Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
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Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Chicago, IL 60632, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Sealed Bid
Number Of Offers Received
9
Legislative Mandate
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National Interest Action
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Research Type
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Primary Consortia Member
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Barrios Distributing, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business led by Olga H Barrios and based in San Diego, California, was awarded a definitive firm fixed-price contract by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service on September 7, 2022. The contract, valued at $145,320, calls for the delivery of approximately 5 million pounds of coarse ground frozen beef in 60-pound containers to support federal food assistance programs. The contract performance period runs from October 1 through October 31, 2022, with deliveries to be made to various locations throughout the contiguous United States. This award carries a partial small business set-aside designation.
The solicitation, posted on August 15, 2022, sought frozen beef products to support the government's domestic nutrition initiatives, including the National School Lunch Program. Barrios Distributing's selection reflects its established track record supplying food commodities to USDA agencies and its qualified status as a minority-owned, woman-owned, and Hispanic American-owned business. The company's extensive experience delivering canned and frozen food products through numerous prior prime contracts with the Food and Nutrition Service and Agricultural Marketing Service positioned it well for this procurement, which required vendor qualification and compliance with specified packaging and commodity requirements.