Various Subsistence Items for use in U. S. Food Aid Programs

Added: Apr 21, 2014 6:31 pm USDA's Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) intends to issue [the July solicitation for Foreign Agricultural Service programs] solicitation AG-INAP-S-14-0024 (2000002474) for procurement of various subsistence items for U.S. international food aid programs. The solicitation may include various small business set asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States.

The solicitation is expected to be available on or after April 21, 2014 and will be available electronically through USDA's Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system located at
https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and also through a link to the aforementioned website in the document package attached to the solicitation notice on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website (http://www.fbo.gov). 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 both through WBSCM and FBO. 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 will be on or near April 30, 2014.

Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive.

Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available in USDA's commodity requirements document available through the attached document package. KCCO's solicitation (when published) will specify the pack sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules.

KCCO's solicitation (when published) will specify the commodities, tonnage, and required shipping schedules.