This amendment adds frozen apple slices and highbush blueberries to an IFB for Frozen Fruit and is set aside for small business concerns. It is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products/services; offers are requested and no separate written solicitation will be issued. The award date has been extended from November 13, 2026, to November 16, 2026. USDA’s Ombudsman protest process is available, with a goal of resolving formal agency protests within 35 calendar days.

This combined synopsis/solicitation is the only solicitation and will not be followed by a separate written solicitation. It is an invitation for bid for Frozen Fruit and is set aside for small business concerns. Provisions and clauses are incorporated by reference and available at www.acquisition.gov. USDA’s Ombudsman Program for Agency Protests offers an alternative dispute process: concerns should first go to the Contracting Officer, then the Ombudsman, with formal protests suspending award or performance unless justified and an agency goal of resolution within 35 calendar days. A protester choosing the USDA forum agrees not to pursue the same matter with GAO or another external forum while the agency protest is pending.