Soybean Meal: Solvent Extracted High Protein Soybean Meal with a minimum of 45.5% crude protein, 3.80% maximum crude fiber, minimum .50% crude fat, and maximum 8.0% maximum crude ash.

The associated NAICS Code is 311224

Scheduling Process: The order and schedule for the following month will be placed with the vendor the prior Tuesday.  This order will define the number of ton needed for the delivery date and outline the delivery schedule.  A signed order will be placed with the contractor by the end of Tuesday.

SAM: Vendor must be registered in the System for Award Management prior to the award of this purchase agreement.  You may register by going to www.sam.gov.  you will need your Tax ID, Duns and Bradstreet Number, and Banking information.

Evaluation Criteria: This procurement is a "best value" procurement.  An award will be based upon the evaluation of the following:

•1.       Past performance

•2.       Product quality

•3.       price

Payment: This is a mandatory requirement initiated by the U.S. Department of Treasury and you can find more information at this website https://www.ipp.gov/index.htm. Please make sure that your company has registered at https://www.ipp.gov/vendors/enrollment-vendors.htm to establish your account.

One-time enrollment in IPP means that you will receive a series of emails from Treasury services.  The first email will have the IPP logon ID and link to the IPP application.  A second email, containing the password will be sent within 24hrs.  once you have these emails, please login to the IPP application and complete the registration process.

Benefits of registering with IPP include the ability for your company to create invoices directly from a contract award and submit them electronically, as well as:

•-          Email notification when invoice(s) are paid

•-          Online payment history

•-          Remittance download

The email notification of payment is sent when a payment is distributed to your bank account and will include all pertinent payment information.

The successful vendor must be enrolled in IPP to submit invoices and receive payment.  If the successful vendor is already enrolled in IPP invoices are to be submitted under the vendors existing enrollment.