Attachment_1_12639524Q0076.pdf

Interested Vendors Please email (only) this Attachment 1 by 4pm (MT) 03/15/2024 to: Email: Carol.Dingess@usda.gov Please include RFQ# 12639524Q0076 on subject line

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection and Quarantine in Edinburg, TX is in immediate need of purchasing the following items(s) for a firm fixed price.

• All cost to include but not limit to: overhead, general and administrative, profit, insurance, and transportation.

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture is a tax exempt agency. (Exempt from state and Federal tax) Tax

ID Number : 41-0696271.

PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN ITEMS 1 -4 AND RETURN BY NOTICE DUE DATE

Quotes submitted without completion of items listed here shall be considered nonresponsive and ineligible for award.

1. Pricing:

Description Quantity Price/ Drum Total $

40 drums of 25KG or 55.112LB each.

(40DR x 25KG = 1,000KG) OR (40DR x 55.112LB = 2,204.48LB) in Food Grade Methylparaben powder In accordance with specifications.

All cost to include but not limit to: overhead, general and administrative, profit, insurance, and transportation.

Delivery Location Edinburg, TX 40

2. Name of company:__

_ SAM ID :______________________________________________________________

Phone#:_____________________________

Point of contact Name:______________________________________________________________

Email Address:

3. Product offered is in accordance with specifications listed in items# (v) and (vi) of the solicitation ?

[ ] Yes [ ] No

Per 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate. (OCT 2022) Product Manufactured in the USA [ ] Yes [ ] No if no, what country: _ mailto:Carol.Dingess@usda.gov

• Please include product literature sufficient enough for USDA Program to make a determination of suitability of product in accordance with specifications.

4. How soon could you deliver after receipt of order? __________________________

Transportation cost included with quote [ ] YES [ ] NO

5. Product Sample Instructions in accordance with FAR 52.209-4 -- First Article Approval -- Government Testing. (Sep 1989)

(a) USDA-APHIS may need a 1000 gram sample of the product for testing. If requested; submission of First Article Test sample will be at no additional cost to the Government.

All samples for testing shall be delivered to the address below when requested:

USDA-APHIS-PPQ Mexfly Rearing Facility Ref#12639524Q0047 Mexfly Rearing Facility Attn: Elias Gonzalez 22675 North Moorefield Road, Bldg. 6418 Edinburg, Texas 78541

***Be sure to label your sample with your company name and contact info.

(b) Within 30 calendar days after the Government receives the first article, the Contracting Officer shall notify the Contractor, in writing, of the conditional approval, approval, or disapproval of the first article. The notice of conditional approval or approval shall not relieve the Contractor from complying with all requirements of the specifications and all other terms and conditions of this contract. A notice of conditional approval shall state any further action required of the Contractor. A notice of disapproval shall cite reasons for the disapproval.

(c) If the first article is disapproved, the Contractor, upon Government request, shall submit an additional first article for testing. After each request, the Contractor shall make any necessary changes, modifications, or repairs to the first article or select another first article for testing. All costs related to these tests are to be borne by the Contractor, including any and all costs for additional tests following a disapproval. The Contractor shall furnish any additional first article to the Government under the terms and conditions and within the time specified by the Government. The Government shall act on this first article within the time limit specified in paragraph (b) of this clause. The Government reserves the right to require an equitable adjustment of the contract price for any extension of the delivery schedule or for any additional costs to the Government related to these tests.

(d) If the Contractor fails to deliver any first article on time, or the Contracting Officer disapproves any first article, the Contractor shall be deemed to have failed to make delivery within the meaning of the Default clause of this contract.

(e) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, the Contractor --

(1) May deliver the approved first article as a part of the contract quantity, provided it meets all contract requirements for acceptance and was not consumed or destroyed in testing; and

(2) Shall remove and dispose of any first article from the Government test facility at the Contractor’s expense.

(f) If the Government does not act within the time specified in paragraph (b) or (c) of this clause, the Contracting Officer shall, upon timely written request from the Contractor, equitably adjust under the Changes clause of this contract the delivery or performance dates and/or the contract price, and any other contractual term affected by the delay.

(g) The Contractor is responsible for providing operating and maintenance instructions, spare parts support, and repair of the first article during any first article test.

(h) Before first article approval, the acquisition of materials or components for, or the commencement of production of, the balance of the contract quantity is at the sole risk of the Contractor. Before first article approval, the costs thereof shall not be allocable to this contract for

(1) progress payments, or

(2) termination settlements if the contract is terminated for the convenience of the Government.

(i) The Government may waive the requirement for first article approval test where supplies identical or similar to those called for in the schedule have been previously furnished by the Offeror/Contractor and have been accepted by the Government. The Offeror/Contractor may request a waiver.

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