RFQ_Cover_Letter_for_nBPW_Buffer.doc

United States Food Safety

Administrative

Department of and Inspection

Services Division

Agriculture Service

June 26, 2018

TO:

Offerors

FROM:

Contracting Officer SUBJECT: Request for Proposal

The contractor shall provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) with nBPW, a liquid collection and transport medium, to FSIS Inspection Program Personnel (IPP) for sample collection and shipment to the designated FSIS laboratory for analysis. A description of the requirement is included in the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

The Government contemplates award of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ) making multiple awards of indefinite-quantity contracts under a single solicitation for the same or similar supplies or services to two or more sources with firm fixed priced delivery orders

The offeror shall provide a firm fixed price, five (5) year technical proposal. Offeror must submit its price in accordance with the correct market value.

Please note that this request does not commit USDA to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate USDA to procure or contract for these services.

QUESTIONS: All questions are to be submitted either electronically to the attention of the point of contact listed in this Notice no later than 12:00pm, EST on Friday, July 13, 2018.

POINT OF CONTACT: The point of contact for this solicitation is Marnie Miller, Contract Officer who can be reached via telephone at 301-289-9639, via e-mail at marnie.miller@fsis.usda.gov or via fax at 301-504-4276.

Marnie Miller

Contracting Officer

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