This Sources Sought is revised to add the search for Brokers/Distrubutors also. The United States Department of Agricultural (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Commodity Procurement Branch (CPB), Poultry Programs, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Room 3943-South Building, Washington, DC, 20250, is seeking to increase the agency's vendor base for qualified Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) who service under the NAICS Code - 311615 -- Poultry Processing; and 311999 ? Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing (Egg Products). The resulting list is intended to assist procurement officials within the agency in meeting our agency goal of 3% for FY 2008 awards. This office purchases Poultry Products for the National School Lunch and other domestic food nutrition assistance programs. Sources are sought for small businesses (under 500 employees) who are also manufacturers of Poultry and Egg Products. These commodities are purchased in truck load quantities (36,000 pounds to 40,000 pounds) for delivery to destinations nationwide. All product purchased by USDA must be of 100% domestic origin. Vendors are required to register into the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Vendors can e-mail Valerie Dinkel, Agricultural Marketing Specialist at
[email protected] upon completion of registration in CCR. All existing solicitations are posted continuously on: http://www.ams.usda.gov/poultry/cp or by contacting the Contracting Officer. This Sources Sought is for information only; proposals are not being requested nor will they be accepted in response to this synopsis. No contracts will be awarded solely on the basis of the responses to this synopsis. A comprehensive list of ?Approved? SDVOSBs vendors responding to this publication will be forwarded to Agency Contracting Officers for consideration in future and ongoing Invitation for Bid (IFB) contract opportunities. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided in response to this synopsis.