USDA is issuing an invitation for bid for woven polypropylene bags; this announcement is the only solicitation and no separate written solicitation will be issued. The acquisition is not set aside for small business concerns, and incorporated provisions and clauses are available electronically at acquisition.gov. Procurement concerns should first be directed to the Contracting Officer, with escalation to the USDA Ombudsman/OPAP if unresolved. Formal agency protests may be filed with the Contracting Officer or Ombudsman, and the agency aims to resolve them within 35 calendar days of filing; awards or performance are suspended during the protest unless urgent/compelling or in the government’s best interest. Filing a USDA protest bars pursuing the same matter with GAO or another external forum while the agency protest is pending.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation issued as an invitation for bid for woven polypropylene bags; it is not set aside for small business, and no separate written solicitation will be issued. The solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference, accessible at www.acquisition.gov. USDA’s Ombudsman Program for Agency Protests encourages interested parties to first raise concerns with the Contracting Officer and, if unresolved, to use the agency protest process as an alternative to GAO litigation. Formal agency protests may be filed with the Contracting Officer or the Ombudsman, and the agency’s goal is to resolve protests within 35 calendar days of filing. Formal OPAP protests should be submitted electronically to SPE.inquiry@usda.gov and the Contracting Officer, and filing with USDA generally precludes pursuing the same matter in an external forum while the agency protest is pending.