Name | Type | Posted | Actions |
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12639525Q0114-0003.pdf | May 22, 2025 | ||
RFIs and answers.docx | DOCX | May 20, 2025 | |
12639525Q0114-0002.pdf | May 19, 2025 | ||
12639525Q0114-0001.pdf | May 15, 2025 | ||
Attachment 1_ Insect Release Machine Specs.pdf | May 15, 2025 | ||
12639525Q0114.pdf | May 13, 2025 |
Aerial fruit fly release, Tijuana and Reynosa, Mexico
Contact and place of performance
Jim Roloff
MX-BCN
MEX
USDA-APHIS seeks all interested and capable sources of providing airplane and crew services for the aerial release of sterilized fruit flies to support the USDAs, International Services Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) aerial release programs in Tijuana, Mexico, and Reynosa, Mexico. The anticipated period of performance dates of the contracts for both the Tijuana and Reynosa locations are June 1, 2025 May 31, 2030, for a t...
View moreThe United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is soliciting airplane and crew services for the aerial release of sterilized Mexican fruit flies in Tijuana and Reynosa, Mexico. This initiative supports the Sterile Insect Technique program, which aims to prevent the establishment of invasive fly populations that cause significant damage to agriculture and international trade. The procurement is conducted under NAICS 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation and PSC V129 Transportation/Travel/Relocation- Transportation: Other. This requirement is being competed via full and open competition and is expected to result in one or two Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts.
The contractor must provide fixed-wing aircraft and qualified pilots for the distribution of sterile insects using government-furnished chilled release machines. Performance requires modifying contractor aircraft to accommodate specialized equipment, including dispersal boxes, compressors, and electrical regulators. The anticipated period of performance begins June 1, 2025, and ends May 31, 2030, encompassing five one-year ordering periods. Work will be performed at locations in Tijuana and Reynosa, Mexico, under solicitation number 12639525Q0114.
Responses to this solicitation are due by May 30, 2025. The primary point of contact is Jim Roloff. The solicitation includes six total attachments, featuring the original solicitation document, specifications for the insect release machine, three formal amendments, and a document addressing requests for information (RFIs).
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