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The United States Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency is planning to establish a performance-based contract for commercial services involving the receipt, storage, and distribution of USDA-purchased food commodities. The contract will require facilities capable of handling mixed food shipments, including dry, cooler, and freezer items, all stored in household pack sizes. These facilities must support an internet-based ordering system where eligible recipient agencies place their orders directly. Additionally, the contractor will be responsible for delivering these food items to designated locations, ensuring the transport vehicles accommodate varying temperature requirements. The facility must also track and report monthly data on products ordered and delivered to USDA. The scope of the project remains undetermined in terms of regional or national coverage, and no solicitation documentation is currently available. Interested parties are advised not to submit solicitation requests but may direct inquiries to designated USDA contacts. This potential contract focuses on improving and streamlining the distribution of federally mandated commodity feeding programs throughout the United States and its Trust Territories, ensuring efficient multi-food shipment handling and delivery.

General Info

USDA seeks contractor for storing, distributing mixed food commodities with temperature-controlled delivery.

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NAICS

493110 - General Warehousing and Storage

Place of Performance

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PostedJun 9

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Rachel E HightAgricultural Marketing Specialist

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Full Description

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Service Agency (FSA) will be seeking in the near future a qualified source(s) for a potential performance based commercial services contract to 1) receive and store commodities (dry, cooler, freezer) for multi-food shipments; 2) accept orders from eligible recipient agencies via internet based ordering system, and 3) deliver the food to eligible recipient agencies. FSA is seeking to establish and implement a performance based services contract(s) within the United States and its Trust Territories with a facility(ies) to receive and store in household pack sizes commodities purchased by USDA for a multi-food shipment program. The facility must be able to accept orders directly from eligible recipients of federally mandated commodity feeding programs, via an internet-based ordering system. In addition, the commercial facility will be responsible for delivery of food to designated locations. The various food items have different temperature requirements, and the facility must have the capability of making deliveries in conveyances that can handle food items with different temperature requirements. Shipments will consist of mixed commodities in full and less than truckload quantities, with a potential for dry, cooler, and freezer foods in a single truck. The facility will be required to report all product ordered and delivered to the eligible recipient agencies to USDA on a monthly basis. The scope of this potential project has yet to be determined (regional or national). More information will be provided in the near future. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTATION EXISTS, AND REQUESTS FOR SOLICITATION WILL BE IGNORED. Questions should be directed to Linda Bolton at (816)823-1311 or Rachel Hight (816)926-2512. Written responses shall be mailed to the attention of Rachel Hight, Kansas City Commodity Office, Dairy and Domestic Operations Division, Procurement and Warehouse Branch, Mail Stop 8718, P. O. Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 64141-6205.