# Canned Apple Slices And Applesauce for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs. Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/123j1424b0366 - Solicitation number: 12-3J14-24-B-0366 - Notice type: Solicitation - Status: Awarded to Cherry Central Cooperative, Inc. - Department: Department of Agriculture - Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service - Contracting office: USDA Ams 3J14 (123J14) - NAICS: 311421 Fruit and Vegetable Canning - Product or service code: 8920 Bakery and Cereal Products - County: Mason County (FIPS 26105). https://abierto.us/counties/mason-county-mi-26105 - City: Ludington. https://abierto.us/cities/ludington-mi-2649640 - First posted: April 22, 2024 - Last posted: April 22, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/88ea80fad00b4d399033c19adb6155a0/view ## Description USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)-Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of the products listed in the attached solicitation for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB origin basis (see solicitation). The solicitation may include various small business set-asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses. The solicitation is expected to be available on or after today and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and through a link to the aforementioned website in the documents attached to the solicitation notice on Contract Opportunities website. A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov). Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers is listed above under “General Information.” The contract type will be firm-fixed-price. Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation (AGAR), 470-103(b), commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown, processed, and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO) (GPA), and Free Trade Agreements (FTA), as addressed by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available through the attached documents. AMS’s solicitation (when published) will specify the pack, sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules. To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. The AMS main contacts for vendor qualification requirements are Andrea Lang, who can be reached at (202) 720-4237 and Diana Dau David who can be reached at (202)-378-1075, or by email at newvendor@usda.gov . Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food. Once qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system. Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive. The attached solicitation should be read in conjunction with contract terms and conditions contained in the Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements – Domestic Programs (MSCP-D) available on the AMS website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food/solicitations. Commodity specifications documents are referenced in the solicitation and can be accessed online at https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food/product-specs. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Cherry Central Cooperative, Inc. (UEI T5RKJN9P5WZ4) - Contract: 123J1424C1621, definitive contract - Obligated: $4,371,758.60 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1424B0366 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1424C1621_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: Knouse Foods, Inc. (UEI NSXLLAZD5N79) - Contract: 123J1424C1622, definitive contract - Obligated: $1,790,889.84 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1424B0366 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1424C1622_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: Luna Enterprises International Inc. (UEI HBJ6ZU3NTL73) - Contract: 123J1424C1623, definitive contract - Obligated: $851,038.08 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1424B0366 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1424C1623_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: Pacific Coast Producers (UEI RNUGGJVG1RK8) - Contract: 123J1424C1624, definitive contract - Obligated: $550,736.28 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1424B0366 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1424C1624_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: Peterson Farms Inc. (UEI MK7BCN12P1P7) - Contract: 123J1424C1625, definitive contract - Obligated: $895,636.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1424B0366 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1424C1625_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: Burnette Foods, Inc. (UEI HGYKUM989XF9) - Contract: 123J1424C1626, definitive contract - Obligated: $511,577.28 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1424B0366 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1424C1626_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: Burnette Foods, Inc. (UEI HGYKUM989XF9) - Contract: 123J1424C1627, definitive contract - Obligated: $898,523.20 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1424B0366 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1424C1627_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - April 22, 2024: Solicitation, due April 30, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 88ea80fad00b4d399033c19adb6155a0. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/88ea80fad00b4d399033c19adb6155a0/view ## Points of contact - Samantha Klagenberg, samantha.klagenberg@usda.gov - Valerie Dinkel, Valerie.Dinkel@usda.gov --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/123j1424b0366.