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The USDA needs a small business to supply various packaged commodities for international food assistance programs.
Key Details
The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of various packaged commodities for international food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations outside the United States with various delivery bases.
- What exactly do they need? The solicitation may include multiple small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses.
- What's the contract structure and timeline? The contract type will be firm-fixed-price, with deliveries expected to various locations outside the United States.
- How will they pick the winner? The notice doesn't say.
- When and how do you bid? Bids are due on June 16, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST, and must be submitted electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement.
Who can apply
- Must be a certified small business (small business set-aside)
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov
- Read the solicitation carefully, including the Master Invitation for Bids for Commodity Procurements � International Programs (MIFB-I) available on the AMS website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/MSCP-I_generic.pdf
Primary point of contact
Name
Jennifer Russenberger
Email
jennifer.russenberger@usda.gov