Cover Letter for 400mL nBPW.pdf

March 9, 2022

TO: Offerors

FROM: Contracting Officer

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal

This solicitation is set aside for small businesses as defined by the SBA.

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). Specified samples and other required documentation listed below must be submitted to the Western Laboratory no later than Thursday, March 31 by 5:00PM PST, at:

USDA, FSIS, OPHS, Western Laboratory c/o WRRC, ARS, WAB 800 Buchanan St.

Albany, CA 94710 Contact Lindsey ILASIN, 510-982-4953

The offeror shall provide a firm fixed price, 5-year technical proposal. Offeror must submit its price in accordance with the correct market value. The proposal must be submitted to the point of contact listed in this notice, by email, no later than Thursday, March 24, 2022 by 5:00pm EST.

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 electronically to the attention of the point of contact listed in this Notice no later than Tuesday, March 15 at 12:00pm EST.

POINT OF CONTACT: The point of contact for this solicitation is Thomas Nasvytis, Contracting Officer who can be reached via e-mail at thomas.nasvytis@usda.gov.

Thomas Nasvytis Contracting Officer