This federal contract award, valued at $596,180.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to Simmons Farm Raised Catfish Inc., doing business as Simmons Farms. Simmons Farms is a for-profit manufacturer of catfish products based in Mississippi.
The contract is for the delivery of raw, unbreaded catfish fillets in 2-pound packages to support USDA domestic food assistance programs. This definitive, firm fixed-price contract has an ultimate completion date of December 15, 2018 and was not set aside for any specific business type. Simmons Farms, acting as the prime contractor, is expected to provide approximately 298,090 pounds of catfish fillets under this award.
Additionally, Simmons Farms holds an Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contract with the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, valued at $1,236,900, to supply an estimated 2 million pounds of raw, unpackaged catfish fillets in 2-pound packages. This IDV, which has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2024, was set aside for small businesses and is part of a larger USDA solicitation for various protein products to be distributed through domestic food assistance initiatives.
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