Bulk Oil and Tallow Commodity Requirements Document Revision

Agriculture is a buyer of domestic origin food commodities for use in various U.S. Government international food aid programs and, from time to time, issues solicitations to purchase a variety of commodities. Specifications for commodity purchases are generally published in Commodity Requirements Documents (CRD) available on the Kansas City Commodity Office's (KCCO) website. Each solicitation to purchase for international food aid programs will clearly identify the requirements document applicable in accordance with FAR 11.201(b) A CRD for Bulk Oil and Tallow (BOT2), is being published today via this Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) notice (see document package 1). The effective date for BOT2 is October 1, 2013. Once effective it will be available with other current CRDs on the commodity operations website at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-ex The CRD was lasted updated September 1, 2005, as a result, interested parties are encouraged to read the new CRD in its entirety in order to understand the proposed commodity requirements for Bulk Oil and Tallow that will be required for all future international program solicitations. Questions or comments regarding this CRD will be accepted until September 28,2013 and can be addressed to [email protected] or [email protected]. Comments recived during this period, regarding the CRD revision, will be taken into consideration in drafting the final version.