Procurement of Food Samples

Country:

United States

Notice/Contract Number:

fbo:ag-3k47-s-08-0036

Publication Date:

Nov 16, 2008

Deadline:

Sept 12, 2008

Funding Agency:

Department of Agriculture

Buyer:

Agricultural Research Service

Original Language:

English

Address:

United States

The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (USDA, ARS) intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the purpose of obtaining commercial services to purchase, collect, and deliver individual food samples in connection with an on-going nutrition study. The government through separately issued task orders will determine identification and description of foods to be procured and the location. Food samples will be purchased by the contractor and shipped to a designated third party. The sampling plan may include perishable and nonperishable products, prepared or mixed dish products, raw products, canned, frozen or refrigerated products, as well as food service or restaurant items. The contractor will be responsible for purchasing these samples from grocery chains, convenience stores, restaurant or fast food chains, natural food stores, wholesale clubs, roadside stands, and ethnic markets in major metropolitan areas of the United States. Individual food samples must be labeled at the time of purchase according to government specifications and shipped on the day of purchase. Contractor must have the ability to maintain products under the appropriate conditions to prevent breakage, product deterioration or spoilage prior to shipping as well as during the course of shipping. All products must arrive at the designated location in the same condition as which it was purchased by 10:00 a.m. the next day, Monday through Friday. The contractor must have the ability to simultaneously purchase and ship products from many cities. Potential cities include Trussville Alabama, Paradise and Pleasanton CA, Denver, CO Waterbury, CT West Palm, FL, Anderson, IN, Port Huron, MI, Belton, MO College Point, NY Hillsborough, NC Sapula, OK, however all places of performance are not known at this time and additional cities may be added. This contract is subject to the Service Contract Act and all places of performance are unknown. Wage determinations have been requested for the above cities. This solicitation is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Code is 812990. For the purpose of this procurement, any concern submitting a proposal is classified small if its annual receipts for its preceding three fiscal years do not exceed $6.5 million. This Request For Quotation is issued in accordance with FAR Part 12 acquisition of commercial items, in conjunction with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Contractors are required to submit a technical and price proposal for evaluation by the Government. The anticipated contract will be an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) service contract for a 12 month base period plus four additional 12 month option periods to be awarded on a tradeoff basis. Award will be made to the responsible offeror who submits the proposal considered most advantageous to the Government considering price and technical evaluation factors. The award will contain provisions for issuance of firm fixed price task orders. Solicitation # AG-3K47-S-08-0036 is scheduled to be released on August 21, 2008. The solicitation document and all attachments will be available to interested parties at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. It is the responsibility of the contractor to check this site for any posted changes or amendments. All responsible small business concerns may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the agency. Anticipated award is September 25, 2008.
Set-aside code: Total Small Business
Place of performance:
U.S. Department of Agriculture Beltsville, MD
20705
US
Contact: Michael R Wesley, Contract Specialist, Phone 301/504-6071, Fax 301/504-5009, Email wesleym@ba.ars.usda.gov - FTP User, Email noreply@fbo.gov

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