Description
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) invites offers to sell corn syrup as indicated below and per the Announcement for distribution to the Needy Family and other domestic food assistance programs. Offers are due by 1 p.m., Central Time, August 18, 2006. Acceptances will be announced by midnight September 1, 2006. Deliveries are to be made from October 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. Offers are invited from the trade for: Corn Syrup 12/24oz. plastic bottles 14,520 cases All invitations with orders for the state of New York must have the pack date stamped on the outside of each carton. The pack date should be annotated as per the following example: (05/01/2003). Orders for the state of New York requiring this special marking will be indicated by (**). This applies to New York orders "Only," if and when they appear on an invitation. Bids must be submitted electronically via the Domestic Electronic Bid Entry System (DEBES) on the Internet. Offerors who submit bids using other than DEBES, will be deemed non-responsive. Offeror must be assigned a Logon ID by USDA to access the site. The Internet address is: http://pcsd.usda.gov:3077/mdbc1000.exe? Bidders are cautioned to bid only quantities they can reasonable expect to produce and deliver in accordance with the contract. Inquiries about Announcement FV-306; Appendix-1; the Commodity Specification for Corn Syrup, dated April 2004, or this invitation should be directed to the Contracting Officer, USDA/AMS/Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Commodity Procurement Branch STOP 0239, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202) 720-4517. An electronic version of this invitation can be obtained through the World Wide Web via the Commodity Procurement Home Page at http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv Purchases of the commodities listed below will be made on a delivered basis, subject to Announcement FV-306, to the listed locations. Destination quantities are estimates and are subject to adjustment based on offerings, changes in recipient need, market conditions, and program operations. Delivery by trucks or railcars is optional to the contractor, except for those destination(s) which specify delivery by truck only or rail only. For addtional information, contact DeVera Redmond, Small Business Coordinator, 202-720-7106