Animal Food Government Bids & RFPs

Quotes must be received no later than July 29th, 2026, 10:00 AM EST.

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the u. s. department of the treasurys invoice processing platform system ipp.

The award will be made to the best value quote utilizing a tradeoff method between price and non-price factors, with technical and past performance being considered before price. the government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered.

Offerors must meet breed conformance and availability date requirements in Phase I. offerors quoting breeds other than those specified in the statement of work will fail this factor and be removed from further consideration for the award.

Canines will undergo medical, physical, and behavioral evaluation at the CBP location. the top ranked offeror will be issued a purchase order for the full quantity of required canines established in the rfq. this will require the offeror to deliver the required number of quoted canines to the location identified at the bottom of this announcement for medical, physical behavioral evaluation as identified in section 3 of attachment 1 statement of work.

Canines presented for evaluation are considered samples. canine s that fails to pass the requirements or medical, physical behavioral evaluation performed by cbp will not be accepted, and the contractor shall bear all expenses associated with the return of the canine to the contractors site within 7 days after receiving notification.

Questions must be submitted in writing no later than July 20th, 2026, at 10:00 AM EST. any questions or comments must be submitted in writing to the contract specialist no later than july 20th, 2026 @10:00am est to the email provided in this announcement.

Failure to provide quote information in the requested format or failure to meet Phase I evaluation factors can lead to disqualification. failure to provide the email and proposal information in the requested format shall be considered non compliant and your quote shall be removed from the evaluation process.

Failure to deliver within the specified time may be cause for cancellation of the order. Any additional costs incurred by the city may be charged to original vendor.

All items delivered must be guaranteed against faulty materials and workmanship.

Awards may be made by individual item, grouped items or lot. The city reserves the right to reject any or all quotes or any portion thereof. The city of schenectady reserves the right to no award an rfq that has been posted on the empire state purchasing groups site if lower pricing has been obtained via another method.

The vendor certifies that this offer is made without any connection with any other person making an offer for the same purpose, and is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud, and that no elected official or other officer or employee or person whose salary is payable in whole or in part from the city of schenectady, is directly or indirectly interested therein, or in the supplies, materials and equipment to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof.

Failure to deliver within the specified time may be cause for cancellation of the order. Any additional costs incurred by the city may be charged to original vendor.

The city of schenectady purchasing department may reject any quote for any reason including, but not limited to, the city of schenectady inability to determine that the item is an equivalent.

Deliveries are scheduled in three separate time frames: Delivery 1 between October 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026; Delivery 2 between March 1, 2027 and April 17, 2027; and Delivery 3 between May 18, 2027 and June 18, 2027. Delivery of the alfalfa hay shall occur in four (4) separate time frames.

Payment will be made by electronic funds transfer through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) system. Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform system IPP.

The award will be made to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered, using the lowest priced technically acceptable method. The government intends to use the lowest priced technically acceptable as the basis for award.

To be determined technically acceptable, the quoter shall provide a certification form indicating the alfalfa hay meets all specifications and that all alfalfa hay will be unloaded using a hay squeeze and within the required delivery schedule. To be determined technically acceptable the quoter shall provide a certification form attachment 4 that indicates the alfalfa hay meets all specifications attachment 2 and that all alfalfa hay will be unloaded upon delivery using a hay squeeze and within the required delivery schedule.

Deliveries are scheduled in three separate time frames: Delivery 1 between October 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026; Delivery 2 between March 1, 2027 and April 17, 2027; and Delivery 3 between May 18, 2027 and June 18, 2027. Delivery of the alfalfa hay shall occur in four (4) separate time frames.

Payment will be made by electronic funds transfer through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) system. Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform system IPP.

The award will be made to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered, using the lowest priced technically acceptable method. The government intends to use the lowest priced technically acceptable as the basis for award.

To be determined technically acceptable, the quoter shall provide a certification form indicating the alfalfa hay meets all specifications and that all alfalfa hay will be unloaded using a hay squeeze and within the required delivery schedule. To be determined technically acceptable the quoter shall provide a certification form attachment 4 that indicates the alfalfa hay meets all specifications attachment 2 and that all alfalfa hay will be unloaded upon delivery using a hay squeeze and within the required delivery schedule.

Deliveries are to be made on the specified day, between 8:00 AM and 11:45 AM, and not on a state holiday. Delivery dates are specified in accordance with facility storage space allotment and must be adhered to facilities may arrange alternate deliveries as it requires.

Award will be made by lowest price per line item. Award will be made by lowest price per line item.

Contractors must enter firm prices for all items and provide appropriate responses to all mandatory attributes. Contractors must enter firm prices for all items and provide appropriate responses to all mandatory attributes contained in the solicitation.

Late bids will be disqualified. Failure to submit bid as described may result in yours being rejected as a nonresponsive bidder. Late bids will be disqualified. Failure to submit bid as described may result in yours being rejected as a nonresponsive bidder.