Alfalfa Seed

**Amendment 0001 - Extend Solicitation Response date to 07/05/2024, 5pm EDT. Solicitation Number 12805B24Q0347 Alfalfa Seed USDA ARS - USMARC 844 Road 313 Clay Center, NE 68933 The Agricultural Research Service, Plains Area Administrative office, Acquisition and Personal Property office intends to solicit and award a single firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of Alfalfa Seed for Clay Center, NE.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 – Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued under Request for Quotation (RFQ) number 12805B24Q0347.

This requirement is being solicited under NAICS code 111998, All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming with no set-aside. All FAR references are based off FAC 2024-05, Effective 22 May 2024. This firm-fixed-priced award will be awarded as firm-fixed price contract. Delivery to USDA ARS – USMARC, Clay Center, NE. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, is applicable to this acquisition. An addendum will be added on page 11. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation of Offerors, is applicable to this acquisition.

The Government will award a contract 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. FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures utilizing Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) factors will be used for the evaluation process.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Factor #1 –Alfalfa Seed must meet all the specifications spelled out in Attachment 1. All addressed specifications must be addressed. Failure to not address any of the specifications will result in the vendors quote being found unacceptable. If an offeror receives an adjectival rating of “unacceptable” in any factor they may not be eligible for contract award.

Offeror must sign and date page 3 to acknowledge the 52.252-1 addendum along with all amendments posted to beta.sam.gov for 12805B24Q0347. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and no addendum has been added.

FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and applicable clauses within 52.212-5 to this acquisition have been marked with an X. Other additional FAR Clauses have been added to this synopsis/solicitation. If they are incorporated by reference in this synopsis/solicitation, use acquisition.gov to read them in their entirety.

Submittals Formats: Only Electronic submissions via email will be accepted due to Contract Specialist working remotely. Offers are due to the Contract Specialist, Laura Nessa, at laura.nessa@usda.gov by 5:00pm (EST) 02 July 2024. For information regarding this synopsis/solicitation, please contact Laura Nessa, at laura.nessa@usda.gov. Only written submitted questions sent via email will be given a response. They will be answered via a Questions from Industry posting to sam.gov. Due to USDA-ARS operating remotely, Laura Nessa is only available via email.

Notice to Offeror(s): The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an offeror for any costs incurred.

Site Visit: N/A Questions must be submitted in writing via email to laura.nessa@usda.gov. Questions received after July 02, 2024, may not receive a response. Responses will be posted to sam.gov in a document titled Questions from Industry. You will not receive a direct response.