USDA/NASS - Courier Services

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), National Operations Division (NOD) operates a Print Mail Center (PMC) at 9700 Page Ave., St. Louis, MO  63132. The PMC is responsible for printing, folding, inserting and mailing hundreds of thousands of reports, communications, and survey forms each year.  The PMC requires contractual courier service to pick up printed materials processed for outbound mail at our location and deliver to the U.S. Post Office.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The solicitation reference number for this acquisition is 1232SA23Q0071 and it is being issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-02 (effective 16 March 2023). 

Please prepare a quote IAW the attached Solicitation continuation pages & Statement of Work; include the Business Name, Business POC (name, e-mail & phone number), Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and CAGE code.

This acquisition is 100% small business set aside. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is:

492110 Couriers and Express Delivery Services, and the associated small business size standard is 1500 Employees
 -OR- 
492210 Local Messengers and Local Delivery, and the associated small business size standard is $34.0M

SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3.

FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

EVALUATION: Government intends to make an award based upon the vendor quote that meets or exceeds all non-price evaluation factors (technical & past performance) and is the most advantageous to the government (Best Value – Tradeoff). The quote should include a firm fixed price (FFP) format.

 
Quotes are requested to be sent electronically to David.Tibbs@usda.gov NLT 5:00 PM EDT, Monday, May 15, 2023. 

Please direct any questions concerning this solicitation to David.Tibbs@usda.gov NLT 12:00 EDT (Noon), Tuesday, May 9, 2023.

The anticipated award date is Thursday, June 15, 2023.

The Government reserves the right to cancel this combined synopsis/solicitation. Any questions should be sent to David Tibbs at (816) 412-5270 or at the email above.