25007 BCI Webs Notice.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- 25007
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- Adams County, Asotin County, Benton County, Chelan County, Clallam County, Clark County, Columbia County, Cowlitz County, Douglas County, Ferry County, Franklin County, Garfield County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Island County, Jefferson County, King County, Kitsap County, Kittitas County, Klickitat County, Lewis County, Lincoln County, Mason County, Okanogan County, Pacific County, Pend Oreille County, Pierce County, San Juan County, Skagit County, Skamania County, Snohomish County, Spokane County, Stevens County, Thurston County, Wahkiakum County, Walla Walla County, Whatcom County, Whitman County, Yakima County, Asotin City, Clarkston City, Clarkston Heights-Vineland CDP, West Clarkston-Highland CDP, Benton City, Chelan City, Chelan Falls CDP, Clallam Bay CDP, Lewisville CDP, Rock Island City, Pacific Beach CDP, Whidbey Island Station CDP, Mercer Island City, Pacific City, Bainbridge Island City, Kingston CDP, Kitsap Lake CDP, Kittitas City, Klickitat CDP, Okanogan City, Anderson Island CDP, Fort Lewis CDP, Fox Island CDP, Herron Island CDP, Ketron Island CDP, North Fort Lewis CDP, Raft Island CDP, Stevenson City, Hat Island CDP, Lake Stevens City, Snohomish City, Spokane City, Spokane Valley City, Puget Island CDP, Garfield Town, Yakima City, Washington
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This is a Sole Source Award Legal Notice from the Washington Hop Commission announcing their intent to award a $132,000 contract to Bryant Christie Inc. for trade issue and international harmonization assistance. The contract will be issued on or about January 10, 2025, for a twelve-month period. The scope includes monitoring and commenting on hop MRL (Maximum Residue Level) issues and trade barriers in multiple international markets including Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, China, Australia, EU, Vietnam, and India. Key deliverables include maintaining and updating a hop MRL chart monthly, producing semi-annual Issues Review newsletters, and providing periodic issue updates and project status reports for grant requirements and U.S. Hop Industry Plant Protection Committee meetings. Interested offerors must submit capability statements by December 26, 2024.
Bryant Christie Inc. was selected as the sole source contractor based on their 30-year history managing this program for the hop industry and their specific expertise in international harmonization and phytosanitary barriers to trade. The contractor maintains an established network of contacts within relevant government agencies and has demonstrated capability to rapidly respond to new proposals regarding phytosanitary issues and MRL harmonization worldwide. The notice indicates that in the absence of other qualified sources demonstrating capability, the Washington Hop Commission intends to proceed with the sole source award to Bryant Christie Inc.
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| File | Type | Posted |
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| 25007 Sole Source Justification.pdf | ||
| 25007 BCI General MRL Policy Draft Agreement.pdf |
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Washington Hop Commission Sole Source Award Legal Notice
The Washington Hop Commission is contemplating awarding a $132,000 sole source contract to Bryant Christie Inc. for a twelve-month period to provide trade issue and international harmonization assistance.
Bryant Christie Inc. will provide services and staff, and otherwise do all things necessary for or incidental to the performance of work, as set forth below:
• Monitor and comment when appropriate on hop MRL issues and other appropriate trade barrier issues in Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, China, Australia, EU, Vietnam, India, and other important markets.
• In Canada, follow up with registrants to ensure that commitments regarding hop data package submissions are upheld, and new MRLs are established.
• In the Asian markets, ensure any MRL regulatory changes that have the potential to impede hop exports will be addressed proactively.
• In the EU, beyond the specific data package submissions, cooperate with German growers and regulatory officials in the region regarding hop MRLs and regulatory issues that may impact the hop industry’s ability to obtain and retain MRLs.
• Monitor and engage with authorities from the United Kingdom to address Great Britain hop MRL needs.
• Track MRL developments in Mexico to ensure hop exports are not affected
• Respond to requests for information from USDA on hop MRL Priorities.
• Maintain the hop MRL chart and provide updates of this chart to USHIPPC monthly or as updates are necessary.
• Produce periodic issue updates and project status report, as necessary to meet any grant quarterly reporting requirements and U.S. Hop Industry Plant Protection Committee meetings (twice yearly, in January and July/August).
Bryant Christie Inc. will produce the following written deliverables:
• Issues Review newsletters to provide progress updates to the hop industry on a semi-annual basis.
Bryant Christie Inc. was selected for this sole source contract award because it has managed this program on behalf of the hop industry for over 30 years and has specific expertise in the areas of international harmonization and phytosanitary barriers to trade. The contractor has expertise in the subjects and requirements of this program, and a well-established network of contacts within the various government agencies that are the target of this project. The contractor also has the knowledge, network, and research capacity to rapidly respond to new proposals from countries throughout the world dealing with phytosanitary issues and MRL harmonization.
The contract will be issued on or about January 10, 2025.
Offerors contemplating the above requirements are required to submit capability statements detailing their ability to meet these requirements by December 26, 2024. In the absence of other qualified sources, it is the Washington Hop Commission’s intent to make a sole source award of the contract.
For more information, contact:
Washington Hop Commission
Jessica Stevens
E-mail: jstevens@wahops.org
Telephone: (509)453-4749 x1
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