MODIFICATION
68 -- AGAR 10,000 to 50,000 /yrBase & 1possible option periods - Solicitation 1
- Notice Date
- 12/31/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 424690
— Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- AG-6395-S-10-0031
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2010
- Point of Contact
- Carol R. Dingess, Phone: 612-336-3208
- E-Mail Address
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carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov
(carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- PLEASE DISREGARD PREVIOUS PACKAGE SEE 1449 FOR COMPLETE BID DETAILS The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) APHIS/PPQ/PBWRF (Pink BollWorm Rearing Facility), in Phoenix, Arizona intends contract to procure 10,000 to 50,000lbs of AGAR per year. All Subject to Sample Approval. This will be a firm fixed price Indefinite Delivery /Indefinite Quantity type Contract for the next 12 months with a possible additional of 1 year. All pricing to include any and all costs but not limited to: overhead, general and administrative costs, profit, and transportation. Base Period 02/01/2010 - 01/31/2011 Period 1 02/01/2011 - 01/31/2012 A. Items and Prices Offeror shall submit a firm-fixed price offer for all costs necessary to furnish all equipment, labor, transportation, supplies, etc. needed to provide the Agar Powdered USP, NF according to the specifications in the following document, for the USDA APHIS, PPQ. PBWRF at 3645 E. Chipman Road in Phoenix, Arizona 85040. Price quotes should be of sufficient detail to determine their adequacy. The product requested (Agar Powdered, USP, NF) shall meet the following minimum specifications: 1. The diet product of the water-soluble extract of Pterocladium, Gelidium or of Gracilaria confervoides. All material supplied under this contract shall be of the same type of seaweed and from the same geographical source. 2. Not contain more than 6.5% total ash, on a dry weight basis. 3. Not contain more than 0.5% acid--insoluble ash, on a dry weight basis. 4. The particle size shall be: More than 75% (by weight) shall pass through a #60 U.S. Standard Sieve. 5. Must not cause a 6% reduction for a period of seven continuous days in the yield of insects, size of insects, or reproductive potential (oviposition rate), nor affect the life cycle by an increase of 24 hours or more as determined by USDA bioassay after award of contract, i.e. no bioassay of the sample is done because of the length of time required. 6. Agar must have a gel strength of 1500 g pressure or more as determined with FMC agar gel testing machine, measurement is made as follows: a. Nine grams of agar are weighed and placed in a small flask. b. Six hundred fifty (650) milliliters of water is preheated to 140 degrees F in a stainless steel beaker. The beaker is then placed on a hot plate/stirrer which has been on high for 30 minutes. c. The stirrer bar is activated and the agar is slowly added in and mixed. d. When the mixture reaches boiling, a timer is set for five (5) minutes and the agar is kept at a rolling boil for the 5 minute period. At the end of the 5 minutes, it is removed from the heat and allowed to sit for one (1) minute. It is then poured into 50mm x 70mm crystallizing dishes. The first dish is partially filled in' order to remove as much foam from the cooked agar as possible. Three (3) additional dishes are then filled as full as possible. e. Samples are allowed to gel three (3) *hours at room temperature. f. A full dish of agar is set in the center of the platform of the electronic scale. The power is turned on and the scale tared to 0. The LED light is illuminated in order to maintain peak reading after the gel ruptures. The small plunger (10.9mm) and the blue spring (0 1500 grams tension) is used at high speed (18cm/minute). The down button is lowered which starts the synchronous motor which lowers the plunger at a constant rate. Once the plunger contacts the gel the increasing force is registered on the scale display. The highest measured force is when the gel ruptures, this reading will be maintained on the display until the LED light is turned off and the break force reading is recorded. g. All three (3) dishes are tested and the average break force reading is used for the final result. 7. The gel point shall be within 32 degrees to 45 degrees C. and the melting point shall be within 85 degrees to 89 degrees C. 8. Must readily dissolve in boiling water within 5 minutes. 9. Microbial content shall not exceed 10,000 micro-organisms per gram and must be free of other contaminants. 9. Agar must be packaged in the same type of container with respect to volume and shape, irrespective of the quantity. The agar must be packaged in a separate heavy polyethylene inner bag positioned in a fiberboard/cardboard drums. Each container shall be sound, clean, well sealed, and marked with product name, lot number, net weight;- contract number and name of Contractor. Inspection Inspection will take place within 3 working days from receipt of delivery, at the consignee's premises. Deliveries that are deemed not to be in compliance with the specifications are to be removed within 3 calendar days. Replacement agar shall be treated in accordance with FAR clause 52.212-4. E. Testing and Approval of Product Contractors wishing to submit an offer for this proposal need to submit a sample which needs to be shipped, separate from the actual proposal, to the PBWRF in, Phoenix, Arizona. Failure to submit a "Sample", or failure of the offerors' sample(s) to meet specifications, or submitting the actual offer (pricing) to the PBWRF in Phoenix, Arizona will render an offer non-responsive and ineligible for award. DO NOT INCLUDE PRICING (THE OFFER) WITH THE OFFEROR SAMPLE. A one (1) pound sample of agar must be received at the following location by the date and time specified for receipt of offers: USDA, APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine Pink Bollworm Rearing Facility Attn: Ernie Miller 3645 E. Chipman Phoenix, Arizona 85040 In the event the sample differs in any way from the agar to be supplied to the PBWRF, the offeror is to state how the sample differs. Contractor shall furnish for each sample supplied, the species of algae (binomial scientific name), geographical source, and time of year the seaweed was collected. The sample will be evaluated within 14 days to determine compliance with the specifications. Agar must meet all parameters listed in technical critieria. If the sample fails the gel strength twice, further testing will be suspended. Products delivered under any resulting contract shall strictly' comply with the approved sample for gel strength and moisture retention. The agar shall not inhibit growth or reproduction of Pink Bollworm and must conform to the specifications listed above. The contractor may not substitute a different type or form of Agar unless this is approved prior by the government.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA/APHIS/PPQ/PBWRF, 3645 East Chipman Road, Phoenix, Arizona, 85040, United States
- Zip Code: 85040
- Zip Code: 85040
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