SOURCES SOUGHT
89 -- KCCO-IPD-07-424510 - Dry Edible Beans and Bagged Grain
- Notice Date
- 1/30/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 424510
— Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office, P.O. Box 419205 Mail Stop 8698, Kansas City, MO, 64141-6205, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- KCCO-IPD-07-424510
- Archive Date
- 2/1/2008
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Partial Small Business
- Description
- The Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture is a buyer of domestic food commodities for use in various foreign food assistance programs. Additional information about the programs and/or submitting offers on commodities is available at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-ex. All contractors interested in offering commodities shall comply with KCCO's qualification requirements as required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 9.202(f). The qualification requirements are available at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-vr The following commodities are classified under the NAICS code referenced above and are purchased by the International Procurement Division, KCCO. Product specifications can be found at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-ex-cr. Technical staff contact information for each product can be found at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/eodstaff.pdf. DRY EDIBLE BEANS (DEB): Dry edible beans shall grade U.S. No. 2 or better, and include marrow, great northern, flat small white, small white, white kidney, light red kidney, dark red kidney, small red, pink, black, pea beans and miscellaneous beans, that meet the specifications for the class(es) of beans listed in the solicitation and in the "U.S. Standards for Beans." Commodity shall be packaged in 50-kilogram woven polypropylene fabric bags. BAGGED GRAIN (KCBG): The definitions, grade, and grade factors used in all determinations under this contract shall be those contained in the Official United States Standards for Grain, in effect at the time of the contract. Wheat typically shall be U.S. Grade No. 2 or better, 13.5 percent or less moisture, and a maximum of 0.6 percent dockage. Wheat may be of any class: as specified in the invitation. Whole corn typically shall be of the class yellow corn, U.S. Grade No. 2 or better, 14.5 percent or less moisture. Corn shall be sampled and tested for the Cry9C protein pursuant to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines and such test results shall be negative. Sorghum shall be of the class sorghum, U.S. Grade No. 2 or better, 14.0 percent or less moisture and a maximum of 1.0 percent dockage. Soybeans typically shall be of the class yellow soybeans, U.S. Grade No. 2 or better, 14.0 percent or less moisture. Commodity shall be packaged in 50-kilogram woven polypropylene fabric.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Solicitations will specify the type of commodity, date of delivery, and places of performance. See our website for additional information: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-ex
- Zip Code: 64133
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 64133
- Record
- SN01221748-W 20070201/070130220155 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |