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This document is a solicitation for sample hauling services for the Macon, Georgia route. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service seeks pickup of cotton samples from gins and warehouses along the specified route and delivery to its Macon classing office. The contract will be awarded as firm fixed price with economic price adjustment for a base year and nine option years. Proposals are due by September 2, 2021 and should provide pricing per mile, with the estimated miles for the Macon route being 50,000. Offerors must be registered in SAM and provide experience in hauling commodities, cotton experience, equipment, insurance, and references. The solicitation is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 484220 with a $30 million size standard. The selected offer will be most advantageous to the government considering technical approach, experience, past performance, equipment, and price.