Polypropylene Screen Fabric Material

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, through its Plant Protection and Quarantine division, is soliciting a firm fixed-price contract for the procurement of 40,000 linear yards of amber-colored polypropylene screen fabric material in roll form, sized at 36 inches wide by 100 linear yards per roll, with a 12-mil yarn size and 20x20 yarns per inch construction. This material is essential for fabricating Emergence Tower Screen Trays used in the Sterile Insect Technique program to suppress the spread of New World Screwworm from Central and South America toward the Southern United States. The contract is structured as a total small business set-aside under FAR 19.5, restricted to small businesses as defined by the NAICS code 314999 with a 1,250-employee size standard. All deliverables must meet exact dimensional and material specifications, with nonconforming items subject to rejection and replacement at the vendor’s expense. Performance is required within 30 business days of order placement, with delivery to the designated site in Edinburg, Texas. Shipping and handling are included, and the government will provide off-loading support. Invoicing must be conducted electronically through the Department of Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform, with payment administered by the National Finance Center. The Contracting Officer is Latisha Hollman based in Raleigh, North Carolina, with technical oversight managed by Jose Hinojosa at the Edinburg delivery site. The solicitation requires strict adherence to specification details without reference to external standards, and no contract options, extensions, or trade-off evaluation criteria are provided, indicating a pass-fail acceptance methodology. Data rights belong exclusively to the government, and no security clearances or organizational conflict of interest provisions are specified.