Twin Screw Extruder for Lab

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Solicitation number
12639520Q0214
Agency
Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture
Responses due
Not on record
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
333241 Food Product Machinery Manufacturing
PSC
7310 Food Cooking, Baking, And Serving Equipment
Place of performance
Buzzards Bay MA 02542 USA

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seeks to procure a small, twin-screw extruder for use at its Otis Joint Base Cape Cod, MA laboratory. The extruder must be capable of mixing and extruding tough, dough-like products into various forms and textures to support development of an artificial diet for the invasive Emerald Ash Borer. A solicitation will be issued this week on an unrestricted basis. Questions may be directed to contracting officer Jim Roloff by email at james.g.roloff@usda.gov.

There is no set-aside designation for this procurement. The NAICS code is 333241 for machine shops with a small business size standard of 500 employees. The PSC code is not specified. No potential incumbents or current contractors are named. Key details such as quantity, award value, or performance period are not provided in this pre-solicitation notice.

Notice text

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine Program seeks a small, twin-screw extruder for use in a laboratory setting at Otis Joint Base Cape Cod, MA.  It will be used in support of the development of an artificial diet for the invasive tree pest Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis (EAB). Development of an artificial diet is a critical step in allowing the EAB biocontrol program to meet their insect rearing goals year round and remove the dependency on natural food sources that are difficult to obtain in the winter months.  The twin-screw extruder must be capable of mixing and extruding tough, dough-like products into a variety of forms and textures, critical for EAB diet production. 

The NAICS code for this procurement is 333241, with a small business size standard of 500 employees.  A solicitation will be issued this week on an unrestricted basis.  Questions concerning this synopsis should be directed to Jim Roloff, contracting officer, by email at james.g.roloff@usda.gov.

Notice history

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