SOLICITATION NOTICE
H -- Commodity Sampling and Weighing Services for GIPSA Grand Forks, ND
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, MRPBS, ASD, Specialized Contracting Branch, 2150 Centre Avenue Building B, MS2E6, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80526, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80526
- Solicitation Number
- AG-6395-S-10-42091
- Point of Contact
- Leigh D. Eberhart, Phone: 6123363206
- E-Mail Address
-
Leigh.D.Eberhart@aphis.usda.gov
(Leigh.D.Eberhart@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) intends to procure services for Pulse or Processed Commodity Sampling and Weighing Services in the grographical area serviced by the Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) Grand Forks, North Dakota Field Office (F/O). The duration of these services will be for a one-year base contract (2010) with four option years (2011-2015) for a maximum contract length of five years. GIPSA's FGIS administers the official pulse and processed commodity inspection and weighing program under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA), as amended. The AMA authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to contract with private firms, institutions and individuals for the purpose of performing specified inspection services. FGIS will use this contracting authority to supplement its workforce by contracting with private firms, institutions, and individuals to sample or weigh bulk and bagged pulses or processed commodities when requested by FGIS to help respond to unpredictable workloads. These are the following areas may include pulse facilities in the following states: North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota. The USDA intends to award multiple Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) commercial contacts for this effort based on priority need and workload. The Contractor will be required to furnish all necessary labor and transportation as required per the solicitation and Statement of Work. This is being offered as a total small business set-aside. This will be best value procurement. It is anticipated that the formal solicitation, Request for Proposal (RFP) AG-6395-S-10-420911, will be released on or before June 25, 2010 and posted on this FEDBIZOPPS website. Please download the RFP from this website. All interested parties may submit responses to this solicitation. NAICS code is 541990. NOTIFICATIONS WILL NOT BE SENT TO OFFERERS REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION NOR ANY OF ITS AMENDMENTS. IT IS THE OFFERER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THIS WEB SITE. A hard (printed) copy of the solicitation will not otherwise be available. Any questions or inquiries must be e-mailed or faxed to the Contracting Office, to the attention of the point of contact listed in this notice. Requests by telephone will not be honored. Point of contact: Leigh Eberhart, Contracting Specialist, (612) 336-3206, FAX: (612) 336-3550, E-mail: Leigh.Eberhart@aphis.usda.gov
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/APHIS/MRPBS/AG-6395-S-10-42091/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA GIPSA FGIS, Grand Forks, North Dakota Field Office, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 58201, United States
- Zip Code: 58201
- Zip Code: 58201
- Record
- SN02175745-W 20100613/100611235127-8a05819fa6010f6827cdcfeef361f4a4 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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