Full line Fresh Fruit & Vegetables

Added: Mar 10, 2017 3:43 pm    
The Government intends to issue a solicitation for full line of USDA No. 1 fresh fruit & vegetable (FF&V) products and Shell Eggs (if required) to Non-Department of Defense (USDA School), and Reservation customers in the Minnesota Zone. The solicitation will be a 100% Small Business Set Aside (NAICS code 311991). The resultant contract will be an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC), Fixed Price with an Economic Price Adjustment based on cost of materials.  It contains three (3) eighteen (18) month tier periods. The length of the contract is fifty-four (54) months, (4.5) years. This solicitation is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. It utilizes the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Plan. The Government intends to make one (1) award, however; it reserves the right to have multiple awards based on the lowest aggregate evaluated price technically acceptable offer for each group. The guaranteed minimum (10%) dollar value is $950,000 and the maximum dollar value is $71,250,000. Offerors shall submit their best proposal. Government reserves the right to award without discussions if offerors can be deemed technically acceptable.

This Solicitation will be broken up in TIERS.

Each tier affords offerors an opportunity to provide different Distribution Prices as defined in the EPA provision. Each Distribution price offered expressed as a dollar value (up to two decimal places) and NOT a percentage. If an offeror submits the latter, not be accepted. If an offeror fails to provide a Distribution Price for any of the tiers, the Contracting Officer will assume that it is the offeror's intention that no change in Distribution Price meant after the most recent preceding tier period that included a Distribution Price. For instance, if an offeror proposes a Distribution Price for Tier 1 of $3.00 and fails to propose anything for Tier 2 and Tier 3, the Contracting Officer will interpret that omission as meaning that the $3.00 Distribution Price pertains to all three (3) tiers.

The following sub-factors will be evaluated and must be found acceptable for a proposal to be eligible for award:

A. Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) License - The offeror shall possess and submit proof of a valid current PACA license.  The submitted PACA license must be effective for 30 days after the solicitation closing date.

B. USDA Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Handling Practices (GHP) Audit - The offeror shall submit a GAP/GHP audit report for each place of performance identified in the offeror's proposal. The audit report(s) must demonstrate that a passing score(s) was/were received and the report(s) must be dated no more than six (6) months prior to the solicitation closing date.