Wheat, Bakery, & Bulk Bakery Flour Products for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs.
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- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-25-B-0432
- Agency
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311211 Flour Milling
- PSC
- 8920 Bakery And Cereal Products
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Commodity Procurement Program is soliciting offers for wheat, bakery, and bulk bakery flour products totaling 11,902,280 pounds for domestic food assistance programs. The procurement covers multiple flour types including baker hard white, baker hearth, bread, high gluten, all-purpose enriched, white whole wheat, and white whole wheat blend in various packaging configurations from 8/5 lb bags to 50 lb bags and bulk quantities. All commodities must be products of the United States, grown, processed, and prepared exclusively within the country per Agricultural Acquisition Regulation requirements. Bids are due by 1:00 PM Central Time on July 30, 2025, with bid acceptances to be announced by 5:00 PM Central Time on August 15, 2025. The contract will be structured as firm-fixed-price with deliveries scheduled between October 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025, and all submissions must be made electronically through the Web-Based Supply Chain Management System.
The solicitation includes significant small business set-asides with up to 10% allocated for bakery and bulk bakery flour products and 75% for wheat flour products, encompassing various categories including service-disabled veteran-owned, 8(a), and HUBZone small businesses. Delivery locations span multiple states including California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Texas, and Utah, with products shipped FOB origin basis to various specified zip codes and quantity allocations. The total procurement quantity of nearly 12 million pounds represents a substantial commodity acquisition for domestic food distribution programs. Vendors must demonstrate compliance with food safety requirements and provide supplier agreements if they are not manufacturing the products themselves, while being prohibited from subcontracting with suspended or debarred entities. All future information regarding this acquisition, including amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and the Contract Opportunities website.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)-Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of the products listed in the attached solicitation for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB origin basis (see solicitation). 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 or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses.
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 solicitation 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.
Update #1 ·
Title:
Various Packaged/Bulk Commodities for use in International Food Assistance Programs.
*NOTE* Always use 311999 for NAICS Code and 8945 PSC Code for all International solicitations.
Solicitation Description:
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)-Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of various packaged/Bulk commodities for International food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States with various delivery bases (see solicitation). The solicitation may include multiple small business set asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses.
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 and Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.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 through WBSCM and Contract Opportunities website. 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 today 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’ 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 solicitation should be read in conjunction with contract terms and conditions contained in the Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements – International Programs (MSCP-I) available on the AMS website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/international-procurement. Commodity specifications documents are referenced in the solicitation and can be accessed online as follows:
For packaged commodities:
https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/international-procurement/packaged-commodities.
For bulk commodities:
https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/international-procurement/bulk-commodities
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 12-3J14-25-B-0432.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat, Bakery, & Bulk Bakery Flour Products for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs. | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation |
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