Wing Trap Kit - Paper/Plastic - USDA APHIS PPQ Edinburg, TX

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service seeks 7,000 units of paper wing trap kits and 5,000 units of plastic wing trap kits for delivery to USDA APHIS PPQ facilities in Edinburg, Texas, with proposals due June 23 and questions due June 16. No set-aside is used; award will be made on a Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable basis to a single awardee.

Place of performance is Edinburg, Texas. The traps are used for detecting and monitoring non-indigenous insect pests. Delivery is required within 45 days of receipt of order, FOB destination to 22675 N. Moorefield Rd., Building 6420, Edinburg, Texas.

Wing trap kits must be manufactured from white, 0.24-inch thickness milk carton paperboard stock with polyethylene plastic coating on both sides, pre-folded to approximately 8.9 x 11 inches, and engineered to withstand outdoor weather for 90 calendar days. Paper kits consist of paperboard top and bottom, two spacers, and wire hanger; plastic kits consist of plastic top, paperboard bottom liner, two spacers, and wire hanger. Trap bottoms require uniform application of 7.5 grams (±1 gram) of approved insect adhesive—"Stickem Special" or "High Tack Formula" by Seabright Enterprises, LTD, or "Tangle Trap" by Contech Enterprises Inc.—applied to interior surfaces. Contractors must provide separate, itemized pricing for complete kits and individual components. Packaging must use corrugated cardboard boxes not exceeding 20 pounds with 60-inch stacking strength, labeled with manufacturer name, order number, product name, quantity, lot number, date of manufacture, and handling instructions.

USDA APHIS reserves the right to conduct primary testing on twelve 8x8 inch paperboard samples from each potential vendor before award and ongoing quality assurance testing including weatherability, water exclusion, and thickness verification. The contract is firm-fixed-price with one one-year base period and four one-year option periods. NAICS 325320, PSC 6840.