Two-Step Sealed Bid Solicitation: Refried Beans Step One: Request for Technical Proposals (RFTP)
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-Notice-25-048
- 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 USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a Two-Step Sealed Bid Solicitation for the procurement of Canned Refried Beans under their Commodity Procurement Program (CPP). This solicitation, numbered 2000010964 and posted on August 20, 2025, is specifically for domestic food assistance programs. The procurement follows a two-step sealed bid process where contractors must first submit technical proposals before being eligible to submit price bids in the second step. Deliveries will be made to various locations throughout the United States on an FOB origin basis. The solicitation falls under NAICS code 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning) with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees.
The primary objective of this procurement is to acquire Canned Refried Beans for domestic food assistance programs through a firm-fixed-price contract. Contractors must submit their technical proposals by September 5, 2025, at 1:00 PM Central Time, including a two-page narrative describing their experience producing Canned Refried Beans and a sample prototype consisting of two #300 cans with retail commercial packaging. The samples will be evaluated on specific criteria including color (red-brown), appearance (smooth paste with bean and pepper chunks), texture (moist, slightly firm), and flavor (mild spicy with tomato notes). Notification of technical acceptability is scheduled for October 24, 2025, after which qualifying contractors will be invited to participate in the second step of the bidding process, which will be awarded based on lowest price. All commodities must be products of the United States, grown, processed, and prepared exclusively within the country, with only packaging components subject to international trade agreements.
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 Chelsie Prange they can be reached by email at newvendors@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 _SpecialNotice_August2025.pdf |
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