89 -- KCCO-IPD-07-311613 - Tallow

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. TALLOW (BOT): The quality of the tallow shall correspond to the specifications contained in Rule 7 of the Rules of the American Fats and Oils Association (AFOA) for animal tallow and grease (export contract), or any modifications agreed to, that are in effect on the date of the contract. The bulk tallow shall contain only fluids and fatty acids natural to the product except for such other substances in such amounts as might occur unavoidably in accordance with industry practice. The tallow is to be free from sludge and tank bottoms. The product will be purchased in bulk, f.o.b.vessel. The contractor shall be responsible for providing continuous pumping of the bulk tallow at a rate not less than 100 tons per running hour, per weather working day, Sundays and holidays included.