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The USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS), has a requirement for 150 tons of grass alfalfa mix, base year with one option year. A fixed-price purchase order will result. F.O.B. destination. Small business set-aside under NAICS 111998, small business size is defined as revenue of $.75 million or less. QUOTATIONS ARE DUE JANUARY 17, 2007, by 10:00 a.m. local time. Submit written or faxed quotation to ?Purchasing Section?, at (612) 370-2136 Attention Joanne Mann. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR 12. This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses which are in effect through the current Federal Acquisition Circular. Applicable FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: Instructions to Offerors -Commercial Items 52.212-1; Evaluation-Commercial Items 52.212-2; Offeror Representations and Certifications 52.212-3; Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items 52.212-4; Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items 52.212-5; 52.225-3 and 52.225-3 Alt I, Buy American Act -Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act; Prohibition of segregated facilities 52.222-21; Equal Opportunity 52.222-26; Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans 52.222-35; Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-36; Employment Reports on Special Disable Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans 52.222-37; Installment Payments on Commercial Items 52.232-30; Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration 52.232-33; All responsible sources may submit a quotation for consideration. ****NOTE: 52.212-3 MUST BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED WITH THE OFFERORS QUOTE or registered electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov **** A COMPLETE QUOTE WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: If an offerors quote does not contain all of the items listed below, the quote may be considered incomplete for evaluation purposes and no further consideration will be given to the offeror?s quote, thereby making an offeror ineligible for award: Company Name, Company Address, Contact Person Name, Phone Number, DUNS#, Tax I.D. and price. Offers may be submitted on company letterhead providing the above required information, and must be signed. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined are significantly more important than cost or price. SPECIFICATIONS: Quantity of 150 tons of baled grass/alfalfa mix, second cutting. Ratio of grass to alfalfa shall be: Grass 30 to 50 percent; alfalfa 50 to 70 percent. BALE SIZE: Large round bales. Hay shall have a good odor and shall not be undercured, heating hot, wet, dusty, moldy, caked, badly broken, badly weathered, or otherwise of distinct low quality. The baled hay shall be free of injurious foreign material, such as but not limited to, hardware, such as wire, nails, and other materials considered harmful to livestock. DELIVERY: Deliveries shall be made between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, to 4101 Laport Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado. The USDA has sufficient space to receive the entire shipment, therefore the entire order may be delivered in its entirety; partial shipment is preferred on an as-needed basis. The USDA will unload the delivered bales. Price shall be per delivered ton. Base year: 150 tons X $ ___________________; One option year of up to 300 tons X $ _________________.