Definitive Contract 123J1426C0502

Foster Poultry Farms, LLC has been awarded a definitive firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service valued at $1.548 million to supply large chilled bulk chicken for domestic food assistance programs. The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2026, was awarded on January 13, 2026, following a solicitation by the Agricultural Marketing Service Commodity Procurement Program. The award supports the delivery of chicken products in compliance with Agricultural Acquisition Regulation 470-103(b), requiring that all commodities be products of the United States. This contract received no set-aside designation, indicating that Foster Farms competed on a full and open basis against all qualified offerors.

The underlying solicitation sought 16.524 million pounds of chicken products with minimum load sizes of 40,000 pounds per shipment, to be delivered to ten distribution locations across the United States during March 2026 on an FOB destination basis. Foster Farms, a major poultry producer headquartered in Livingston, California, is well-positioned as the awardee given its established track record as a principal supplier of chicken commodities to federal food assistance initiatives and its demonstrated compliance capabilities with USDA food defense and supply chain management standards. The firm-fixed-price structure and definitive contract type reflect the known scope and requirements of this commodity procurement supporting the federal government's domestic food assistance mission.