Peanut Standards Verification Services for USDA, AMS

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Specialty Crops Program is soliciting non-personal peanut standards verification services through Request for Quotation (RFQ) 12639526Q0040. The contractor will verify that peanut handlers and importers comply with the Minimum Quality and Handling Standards for Domestic and Imported Peanuts (7 CFR part 996), including conducting annual in-person facility visits, monitoring approximately 90,000 annual inspection and aflatoxin test results, maintaining an electronic database, preparing quarterly reports, and investigating alleged violations. Key personnel qualifications include a Contract Project Manager with a minimum of five years of recent experience in management and supervision of similar services. The Government will evaluate proposals based on technical approach, key personnel qualifications, relevant past experience (requiring a minimum of two to five projects completed within the last five years), fair and reasonable pricing, and acceptable or neutral past performance ratings. Questions must be submitted by February 20, 2026, at 12:00 PM Central Time, and quotation responses are due by April 27, 2026, at 12:00 PM Central Daylight Time, with an amendment issued on April 22, 2026, extending the original deadline.

This acquisition is not set-aside for small business concerns, and the incumbent contractor is Tabb & Associates, Inc., performing under Contract 12639525C0006. The contract will be a Firm Fixed-Price, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement with one anticipated award, running from March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2031, containing five one-year ordering periods plus an optional six-month extension for the fifth ordering period. Services are required nationwide but will primarily focus on Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. The place of performance is listed as Washington, DC, USA, though field work will occur across the primary service regions. The NAICS category is 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services) with a small business size standard of $19.0 million.