The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) awarded a firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of goods, to provide 4,896,000 pounds of chicken products, including 3,456,000 pounds of chicken and 1,440,000 pounds of chicken legs, for domestic food assistance programs such as the National School Lunch Program and The Emergency Food Assistance Program. The $2,005,380.00 contract has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2025 and does not utilize any set-aside designations. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, doing business as Pilgrim's, has a significant presence in federal government contracting, supplying a wide range of chicken products to the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service and Agricultural Marketing Service.