Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source _ Fagan.docx

Notice of Intent to Sole Source – 123A9422Q0040

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to award a sole source contract to study the impact of slaughter line speed on worker safety in both young chicken and swine slaughter establishments. Please see the limited sources justification for more details on the requirement.

This notice is not a formal solicitation. However, interested responsible sources may submit a capability statement for the agency’s consideration in determining whether a competitive procurement should be conducted in the future for this requirement. Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed procurement action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.

1.) Date: August 1, 2022 2.) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 20250 3.) Product Service Code – AA11 4.) Contracting Office Address: 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20250 5.) Subject: Notice of Intent to Sole Source 6.) Proposed Solicitation Number: 123A9422Q0040 7.) Closing Response Date: August 10, 2022, at 11:00am Eastern Standard Time 8.) Contact Specialist: Monika Masei, monika.masei@usda.gov 9.) Contractor: Kathleen Fagan 10.) Description: Study the impact of slaughter line speed on worker safety in both young chicken and swine slaughter establishments.

11.) Place of Contract Performance: TBD 12.) Set-aside Status: no set-aside used