The USDA is seeking bids for commodity procurements for domestic food distribution programs. The Master Solicitation provides contract clauses and solicitation provisions applicable to the solicitation of bids and award of contracts for various commodities. The USDA will periodically issue solicitations under this Master Solicitation to purchase agricultural commodities and products for distribution through domestic food distribution programs.
• The commodities to be procured include animal products, bakery flour mix, butter, canned goods, cereal, cheese, chicken products, corn products, crackers, dehydrated products, dried fruit, dry beans, eggs, flour, frozen fruit, infant formula, macaroni and cheese, milk, nuts, oil, pancakes, pasta products, peanut products, perishable prepared food, rice products, seafood products, sunflower seed butter, tortillas, wild rice, and yogurt.
• The contract will be a fixed-price contract, and the contractor will be responsible for delivering the commodities to the specified destinations.
• The contractor must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, executive orders, rules, and regulations.
• The contractor must also comply with the USDA's requirements for commodity procurement, including the use of electronic data interchange (EDI) or other automation technologies.