Definitive Contract 123J1423C0096

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service awarded a definitive firm fixed-price contract valued at $2.7 million to JTM Provisions Co Inc. (doing business as JTM Food Group) on November 7, 2022, for the procurement of frozen chicken fillets and chicken strips in 30-pound containers to support domestic food assistance programs. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, requires delivery to Hamilton, Ohio, with a performance period extending through March 15, 2023. This award was made in response to a solicitation posted on October 24, 2022, by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Commodity Procurement Program, which sought offers for chicken products to be distributed through food assistance initiatives nationwide between January and March 2023.

JTM Food Group, a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation and long-established supplier of frozen and chilled protein commodities, is well-positioned as a critical vendor to the USDA, with a history of substantial contract awards totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. The company operates multiple processing and distribution facilities across the country and specializes in providing protein products to support federal nutrition programs including the National School Lunch Program, The Emergency Food Assistance Program, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This award reflects the company's established reliability and expertise in delivering commodity proteins on a firm fixed-price basis to support the government's food assistance and nutrition objectives.