New Bale Press and Conveyor System with Scissor Lift-Tilt Table for the USDA, AMS, Cotton & Tobacco Program Memphis, TN Cotton Classing Office

The USDA, AMS, Cotton Program requires the removal of the existing bale press and the delivery and installation of a new full eject bale press and automated conveyor system with a scissor lift-tilt table to be delivered and installed at the Memphis Classing Office. The USDA also requests quotes for disassembling and removing the existing bale press at the Memphis Classing Office located at the following address:

Cotton and Tobacco Program

Cotton Division

3275 Appling Rd

Memphis, TN 38133

The Contractor must furnish all labor, materials, equipment, parts, permits, insurance, supervision and transportation necessary to complete the removal of the existing system and the delivery and installation of the entirety of the new system specified within the Statement of Work (SOW) and provide on-going maintenance service necessary to maintain the equipment in good operating condition, including routine/preventive maintenance, scheduled inspections. These systems must be maintained at optimum efficiency in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations.

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. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Award will be issued to the Vendor whose quote is determined to provide best value to the Government, price and other (technical) factors considered. Technical factors, including the Technical Approach Narrative (Factor 1), Experience & Past Performance (Factor 2), when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price (Factor 3).

This procurement will be a 100% total small business set-aside in accordance with FAR 52.219-6. The NAICS code for this requirement is 333111 – Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (2022 NAICS), with a Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard of 1,250 employees. The applicable Product Service Code (PSC) is 3720.

THIS NOTICE IS THE SYNOPSIS ONLY. Interested Vendors may download a copy of the Solicitation 12639525Q0161. NOTIFICATIONS WILL NOT BE SENT TO VENDORS REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION NOR ANY OF ITS AMENDMENTS. IT IS THE VENDOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THIS WEB SITE PERIODICALLY FOR AMENDMENTS. Quotes must be submitted to the contracting activity by the date and time indicated in the solicitation.

For any questions regarding this pre-solicitation synopsis, please contact the Contract Specialist, Matthew Phillips, at Matthew.Phillips3@usda.gov.