6/14/2005

IN REPLY

REFER TO:	Solicitation No.

For:

Small Business Administration

ATTN:

Dear :

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has a requirement for at . Please consider this correspondence as the offer letter to make a direct award to . This requirement meets the criteria for direct-award 8(a) acquisition. Award procedures will be undertaken pursuant to the Partnership Agreement between USDA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), under which streamlined procedural changes to the customary 8(a) process have been made. Details of the offer are as follows:

Description of Work to be Performed:

Estimated Period of Performance:

Base Year:	to

Option I:	to

Option II:	to

Option III:	to

Option IV:	to

Principal NAICS Code for the Acquisition

Anticipated Dollar Value for the Requirement

Base Year:

Option I:

Option II:

Option III:

Option IV:

Total:

Special Restrictions or Geographical Limitations

Special Capabilities or Disciplines Needed for Contract Performance

Anticipated Contract Type

Acquisition History

No Prior Solicitation Statement

Prior to this offering, no solicitation for this specific acquisition has been issued as a small business, HUBZone, or service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside and that no other public communication has been made showing the agency’s clear intention to set-aside.

Identification of and Justification for 8(a) Concerns

Bonding Requirements

Identification of All Known 8(a) Concerns

Identification of SBA Field Offices Requesting 8(a) Acceptance

Any Other Pertinent Information and Reasonably Available Data

Please address your reply to:

USDA/ARS/AFM/APD/AB

Attn:

Email:

Fax:

Email or facsimile response is preferred. If you have any questions, please contact at .

Sincerely,

Contracting Officer

USDA/ARS/AFM/APD/AB

Enclosure

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Agricultural Research Service

Research, Education and Economics

United States Department of Agriculture

ARS

2005-06-14