This federal contract award, valued at $3,336,984.00, was issued by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to Gold Creek Foods, LLC, a for-profit manufacturer and chicken processor based in Gainesville, Georgia. The contract is for the delivery of 2,000,010,657 pounds of large chilled chicken and chicken legs to support various domestic food assistance programs, including the National School Lunch Program. This is a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract with a performance period running through April 30, 2025. The contract did not have a small business set-aside designation.
The original solicitation, issued by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), sought offers for the procurement of chicken and chicken products in bulk for domestic food assistance programs. The solicitation included potential small business set-asides, such as service-disabled veteran-owned, 8(a), AbilityOne, and HUBZone small businesses. However, the contract awarded to Gold Creek Foods, LLC did not have a set-aside designation, indicating the company's significant production capacity and ability to meet the USDA's large-scale procurement requirements.