USDA Tenders for 89,860 MT Ag Products

KANSAS CITY - May 20/02 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation office issued a PL-480 food aid tender covering 89,860 metric tons (MT) of merchandise for shipment through August 5 from inland shipping points.

Invitation 062 focussed corn-soy blend, sorghum and pulses; with those three commodity groups accounting for 51.5% of the total products sought under terms of the tender.

Details of the tender are as follows:

                                    Total       SBA         8(a)
                                    Requested   Set-Aside   Set-Aside
Announcement  Commodity            Metric Tons Metric Tons Metric Tons
BWSF8       Bulgur Wheat                  8,170
            Soy-Fortified Bulgur          5,110
CMSF7       Cornmeal(HP Bag)              4,710        470
CSB9        Corn-Soy Blend (Reg bag)     18,300      2,160
            Corn-Soy Blend (HP Bag)       3,320
KCBG5       Sorghum                      13,580
            Wheat                         4,620
MR17        Milled Rice                   6,240         620     310
PBL7        Pulses                                    1,110
            Green Split Peas              1,400
            Lentils                       4,400                 220
            Pinto Beans                     450
            Small Red Beans               1,910
            Yellow Split Peas             2,890
SFSG9       Soy-Fort. Sorghum Grits         450
VO8         Vegetable Oil
               20 L                         540
               6/4 L                      5,800
WFBF1       All Purpose Flour             6,500
            Bread Flour                     800
WSB12       Wheat-Soy Blend                 670
                    Invitation Total     89,860
SHIPPING PERIODS
Shipping periods for all commodities except PBL7 are as follows:
    Shipping periods inland plants:    July 6 - 20, 2002
                                       July 21 - August 5, 2002
    Shipping periods for plants        July 21 - August 5, 2002
    located at the port:               August 6 - 20, 2002
Shipping periods for PBL7 ONLY are as follows:
     Shipping periods inland plants:   July 1 - 15, 2002
                                       July 16 - 31, 2002
EBES Offers Due All Products:          9:00 A.M. CDT, June 4, 2002
Notification Of Successful Offerors:  12:00 P.M. CDT, June 5, 2002
Public Release Of Award Information:   4:00 P.M. CDT, June 5, 2002