The USDA Farm Service Agency, Kansas City Commodity Office procures domestic origin food commodities for use in domestic food distribution programs administered by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. Kansas City Commodity Office intends to issue solicitations for the procurement of Natural American Cheese (BCD4), Mozzarella Cheese (MCD5), and Pasteurized Process Cheese (PCD6) under Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contracts. The awards will be made to the responsible bidder(s) who submit the lowest offer to the Government based on price and price related factors. The solicitations intend to be available based on the Fiscal Year 2008 Schedule: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/fy_2008_solicitation_sched_v2.pdf. The solicitations will be distributed solely through the FSA Home /Commodity Operations /Procurement and Sales /Dairy website at: www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-da. All future information concerning these acquisitions, including solicitation amendments and commodity requirements, will be distributed and accessed solely through the aforementioned website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure you have the most up-to-date information about these acquisitions. Hard copies of the solicitations will not be available. The website provides all downloading instructions to obtain a copy of the solicitations. The solicitations can have a partial set-aside for small business concerns, as well as, a partial set-aside for 8(a) concerns. Additionally, interested parties may subscribe for the Commodity Operations Newsletter to receive Notices to the Trade, Invitations, Amendments to Invitations, Contract Awards, and Purchase and Sales Reports by going to the following link: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/subscriptions?area=newsroom&subject=landing&topic=subscriptions. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government shall be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. The website for registration is www.ccr.gov. In addition, all bidders must comply with KCCO vendor qualification requirements, as required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 9.203. The qualification requirements are available at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-vr All prospective bidders are encouraged to qualify before the solicitations are released. Point of Contact Prospective Bidders: Betty Kunkel, Small Business Specialist, Phone: 816.926.3295, Email:
[email protected] Natural American Cheese (BCD4): Jaime G. Martinez, Contract Specialist, Phone: 816.926.3399, Email:
[email protected] Mozzarella Cheese (MCD5): Hilary Cole, Contract Specialist, Phone: 816.926.6645, Email:
[email protected] Pasteurized Process Cheese (PCD6) Marlyn Ziegler, Contract Specialist, Phone: 816.823.3200, Email:
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