Dry Ice

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services seeks an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for weekly dry ice delivery services to the USDA National Center for Animal Health facility in Ames, Iowa, with quotations due September 7 and questions due September 8. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside, limiting competition to small business concerns.

Place of performance is Ames, Iowa. The contractor must deliver three tubs of dry ice pellets weekly (occasionally four with advance notice), each containing 500 pounds of half-inch diameter pellets on wheels, every Monday between 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. at Building 24's loading dock. The contractor is responsible for unloading full tubs and loading empty ones. No deliveries occur on federal holidays; holidays observed on Tuesday are skipped if Monday is the holiday. Early deliveries are not accepted. Delivery commences September 28, 2026.

The contract spans five years from September 21, 2026, through September 20, 2031, divided into a base ordering period and four optional one-year periods of 164 containers each. FOB destination is required. Offerors must hold prices firm for 90 days from the quotation due date. The NAICS code is 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,200 employees. The PSC code is 6830, Gases: Compressed and Liquefied. Evaluation uses lowest-price, technically-acceptable criteria, considering technical approach, price, and past performance. Contractors must submit pricing for all items and contract line items to be considered responsive. The Government will make one award.