Description
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking a contractor to provide bulk liquid nitrogen on an as-needed basis to a storage facility in Clay Center, Nebraska. The facility contains valuable and unreproducible genetic material, and the contractor must deliver liquid nitrogen within 24 hours in emergency situations and 48 hours otherwise. The contract will have a base period of one year and four one-year option periods, with a total period of performance not exceeding five years and six months. The contractor must provide pricing for all items, and the government will evaluate quotes based on the lowest price technically acceptable criteria.
• The contract requires the delivery of approximately 1,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen per delivery, with an estimated 10 deliveries per year.
• The contractor must provide a 1,500-gallon tank for the storage of liquid nitrogen.
• The government requires delivery of all items by the terms listed in Attachment 2.
• The contractor must comply with all applicable federal anti-discrimination laws and the Equal Protection principles of the U.S. Constitution.