RICE for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs.

This solicitation from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service seeks offers to supply various types of rice products for use in domestic food assistance programs. Products requested include brown long grain parboiled rice in 25-pound bags as well as long grain parboiled and long grain white rice in other package sizes. Offers must meet requirements specified in the Master Solicitation dated April 5, 2023 and the Commodity Requirements Document for Rice dated October 2019. Evaluation will consider suppliers' ability to meet delivery orders for multiple delivery periods between October 2023 and June 2024, with offers due by July 28, 2023.

The solicitation reserves 30% of the estimated quantity for small businesses and has a primary NAICS code of 311421 for rice milling and predominant PSC code of 8910 for edible products. Estimated quantities include approximately 50 million pounds of rice to be delivered to locations across the continental United States and offshore territories over multiple periods between October 2023 and June 2024.