Cotton Testing Instruments
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- Solicitation number
- 12639524R0001
- Agency
- Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Cotton and Tobacco Program intends to solicit proposals for a 10-year IDIQ contract to acquire cotton testing instruments, also known as high volume instruments. The solicitation will require offerors to quote pricing for four instrument configurations and meet mandatory technical requirements for functionality, calibration, software, security, and production capabilities. Acceptance testing will evaluate instrument precision, accuracy, variability, and performance over multiple samples per day. Comments on the draft statement of work are due by October 25th.
This opportunity is set aside for total small business and will utilize NAICS code 334516, measuring and controlling devices manufacturing, with a primary PSC code of 6625, physical properties testing equipment. There is no incumbent contractor. Offerors must demonstrate the ability to provide instruments, full commercial warranties, and all required service maintenance. Estimated annual expenditures are $2 million.
Notice text
The USDA AMS Cotton and Tobacco (C&T) intends to solicit proposals for a 10 year IDIQ contract for the procurement of Cotton Testing Instruments (CTI). CTI is interchangable with High Volume Instrument (HVI). The resulting contract shall include a full commercial warrant and provide for all service maintenance.
USDA is including the current draft version of the statement of work (SOW) for review, comment, and questions. Please ensure that all comments/questions are sent to the contracting specialist (jeremy.pouliot@usda.gov) before 2pm CT Oct 25th. USDA may not respond to your comments/questions via email but will use any questions/comments to ensure that the SOW is clear and addresses any issues raised.
This is a Pre-Solicitation notice and not the full Request for Proposal (RFP). USDA AMS anticipates that the full RFP solicitation will be posted to SAM.gov on or before Nov 1, 2023. USDA AMS will not accept any proposals submitted prior to the full RFP solicitation being posted.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| A1 SOW HVI IDIQ for Pre-solicitation.docx | DOCX document |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton Testing Instruments | Solicitation | |
| Cotton Testing Instruments | Pre-Solicitation |
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