This Sources Sought Notice is Issued to Determine the Availability, Compatibility, and Cost of Aseptically Packaged Evaporated Milk for use in USDA's Domestic Programs. Description: The Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), Domestic Procurement Division, 6501 Beacon Drive, Stop 8718, Kansas City, MO 64133, is seeking qualified companies to produce and provide evaporated milk in aseptic packaging as an alternative to canned Evaporated Milk. This notice will serve as market research to obtain information about this commercial item. This notice is not a formal solicitation but a request for interested parties to provide product information. Interested suppliers are requested to submit the following information: Name, address, contact person, title, telephone and fax numbers, email address, and available website. Each supplier should provide unit size, quantity and weight per case, pallets per truckload, truckload weight, level of interest in offering aseptically packaged evaporated milk to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), available capacity, most favored customer price, business size standard, specifications on product stacking, transportation modes and manufacturing locations. In addition, each supplier should provide product brand name, ingredients composition, nutrition facts, servings per container and shelf life. Evaporated milk offered to USDA must be manufactured in a dairy plant inspected and approved by Agriculture Marketing Service. Information on how to become an approved plant, or a list of approved plants can be obtained at http://www.ams.usda.gov/dairy/pltbk797.pdf. Suppliers shall also comply with all applicable Federal and State mandatory requirements and regulations relating to the preparation, packaging, labeling, storage, distribution of the product within the commercial marketplace. The delivered product shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, and regulations promulgated there under. Other vendor qualifications apply. Interested suppliers must respond no later than 10 business days after publication of this notice to the Attention: Hilary Cole, Contract Specialist, Phone (816) 926-6645, Email
[email protected].