Wet Distillers, Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Hulls

The USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) requires onsite delivery of Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Hulls, and Wet Distillers to the USMARC feed mill.  This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items/services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6 (current as of FAC 2001-24), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice Contractor is to provide all transportation required for deliveries.  Corn Gluten Meal shall be delivered in hopper bottom truck to the feed mill.  Soybean Hulls shall be delivered in a belt bottom truck to the feed mill.  Wet distillers shall be delivered in a belt bottom truck to the feedlot.  All Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Hulls, Wet Distillers not meeting standards defined in this solicitation shall be rejected.  This announcement constitutes the only solicitation quotations that are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.  The description of items and clauses incorporated in this synopsis/solicitation are applicable to this procurement and will be incorporated into any resultant purchase order.

See attached request for quotation for list of items and quotation details.  All quotes must be submitted to Daniel Kinney at dan.kinney@ars.usda.gov no later than 28 March 2018 at 9:00am Central Standard Time. 

Product Specification: 

Corn Gluten Meal: Minimum Crude Protein 60%, Minimum Crude Fat .5%, Maximum Crude fiber 3%, Maximum Moisture 12.0%.

Soybean Hulls: Soybean Hulls with a minimum of 8% crude protein, minimum .5% crude fat, and a maximum 40% crude fiber.

Wet Distillers:  Corn Based Wet Distillers Grains with solubles without the oil removed; dry matter content shall be 30% at minimum and 39% maximum.  The product cannot be “modified” or “dried” product.

Scheduling Process: The order and schedule for the following month will be placed with the vendor the prior Tuesday.  This order will define the number of ton needed for the delivery date and outline the delivery schedule.  A signed order will be placed with the contractor by the end of Tuesday.

SAM: Vendor must be registered in the System for Award Management prior to the award of this purchase agreement.  You may register by going to www.sam.gov.  you will need your Tax ID, Duns and Bradstreet Number, and Banking information.

Evaluation Criteria: This procurement is a “best value” procurement.  An award will be based upon the evaluation of the following:

1. Product Quality
2. Past Performance
3. Price

The Government will evaluate quotes for award purposes, considering the evaluation factors above, and will award to that offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government. The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards if it is in the best interest of the Government to do so.

Payment:  This is a mandatory requirement initiated by the U.S. Department of Treasury and you can find more information at this website https://www.ipp.gov/index.htm. Please make sure that your company has registered at https://www.ipp.gov/vendors/enrollment-vendors.htm to establish your account.

One-time enrollment in IPP means that you will receive a series of emails from Treasury services.  The first email will have the IPP logon ID and link to the IPP application.  A second email, containing the password will be sent within 24hrs.  once you have these emails, please login to the IPP application and complete the registration process.

Benefits of registering with IPP include the ability for your company to create invoices directly from a contract award and submit them electronically, as well as:

-email notification when invoice(s) are paid

-online payment history

-remittance download

the email notification of payment is sent when a payment is distributed to your bank account and will include all pertinent payment information.

the successful vendor must be enrolled in IPP to submit invoices and receive payment.  If the successful vendor is already enrolled in IPP invoices are to be submitted under the vendors existing enrollment.