Two-Step Sealed Bid Solicitation: Condensed Tomato Soup Step One: Request for Technical Proposals (RFTP)
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-Notice-25-019
- Agency
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311421 Fruit and Vegetable Canning
- PSC
- 8970 Composite Food Packages
- Place of performance
- United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) has issued a Special Notice for a two-step sealed bid solicitation for Condensed Tomato Soup procurement. This solicitation is part of the Commodity Procurement Program for domestic food assistance programs, with planned deliveries to various locations across the United States on an FOB origin basis. The procurement will utilize the Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system for all bid submissions and communications. The contract will be a firm-fixed-price type, and all commodities must be grown, processed, and prepared exclusively in the United States, in accordance with the Agricultural Acquisition Regulation. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and the Contract Opportunities website.
Potential contractors must meet specific vendor qualification requirements established under Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 9.2 and can contact USDA AMS representatives at newvendor@usda.gov to initiate the qualification process. Once qualified, contractors will gain access to WBSCM, which is the mandatory system for submitting bids, modifications, withdrawals, and price adjustments. The solicitation will specify pack sizes, quantities, and delivery schedules, with packaging and container components being the only portions subject to World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements. Interested parties are required to review the Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements - Domestic Programs and access commodity specification documents online. Contractors must ensure they have the most up-to-date information about the acquisition and comply with all specified requirements to be considered responsive and eligible for the contract opportunity.
Notice text
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)-Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of Canned Soups for Domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB origin basis.
The solicitation is expected to be available on or after today and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and through a link to the aforementioned website in the documents attached to the solicitation notice on Contract Opportunities website. A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov). Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers is listed above under “General Information.” The contract type will be firm-fixed-price.
Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation (AGAR), 470-103(b), commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown, processed, and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO) (GPA), and Free Trade Agreements (FTA), as addressed by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available through the attached documents. AMS’s solicitation (when published) will specify the pack, sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules.
To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. The AMS main contacts for vendor qualification requirements are Diana Dau David and Nicholas Kilmarx they can be reached by email at newvendor@usda.gov . Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food.
Once qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system. Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive.
The attached Special Notice should be read in conjunction with contract terms and conditions contained in the Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements – Domestic Programs (MSCP-D) available on the AMS website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food/solicitations. Commodity specifications documents are referenced in the solicitation and can be accessed online at https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food/product-specs.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| TomatoSoup_Special Notice (At-Home Evaluations)_February 2025-signed.pdf |
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