Sources_Sought_Notice_to_Procure_RedFat_Barrel.pdf

Sources Sought Notice to Procure Natural American Reduced Fat Barrel Cheese

Solicitation Number: AG-DPRO-Notice-14-0006

Notice Type: Posted Date:

Sources Sought August 7, 2014

Response Date: Archiving Policy:

August 26, 2014 Manual Archive

Archive Date: Original Set Aside

‐ N/A

Classification Code:

89 – Subsistence

NAICS Code:

311513 ‐ Cheese Manufacturing

Synopsis:

USDA’s Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), Domestic Procurement

Division, is seeking information about qualified suppliers of natural American reduced fat barrel cheese.

This notice will service as the market research to obtain information for the potential procurement of this product. All information gathered in response to this Sources Sought

Notice will be used solely for planning purpose. 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 natural American reduced fat barrel cheese will be solicited in accordance with USDA Commodity Requirements Document, DNAC3, dated 9/25/2013. (Attached)

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.

Specific information from interested parties is requested in order to initiate the procurement.

Please provide the following information.

1. The availability of 100 percent domestic origin product.

2. The amount of time needed to be in a position to extend an offer to sell to KCCO.

3. Quantities likely available for sale to KCCO and over what period of time.

4. Pricing information.

5. Current truck weight and number of barrels per truck.

6. Small Business Administration (SBA) size status of your firm.

7. Applicable nutrition information (including nutrition facts panel information and product label)

8. Any other information beneficial to the government.

Written responses shall be mailed to the attention of Hilary Cole at KCCO‐DPD, Stop 8718, P.O.

Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 64141‐6205, and telephone: 816‐926‐6645. Written responses may also be transmitted via email at hilary.cole@kcc.usda.gov. These responses must be received no later than 30 days after publication of this notice.

The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 311513 with a small business standard of

500 employees. The Government intends to issue a solicitation for this product. The solicitation will provide the specifications, the office to which offers are to be submitted, the closing time for receipt of offers, and other applicable provisions.

Contracting Office Address:

P.O. Box 419205

Mail Stop 8718

Kansas City, Missouri 64141‐6205

Point of Contact:

Hilary Cole

Senior Contracting Officer

Phone: 816‐926‐6645