Canned Vegetable Products for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs
This is an invitation for bid for canned vegetable products, set aside for small business concerns, and no separate written solicitation will be issued. The solicitation incorporates FAR provisions and clauses by reference, available electronically at www.acquisition.gov. Interested parties with concerns should first contact the Contracting Officer, who will make every effort to respond or resolve the issue within 10 business days. If unresolved, a written agency protest may be filed with the Contracting Officer or the USDA Independent Review Authority, with USDA striving to resolve agency-level protests within 35 business days. Contract awards or performance are suspended during a protest unless justified for urgent and compelling reasons or determined to be in the Government’s best interest.