canned fruit for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs.

This solicitation from the United States Department of Agriculture seeks offers for canned fruit including applesauce, appleslices, apple sauce cups, apple sauce unsweetened cans, cranberry sauce cans, and plum cans for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs. Offerors must submit bids electronically through the Web-Based Supply Chain Management System by January 25, 2023. Acceptances will be announced by February 8, 2023, with deliveries required between April 1, 2023 and June 30, 2023.

The solicitation sets aside line items for canned fruit for small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, and HUBZone businesses. It provides estimated quantities and required packaging for each product, with historical spending on these goods reaching several million dollars collectively. Deliveries of applesauce, appleslices, apple sauce cups, apple sauce unsweetened cans, cranberry sauce cans, and plum cans must be made between April 1, 2023 and June 30, 2023 to distribution centers nationwide from suppliers' facilities.