Macaroni & Cheese Products for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs
Added: Sep 18, 2012 11:45 am
USDA's Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) intends to issue solicitation AG-DMCD-S-12-0157 for procurement of Macaroni & Cheese 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 18, 2012, 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 nearSeptember 25, 2012. 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-DMCD-S-12-0157 Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office
9/18/12, 11:45 AM Macaroni & Cheese Products for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs
Added: Dec 01, 2011 1:50 pm
USDA's Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) intends to issue solicitation AG-DMCD-S-12-0029 for procurement of Macaroni & Cheese 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 December 1, 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 nearDecember 6, 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-DMCD-S-12-0029 Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office
12/1/11, 1:50 PM Sources Sought Notice to Procure Pasta Products and Enriched Egg Noodles
Added: Mar 20, 2009 3:12 pm
The Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), Domestic Procurement Division, 6501 Beacon Drive, Stop 8718, Kansas City, MO 64133, intends to transition to multiple-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, fixed-price contracts for commercial items. The Government is interested in a contract base period of one year with options to extend for up to four additional years. Products must be suitable for school, household or emergency program use, depending on the pack size ordered. The Government desires a continuous supply of safe, nutritious, quality, good-tasting food products and 95 percent or better timely deliveries. KCCO is also seeking qualified companies to supply pasta products and enriched egg noodles.
This notice will serve as the market research to obtain information for this procurement. All information gathered in response to this Sources Sought Notice will be used solely for planning purposes. This is not a formal solicitation but a request for interested parties to provide information. No current solicitation exists and requests for a solicitation will be ignored.
Specifications for these products can be obtained by accessing the Commodity Requirements Document and the Commercial Item Descriptions at;
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-do
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3006577 and http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=stelprdc5075076. However, for whole grain pasta, the additional requirements must be met:
1. First and primary ingredient must consist of whole durum wheat, and the remaining ingredients may be other whole grains.
2. The quality of the whole durum wheat ingredient must be grade U.S. No. 1.
3. After the whole grain pasta is cooked, it must maintain texture, shape, and taste in accordance with the requirements of the Commercial Item Description.
4. Whole grain pasta must have a tan to light brown distinction in color.
5. Maximum ash: 2.0 percent, moisture free basis.
All food products procured by the USDA are subject to a 100 percent domestic origin requirement.
The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 311823 with a small business standard of 500 employees. The Government intends to make periodic requests for proposal (RFPs) for multiple awards. Future solicitations will specify the various commodities to be procured, the specifications, the office to which offers are to be submitted, the closing time for receipt of offers, and all other applicable provisions.
Specific information from interested parties is required in order for KCCO to initiate this procurement. Please provide the following information:
A. Multiple-year, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity, fixed-price contracts:
1. Available commercial base period and option periods
2. Available commercial pricing structure methods
3. Available commercial economic price adjustments
B. Sources:
1. Production capability
2. Industry buyers
3. Product brochures, catalogs, and promotional literature
C. Available customary commercial industry practices:
1. Available product customizing or tailoring (e.g., steam table use specifications, milder flavor/lighter color of whole grain products for child acceptance)
2. Available commercial terms and conditions
(e.g., payment, warranties, shelf life, late delivery fees, submission of certificate of analysis (COA) to buyer, buyers use of COA, discounts or rejection for out of specification product, testing, inspection, and quality assurance, e.g., ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001)
3. Available production and delivery lead-times
4. Customary industry buyers criteria for evaluation/assessment of suppliers
5. Measures of timeliness of performance
6. Measures of product quality
D. Market trends:
1. Forecast product/technology changes
2. Trends in supply/demand
3. Factors that affect market prices
E. Acquisition history:
1. Discuss USDA requirements that have been identified in the past as factors that have unnecessarily increased price, and/or limited your ability to offer suitable product under the solicitation.
2. Recommend cost effective solutions for past instances when customer complained even though your product met USDA contract specifications.
F. Product packaging
1. Available commercial pack sizes.
2. Ability to provide current USDA pack sizes; 20-pound case, 12/2-pound, 24/1-pound, 12/1-pound, 20/1-pound.
G. Any other information beneficial to the Government.
Written responses shall be mailed to the attention of Gabriel Lopez at KCCO/DPD, Stop 8718, P.O. Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 64141-6205, and Telephone: 816-926-6711. Gabriel Lopez may also be contacted via email at gabriel.lopez@kcc.usda.gov. These responses must be received no later than 15 days after publication of this notice.
KCCO-DPD-09-0001-311823 Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office
3/20/09, 3:12 PM Macaroni & Cheese Products for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs
Added: Aug 24, 2010 3:38 pm
USDA's Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) intends to issue a request for quotations, number DPD-MC9-090, for procurement of Macaroni & Cheese Products for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB destination basis. The solicitation is expected to be available on or after September 9, 2010. 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 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 21, 2010. 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
DPD-MC9-090 Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office
8/24/10, 3:38 PM RFP for Pasta and Enriched Egg Noodles for Use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs
Added: Jul 10, 2009 12:49 pm
USDA, Farm Service Agency, Commodity Operations, Kansas City Commodity Office, Domestic Procurement Division intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the procurement of Pasta and Enriched Egg Noodles for use in various domestic food assistance programs. The RFP will be issued approximately fifteen days from the date of this presolicitation notice. The RFP will be available through the Governmentwide point of entry for Federal procurement opportunities (FedBizOpps) website: www.fbo.gov and the Commodity Operations website: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas.
The RFP will seek responsible offers to supply and deliver, generally on an f.o.b. destination basis, large quantities of Pasta and Enriched Egg Noodles to various locations in the United States and its territories. As delivery schedules and exact quantities are not yet known, award will be made on and indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity basis. 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. Agricultural commodities and their products are exempt from 52.225-5.
For informational purposes, during fiscal year 2009 approximately 41 million pounds of Pasta and Enriched Egg Noodles were purchased. The amount and frequency of commodity procured is dependent upon the needs of the program administering agency, USDAs Food and Nutrition Service.
The solicitation will comply with the policies and procedures governing competitive negotiated acquisitions prescribed in Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Responsible offerors are required to submit proposals that adequately address all technical and price evaluation factors contained in RFP. Award will be made to contractors demonstrating the best value to the Government on the basis of the lowest priced proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-price factors. The Government intends to award multiple indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts. The contract period will consist of a base period of twelve months, and the potential for four, one-year option periods, if exercised at the Governments discretion.
Pasta and Enriched Egg Noodles are classified as commercial items. The Government intends to utilize the policies and procedures of FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in conjunction with FAR Part 15. As required by the commodity requirements documents for pasta and egg noodles (included as document packages attached to this notice), commodities delivered shall meet the requirements as specified in the following Commercial Item Descriptions (CID):
Pasta Products, Enriched and Whole Wheat, (CID) A-A-20062E (January 6, 2009), available at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3006577,
except only semolina flour shall be used.
Noodles, Egg, Enriched, (CID) A-A-20063C (June 3, 1997) for Noodles, Egg, Enriched, available at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=stelprdc5075076,
except that enriched egg noodles shall be 1/2 inch wide.
Additional general guidelines for whole grain pasta products which will constitute a portion of the supplies needed, are available on the FDAs website regarding whole grain health claims, Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff available at:
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/98fr/06d-0066-gdl0001.pdf.
Offerors should not respond to this presolicitation notice. This is not a request for submission of proposals. The RFP, when issued, will specify the deadline for receipt for offers.
KCCO-DPD-09-PA10-159 Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office
7/10/09, 12:49 PM