specifications for commodity purchases are generally published in Commodity Requirements Documents (CRD) available on the Kansas City Commodity Office's (KCCO) website. Each solicitation to purchase for international food aid programs will clearly identify the requirements document applicable in accordance with FAR 11.201(b)A CRD for Milled Rice and Fortified Milled Rice (MR24), is being published today via this Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) notice (see document package 1). The effective date for MR24 is July 08, 2014. Once effective it will be available with other current CRDs on the commodity operations website at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-exInterested parties are encouraged to read the new CRD in its entirety in order to understand the commodity requirements for Milled Rice and Fortified Milled Rice that will be required for all future international program solicitations.
AG-IPD-MR24 Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office
7/8/14, 8:53 AM Various Subsistence Items for use in U. S. Food Aid Programs
Added: Nov 14, 2013 4:03 pm
USDA's Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) intends to issue [the July solicitation for Foreign Agricultural Service programs] solicitation AG-INAP-S-14-0005 (2000002190) for procurement of various subsistence items for U.S. international food aid programs. The solicitation may include various small business set asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States. The solicitation is expected to be available on or after November 14, 2013 and will be available electronically through USDA's Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and also through a link to the aforementioned website in the document package attached to the solicitation notice on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website (http://www.fbo.gov). A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published both through WBSCM and FBO. Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers will be on or near November 20, 2013.To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet KCCO's vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. KCCO's main contact for vendor qualification requirements is Betty Kunkel who can be reached by phone at 816-926-3295 or by email at Betty.Kunkel@kcc.usda.gov. Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-vrOnce qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system.Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive.Complete details of the contract requirements and terms are available in KCCO's master solicitation for commodity procurements available through the attached document package. Commodity specifications can be accessed on the invitation and through the applicable commodity requirements document available at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-ex-crPursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation 470.103(b), commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States, and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown, processed, and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements, as addressed by FAR clause 52.225-5.Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available in USDA's commodity requirements document available through the attached document package. KCCO's solicitation (when published) will specify the pack sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules.KCCO's solicitation (when published) will specify the commodities, tonnage, and required shipping schedules.
AG-INAP-S-14-0005 Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office
11/14/13, 4:03 PM Rice Product for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs
Added: Oct 20, 2016 1:10 pm
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service - Commodity Procurement Staff - Dairy, Grain & Multifood Branch, intends to issue solicitationAG-DRPD-S-17-0018 for procurement of Rice Product for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB destination basis. The solicitation may include various small business set asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses. Quantities reserved for 8(a) and SDVO firms where only one of those firms meets AMS qualification requirements will be awarded on a sole source basis through issuance of a letter RFP issued directly to those companies.The solicitation is expected to be available on or after October 20, 2016, and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and also through a link to the aforementioned website in the document package attached to the solicitation notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website. A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and the Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fbo.gov). Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers will be on or near November 08, 2016. The contract type will be firm-fixed price.Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation 470.103(b), commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States, and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown, processed, and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements, as addressed by FAR clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available in USDA's commodity requirements document available through the attached document package. AMS's solicitation (when published) will specify the pack sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules.To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. The AMS main contact for vendor qualification requirements is Andrea Lang who can be reached by phone at (202) 720-4237 or by email to Andrea.Lang@ams.usda.gov. Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-foodOnce qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system. Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive.
AG-DRPD-S-17-0018 Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office
10/20/16, 1:10 PM