89 -- KCCO-IPD-07-311212 - Milled Rice

The Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture is a buyer of domestic food commodities for use in various foreign food assistance programs. Additional information about the programs and/or submitting offers on commodities is available at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-ex.All contractors interested in offering commodities shall comply with KCCO?s qualification requirements as required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 9.202(f). The qualification requirements are available at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-vr The following commodities are classified under the NAICS code referenced above and are purchased by the International Procurement Division, KCCO. Product specifications can be found at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-ex-cr. Technical staff contact information for each product can be found at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/eodstaff.pdf. Milled Rice (Bagged) (MR): The Government will accept offers for long, medium, or short grain milled rice grading U.S. No. 5 or better, except the rice shall be well milled and not contain more than 20 percent broken kernels. The rice shall meet the specifications of the class and grade offered as defined in the Official United States Standards for Rice, in effect at the time the contract is awarded. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable solicitation, milled rice of the special grades ?parboiled light? or ?parboiled? which meet class and grade specifications will be acceptable. No specialty rice, including but not limited to aromatic rice, will be acceptable unless specified in the solicitation. Commodity shall be packaged in 50-kilogram woven polypropylene fabric and circular-woven style bags.