Canned Vegetables (Tomato Products) for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs.
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-25-B-0417
- Agency
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311421 Fruit and Vegetable Canning
- PSC
- 8920 Bakery And Cereal Products
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Commodity Procurement Program is soliciting bids for canned vegetables, specifically tomato products including tomato sauce and spaghetti sauce (meatless), for use in domestic food assistance programs such as the National School Lunch Program. The procurement covers products in various can sizes (24/300 and 6/10) with deliveries scheduled between September 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. Potential contractors must meet AMS vendor qualification requirements under FAR Subpart 9.2 and can obtain qualification information by contacting newvendor@usda.gov. All bids must be submitted electronically through the Web-Based Supply Chain Management System (WBSCM) by July 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM Central Time. Award announcements are expected by midnight on July 29, 2025, and the contract will be firm-fixed-price with commodities required to be products of the United States under Agricultural Acquisition Regulation requirements.
The solicitation includes multiple small business set-asides with a 50% set-aside for specific Spaghetti Sauce Meatless materials, 30% set-aside for Tomato Sauce materials, and a 10% set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. New contractors will be subject to a probationary period with initial awards limited to 10 truckloads per product, requiring successful delivery of at least five truckloads to be removed from probationary status. The procurement notice does not identify any incumbent contractors or provide specific award values or budget ranges. Deliveries will be made on an FOB origin basis to various locations throughout the United States. The contract falls under NAICS code 311421 for Fruit and Vegetable Canning and PSC code 8920 for Bakery and Cereal Products.
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. For information about becoming a qualified bidder, please reach out to 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 12-3J14-25-B-0417.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Canned Vegetables (Tomato Products) for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs. | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation |
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