Carter-Day brand-name dockage equipment and accessories

1. Brand Name Justification

2. Authority FAR 6.302-1(C)

3. Agency and the contracting activity. The agency is the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS). Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRPBS) Administrative Services Division (ASD) intend to buy the following Carter-Day brand equipment and accessories.

4. Nature and/or description of the action being approved.
GIPSA Strategic Objective(s)
• Objective 2.1. Provide the market with terms and methods for quality assessments.
• Objective 2.2. Protect the integrity of U.S. grain and related markets.

5. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency's needs. Equipment purchased for official use must be in accordance to the Approved Equipment list published in Equipment Handbook, and applicable Program Notice and Directives.

A) Dockage Machine
BRAND Carter-Day, MODEL XT-7,CERT 07-201
Qty 2, Price_____________ea

Approved Sieves and Riddles for Dockage Machine Carter-Day XT-7

B) Sieve #1SIEVE, 2-1/2/64"(.039") RD. PERF. (GRAIN SORGHUM)
Qty 2, Price_____________ea

C) Sieve #2 SIEVE, 5/64" (.078") RD. PERF. (WHEAT)
Qty 4, Price_____________ea

D) Sieve #3 SIEVE, 12/64" (.1875") RD. PERF. (CORN) -
Qty 2, Price_____________ea

E) Sieve # 9 SIEVE, .070" X15/32" OBLONG OVER 1/12"(0.83") ROUND SWAGED
Qty 2, Price_____________ea

F) Double sieve corn DOUBLE CORN SIEVE 12/64" ROUND OVER 6/64" ROUND
Qty 2, Price_____________ea

G) Riddle #2 RIDDLE-SPRING WHEAT WINTER WHEAT, RYE & DURUM
Qty 2, Price_____________ea

H) Riddle #25 RIDDLE-LARGE WHEAT, RYE & DURUM
Qty 2, Price_____________ea

I) Riddle #6 RIDDLE, 9/64" X 3/4" SLOT STEP (BARLEY)
Qty 2, Price_____________ea

J) Shipping FOB to Port Allen, LA 70767 _______________

Delivery Address:
Louis Dreyfus
Attn: FGIS
520 Elevator Road
Port Allen, La. 70767

Invoicing Address:
USDA-GIPSA-National Grain Center
Attn: Denise Ruggles
10383 N. Ambassador Drive
Kansas City, MO 64153

6. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR12. Number note 22 applies. Any inquires for this acquisition must be submitted in writing to the attention of Leigh Eberhart at Leigh.D.Eberhart@aphis.usda.gov The NACIS Code for this acquisition is 333294 with a size standard of 500 people.