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Two-Step Sealed Bid Solicitation: Cream of Mushroom Soup Step One: Request for Technical Proposals

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service is conducting a two-step sealed bid solicitation for the procurement of cream of mushroom soup. The first step involves the submission of technical proposals in response to a Request for Technical Proposals (RFTP) under Federal Acquisition Regulation 14.5. Offerors are required to submit technically acceptable proposals without the need for additional explanation, as the government may make a final determination solely based on the submitted documents. Although offerors may submit multiple technical proposals, only one proposal per offeror may be selected to advance to the second step. Proposals with substantial price discrepancies are discouraged because the second step of the process will be awarded based on the lowest bid. In the second step, only bids corresponding to technically acceptable proposals from step one will be considered, with submissions accepted exclusively through the electronic WBSCM system. Contract awards will be made on a lowest price basis, and each bid must align with the bidder's own technical proposal. Offerors will be notified if their proposals are deemed unacceptable following evaluation. The solicitation provides clear contact points for questions, with two contract specialists named as points of contact for assistance throughout the process. This structured approach aims to ensure the government acquires the required cream of mushroom soup through a competitive and transparent bidding process.

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USDA seeks technical proposals for mushroom soup; lowest acceptable bid wins in electronic second step.

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311421 - Fruit and Vegetable Canning

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Various cities and states within the United States, USA

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Raquel ClintonContract Specialist
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Commodity Procurement Program Two-Step Sealed Bid Solicitation: Cream of Mushroom Soup Step One: Request for Technical Proposals (RFTP) Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 14.5, this document is a Request for Technical Proposals (RFTP), step one of a two-step sealed bid solicitation for the acquisition of cream of mushroom soup. Required components of technical proposals are outlined in Part III of this document. Offerors should submit proposals that are acceptable without additional explanation or information. The Government may make a final determination regarding a proposal's acceptability solely on the basis of the proposal as submitted. Note: The Government may proceed with the second step without requesting further information from any offeror; however, the Government may request additional information from offerors of proposals that it considers reasonably susceptible of being made acceptable. Each offeror may submit multiple technical proposals, though a maximum of one proposal per offeror may be chosen by the Government for step two of the two-step sealed bid process. Offerors are cautioned against submitting multiple technical proposals that have large differences in prices between them, since step two will be awarded on a low bid basis. The Government will forward a notice of unacceptability to an offeror when, upon completion of the proposal evaluation, there is a final determination of unacceptability. This will be done in accordance with the dates outlined in Part I below. In the second step of this two-step sealed bid solicitation process, only bids based upon technical proposals determined to be acceptable. Bids in the second step will only be accepted electronically through WBSCM. Awards in the second step will be based on lowest price. Each bid in the second step must be based on the bidder's own technical proposals. Please see the attached for more information

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