Two-Step Sealed Bid Solicitation: Refried Beans Step One: Request for Technical Proposals (RFTP)
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-Notice-25-021
- 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 to procure Canned Dried Beans for domestic food assistance programs. The solicitation will be conducted electronically through the USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system and will not provide hard copy documentation. The contract will be a firm-fixed-price procurement with deliveries to various locations across the United States on an FOB origin basis. All proposed products must be grown, processed, and prepared exclusively in the United States, in accordance with Agricultural Acquisition Regulation requirements. The solicitation is set to be available electronically and will include comprehensive details about pack, sizes, quantities, and delivery schedules.
Contractors interested in participating must first meet AMS vendor qualification requirements established under Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 9.2, with primary contacts for vendor qualification being Andrea Lang and Diana Dau David. To be eligible, potential vendors must submit technical proposals by February 21, 2025, through the WBSCM system, with notifications of technical acceptability expected by April 9, 2025. The solicitation requires a two-page narrative on commercial refried bean production experience and a sample prototype consisting of two #300 cans with specific product requirements, including color, appearance, texture, and flavor characteristics. Only vendors whose technical proposals are deemed acceptable will proceed to the second step, where award will be based on the lowest price. The procurement is designated under NAICS code 311421 with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees, and all future information regarding the acquisition will be published through WBSCM and the Contract Opportunities website.
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 Andrea Lang, who can be reached at (202) 720-4237 and Diana Dau David who can be reached at (202)-378-1075, or 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Refried_Beans_RFTP _February_ 2025 CO signed.pdf |
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