Definitive Contract 123J1424C1787

This contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service to Cherry Meat Packers, Inc., doing business as The Chicago Meat, a for-profit manufacturer of frozen beef products located in Chicago, Illinois. The $2,017,853.20 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the delivery of various frozen beef products including ground beef, fine ground beef, beef patties, and beef crumbles for use in domestic food assistance programs such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, and National School Lunch Program. The contract has a partial small business set-aside designation.

The contract is associated with a larger solicitation issued by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Commodity Procurement Program for the procurement of cooked and frozen beef and pork products. The solicitation may include various small business set-asides, including 100% small business set-asides, a 50% small business set-aside, and a 10% service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside. It will also include a HUBZone small business price evaluation preference. Deliveries are to be made between July 1-31, 2024 to various locations in the United States on an FOB origin basis from the contractor's facility in Chicago.