Description
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking bids for the procurement of canned vegetable soups for use in domestic food assistance programs. The solicitation includes various small business set-asides and may include partial or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses. Deliveries are to be made on an FOB destination basis to various locations in the United States.
• The contract type will be firm-fixed-price.
• The solicitation may include multiple stops on some line items, with a maximum of three.
• Bidders may submit different prices for each stop.
• The quantity tolerance section of the specification document does not apply to this solicitation.
• USDA will not pay for any cases exceeding the contracted quantity.
• Offerors who intend to use more than one processing plant and shipping point for contracts awarded under this solicitation may submit a list of their approved processing plants and shipping points on a separate sheet of paper to be uploaded in WBSCM.
• The solicitation is expected to be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) and through a link to the aforementioned website in the documents attached to the solicitation notice on Contract Opportunities website.
• All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and Contract Opportunities website.