Bulk Potatoes For Further Processing for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs.
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-25-B-0234
- Agency
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311991 Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing
- PSC
- 8915 Fruits And Vegetables
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking to procure bulk potatoes for domestic food assistance programs through a firm-fixed-price solicitation. The procurement covers three potato categories: process frozen, dehydrated, and fresh process potatoes, totaling 242,244,000 pounds. Potential contractors must meet AMS vendor qualification requirements established under Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 9.2, with vendor qualification contacts including Andrea Lang and Diana Dau David. Interested parties must submit bids through the USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system, with offers due by March 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM Central Time. All commodities and agricultural products must be grown, processed, and prepared exclusively in the United States, in accordance with Agricultural Acquisition Regulation requirements.
The solicitation includes potential small business set-asides, which may involve partial or total small business designations, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses. Delivery locations are spread across multiple states, including Maine, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Idaho, with the largest delivery volume of 150,384,000 pounds destined for Easton, Maine. Bidders must certify various eligibility requirements, including no felony convictions in the past 24 months and no unpaid federal tax liabilities. The solicitation is categorized under NAICS code 311991 for Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing and PSC code 8915 for Fruits and Vegetables. All future information regarding the acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and the Contract Opportunities website.
Notice text
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)-Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of the products listed in the attached solicitation for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB origin basis (see solicitation). The solicitation may include various small business set-asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses.
The solicitation is expected to be available on or after today and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and through a link to the aforementioned website in the documents attached to the solicitation notice on Contract Opportunities website. A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov). Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers is listed above under “General Information.” The contract type will be firm-fixed-price.
Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation (AGAR), 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. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO) (GPA), and Free Trade Agreements (FTA), as addressed by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available through the attached documents. AMS’s solicitation (when published) will specify the pack, sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules.
To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. The AMS main contacts for vendor qualification requirements are Andrea Lang, who can be reached at (202) 720-4237 and Diana Dau David who can be reached at (202)-378-1075, or by email at newvendor@usda.gov . Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food.
Once qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system. Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive.
The attached solicitation should be read in conjunction with contract terms and conditions contained in the Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements – Domestic Programs (MSCP-D) available on the AMS website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food/solicitations. Commodity specifications documents are referenced in the solicitation and can be accessed online at https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food/product-specs.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| 12-3J14-25-B-0234.pdf |
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