(dried fruit products) for use in domestic Food Assistance Programs.

The United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service issued solicitation 12-3J14-23-B-0402 seeking offers to sell dried fruit products including cherries and raisins for use in domestic Food Assistance Programs. Offerors must be able to deliver products between July 2023 and December 2023 to over 100 destinations across the United States and offshore locations. The solicitation will evaluate offers using trade-off best value procedures considering technical acceptability and price, with offers due by May 24, 2023 and acceptances to be announced June 7, 2023.

The solicitation contains no set-aside designations. The associated NAICS code is 311421 for dried and dehydrated food manufacturing and PSC code 8910 for edible products. Current contractors may include major dried fruit producers and distributors, with the estimated total value over $50 million to supply several thousand metric tons of dried fruit over the period of performance between contractor facilities and points of delivery nationwide.