USDA requests offers under an invitation for bid for dried fruit for Domestic Food Assistance Programs, set aside for small business concerns, with no separate written solicitation to follow. The solicitation incorporates FAR provisions and clauses by reference, accessible at www.acquisition.gov. Interested parties with concerns should first contact the Contracting Officer, who aims to respond within 10 business days; this Tier 1 step does not pause solicitation timing or performance. If unresolved, a written agency protest may be filed with the Contracting Officer or USDA Independent Review Authority, with USDA aiming to resolve agency-level protests within 35 business days and awards/performance suspended during the protest unless justified. Protests must include FAR 33.104-4(a)(3) information and be filed within FAR 33.104 timeframes; questions should go to the Contracting Officer.