Attachment 2: Specifications

Specifications
Soybean Meal

GENERAL INFORMATION

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Background and Purpose:
Scientists at the Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) are developing scientific information and new technology to solve high-priority problems for the U.S. beef, sheep, and swine industries. About 50 percent of the effort is with beef cattle, 30 percent with swine, and 20 percent with sheep. Soybean Meal is needed to provide feed for these animals.

CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS

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Technical Requirements/Tasks:
The contractor must provide 425 tons of Solvent Extracted High Protein Soybean Meal with a minimum of 45.5% crude protein, 3.80% maximum crude fiber, minimum .50% crude fat, and maximum 8.0% maximum crude ash. The Soybean meal must be delivered to USDA/ARS/USMARC, Clay Center, NE feed mill in hopper bottom trucks. Truck drivers must coordinate with feed mill operations on delivery times and schedules. Normal hours of 7:00 am 3:30 pm Monday-Friday are required. Deliveries must begin the week of 1/18/2027 and will be on as needed basis approximately every 3-4 weeks in approximately 30-ton increments throughout the remainder of the year.

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Deliverable / Schedule/ Address:
Delivery must begin the week of 01/18/27. Truck drivers must coordinate with feed mill operations on delivery times and schedules during normal hours of 7:00am-3:30pm MondayFriday. Facility address is listed below: US Meat Animal Research Center
844 Road 313
Clay Center NE 68933
Key Deliverables
Item No.

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Deliverable
Delivery of soybean
meal

Objective
425 tons of Solvent Extracted High
Protein Soybean Meal per the
technical requirements

Due
Delivery must begin
the week of
01/18/27.

Performance Requirement Measures:
Delivery of 425 tons of Solvent Extracted High Protein Soybean Meal per the technical requirements within the expected delivery time.