USDA is requesting bids for canned vegetables—carrots CAN-6/10, whole-kernel corn with liquid CAN-6/10, and peas CAN-6/10—under a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or services, and no separate written solicitation will be issued. An amendment allows the 2025 crop year for the carrots CAN-6/10 item only. This acquisition is not set aside for small business and incorporates provisions and clauses by reference, available electronically at www.acquisition.gov. The USDA Ombudsman Program offers an agency protest/alternative dispute resolution process, with a goal of resolving protests within 35 calendar days from filing.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products, and offers are requested without a separate written solicitation. It is an invitation for bid for canned carrots, whole kernel corn (liquid), and peas in can-6/10 size. The acquisition is not set-aside for small business concerns and incorporates provisions and clauses by reference, available at acquisition.gov. USDA’s Ombudsman Program for Agency Protests is described, including informal ombudsman contact and formal agency protests, with the agency aiming to resolve protests within 35 calendar days of filing. Formal protests should be submitted electronically to SPE.inquiry@usda.gov and the contracting officer.