99 -- SAMPLE HAULERS

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Marketing Service, (AMS) Cotton Program intends to procure the following: Pickup of Cotton Samples from Gins and Warehouses at points shown in the specifications and the Delivery of Sacks of cotton to the USDA, AMS, Cotton Program, Corpus Christi Classing Office at 3545 Twin River Blvd. Corpus Christi TX 78410. For specifications and/or questions concerning the routes or the bidding process, equipment required or insurance requirements please call Ted Proske @ 361-241-4001. ROUTE # 2, Coastal Bend, with 17 pickups. Range estimate : 12,100 - 14,100 sacks. Sample pickup should begin around the week of August 1, 2004. This is a 100% Small Business Set Aside using NAICS 484220 with a size standard of $21.5 million. QUOTATIONS ARE DUE BEFORE CLOSE OF BUSINESS June 7, 2004. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR 12. THIS IS A COMBINED SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as this announcement constitutes the only soliciation; quotations are being requested and a WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation document incorporates provision and clauses which are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-12. Applicable FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: Fixed Price 52.243-1; Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concern 52.259-1; Evaluation Commercial Items 52.212-2; Offeror Representations and Certifications 52.212-3; Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items 52.212-4; Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items 52.212-5. Award will be made to the lowest priced responsible Offeror. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A QUOTATION FOR CONSIDERATION. All offers must be signed. Offers must include Tax Payer Identification Number_______________________, DUNS Number ___________________, and Business type and size_____________________, and be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. All requests for solicitation packages please email or fax your request to: Ted Proske, email [email protected] or fax to 361-241-0133. or Carolyn Armstrong, email [email protected]. PH: 361-241-4001