1232SA27Q0008 – Sources Sought for Propane Deliveries USDA-ARS-MWA Ames IA
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF.AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE.USDA ARS AFM APD
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- Can you bid yet? Market research, not a bid
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- Who can bid? Reserved: Total Small Business
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- Your kind of work, at your size? NAICS 325120 — Industrial Gas Manufacturing
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PSC 6830 — Gases: Compressed and Liquefied
- Where is the work? Ames, Iowa
Place of performance, as published on the notice.
- Is there time? Closes Thu, Oct 22, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
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- Closes
- October 22, 2026
- Published
- October 14, 2026
- Place of performance
- Ames, Iowa 50010
- Notice type
- Market research Started as Sources Sought
- Agency
- AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OFAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICEUSDA ARS AFM APD
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- Category
- Basic chemical manufacturing
- PSC
- 6830 — Gases: Compressed and Liquefied
- Solicitation no.
- 1232SA27Q0008
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- Notice archived
- November 6, 2026 After this the authority stops publishing it.
Scope
This is a Sources Sought notice Only. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. This Sources Sought is issued for information and planning purposes only as part of USDA ARS market research and does not itself constitute an RFQ. This requirement is covered under NAICS code . The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capabil
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