STRAW SMALL SQUARE

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has a requirement feed in Ames, IA 50010. SPECIFICATIONS FOR Straw SMALL Square The straw shall be US Grade No. 1, wheat or oat straw in accordance with the “Handbook of Official Hay & Straw Standards”, revised effective July 1, 1949, of the United States Department of Agriculture, Production and Marketing Administration, Grain Division. The straw must be from year 2019 or 2020 crop and meet the specifications listed below. No straw will be accepted that is of poor construction, moldy, weathered, weedy, wet, or shows evidence of storage on dirt floor. Straw shall not contain injurious foreign material. The straw shall be satisfactorily baled with wire or rot-proof twine. Bales that are ragged, bales shorter than 36" or longer than 48", and bales having wires or twine of unequal tension, which makes it difficult to handle, will not be acceptable. ROUND BALES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE. Bales should weigh between 50 and 65 pounds each. The purpose of this sources sought is to inquire if there are vendors available to provide the above recipes for feed. The NAICS Code is 111940 In response to this sources sought please submit information on your company's capabilities to provide this type of product. Please also provide information on whether your company is the manufacturer or a distributor and a small or large business in accordance with the NAICS code listed in this sources sought. The Government acknowledges that responses to this sources sought are not binding offers. The information obtained will assist in our market research and future solicitation processes. The purpose of this sources sought is solely to obtain information and sources for our future requirement. Please send responses to this Sources Sought are by, January 16, 2020 at 10:00 am CST.