Sources Sought for Depopulation and Disposal Assets Suppliers. BACKGROUND: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS), National Veterinary Stockpile (NVS) is seeking information regarding the Depopulation and Disposal Assets Suppliers. The NVS’ ability to deploy within 24 hours large amounts of critical veterinary resources ensures States have what they need to respond to catastrophes and other outbreaks. The NVS seeks information on depopulation and disposal assets. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES: USDA APHIS Veterinary Services is seeking to acquire information from vendors that have the capability to provide, operate and/or transport supplies and equipment that can be leveraged in response to national pandemics or catastrophic animal health emergency. Describe your company’s capability of providing and/or operate the following: Depopulation Equipment Needs: (10) 8’ X 30’ Roll Off Dumpsters (6) Roll Off Trucks (20) Heavy Duty 12’ X 36’ Tarps (100) 18” Rubber Tie Down Straps w/ hooks (200) 4’ X 10’ framed hog panels (26) 4’ X 10, hog panel gates (400) 6’ T-Post (1) 300’ spool ½” rope (2) 330’ Rolls 10 Gauge Braided Wire (2) Load Off Ramps to unload from Semi pot trucks to the corral (6) 8’ Heavy Duty Ladders (1) Semi Tanker w/ CO2 (1) Whole House CO2 Trailer w/ equipment including hoses and 4 manifolds (2) Captive Bolts w/ ammo Disposal Equipment Needs: (3) Horizontal grinders = or > 515 horsepower (e.g. Vermeer 4000 or larger) (2) Excavators (minimum one cubic yards) w/ thumb to feed hogs into grinder. 8) Front End loaders (minimum two cubic yard bucket). (2) Front end loaders to move hogs to excavators. (2) Front end loaders to feed carbon into grinders. (2) Front end loaders for moving carbon from drop to processing. (2) Front end loaders to load processed material onto compost pile (880 loads) 75 cubic yards per load of shavings for 40,000 300# plus pigs Turnkey Hog Kill Chute Pneumatic captive bolt gun + air compressor Leak-proof covered container/truck CO2 tanker, 400k Site needs: (4) Port-a-Johns bathrooms (3) Portable hand washing stations (1) 10’ X 20’ mobile office building (1) 20’ X 40’ Tent for employee breaks and dining area (1) Potable water system for employee drinking water or coolers with iced bottles of water Provide a list of equipment and number of personnel to operate Describe your knowledge and/or experience working with Agriculture Equipment. Provide complete pricing information. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All written responses shall be submitted preferably within _12 _ days of issuance of this RFI. Submissions should: (1) use Microsoft Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF); (2) be sent to the point of contact listed in this notice; (3) be minimum 11 font on 8.5 X 11 paper; (4) be complete, sufficiently detailed, and organized in a manner that tracks to the information requested in this RFI; (5) include a single company point of contact with name, title, address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address(es); and (6) not exceed 10 single sided pages in total (not including cover page and cover letter). Other media types (i.e. CD, printed technical information) that meet the submission criteria above will be accepted and should be sent. Material that is advertisement only in nature is not desired. Any questions or inquiries must be mailed, e-mailed or faxed to the Contracting Office, to the attention of the point of contact listed in this notice. Vendors who plan to do business with the federal government must be registered in the SAM system at www.Sam.gov in order to be eligible for a contract award. The contact person for to send all inquires/submissions to is:
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