Two-Step Sealed Bid Solicitation: Refried and Vegetarian Beans Step One: Request for Technical Proposals (RFTP)
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-Notice-26-006
- 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
- District of Columbia, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Commodity Procurement Program has issued a Special Notice announcing a two-step sealed bid solicitation for the procurement of canned refried and vegetarian beans for domestic food assistance programs. This solicitation, numbered 12-3J14-Notice-26-006/2000011199, was posted on February 25, 2026, and represents a firm-fixed-price contract acquisition. All procurement activities, solicitation documents, and award notifications will be conducted electronically through the USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system and the Contract Opportunities website (sam.gov), with no hard copies available. The commodity being procured must comply with agricultural commodity regulations requiring that beans be grown, processed, and prepared exclusively in the United States, while packaging materials are subject to World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreement provisions.
The two-step sealed bid process requires interested contractors to first submit technical proposals by March 9, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Central Time, with notification of technical acceptability expected by April 9, 2026. Technical proposals must include a narrative of no more than two pages describing the offeror's experience producing canned refried and vegetarian beans and the product's marketplace performance, accompanied by two #300 can samples with full retail commercial packaging, nutritional information, ingredients statements, allergen declarations, and preparation instructions. Samples will be evaluated based on specific product characteristics including color, appearance, texture, and flavor standards, and proposals must not contain any pricing information. Only contractors whose technical proposals are deemed acceptable will advance to step two bidding, where awards will be made to the lowest responsive bidder. Eligible contractors include those in fruit and vegetable canning operations, and contractors with previously approved technical proposals need not resubmit unless the USDA specification or formulation has changed.
Notice text
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)-Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of Canned Dried Beans 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 |
|---|---|---|
| StepOne_RequestForTechnicalProposalsCannedBeans.pdf |
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