IL WS SOW_SSN.pdf
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This is a Statement of Work for deer carcass processing services to be performed by a commercial meat processing facility under contract with USDA APHIS Wildlife Services in Illinois.
The contractor must operate a meat processing facility permitted and approved by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture as a Type II or higher facility authorized to process wild white-tailed deer meat. The facility must be located within 70 road miles of the Interstate 55 and Interstate 80 intersection in Northeast Illinois and have paved road access to accommodate USDA deliveries two or more times per week. The contract period runs from November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2031, consisting of a 12-month base year with four optional renewal years. The contractor will process between 500 and 1,600 deer carcasses annually, with Wildlife Services staff delivering field-dressed, eviscerated carcasses generally on Wednesdays and Fridays (but any weekday except legal holidays). Processing requirements include skinning carcasses, removing and grinding venison meat into 1-2 pound packages marked with the facility name and "not for sale" per Illinois Department of Agriculture requirements, freezing packages, and arranging transfer to charitable organizations identified by WS. Venison from deer sampled for Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance must be held separately until negative test results are confirmed. The contractor bears responsibility for disposal of all waste byproducts and offal through approved sanitary landfill or other state and federally approved methods. Data sheets with Illinois DNR carcass tag numbers must be maintained for one year and made available for USDA and Illinois DNR inspection with reasonable advance notice. Monthly invoices for processing services shall be submitted electronically through www.IPP.gov for electronic funds transfer payment. Technical point of contact is Johnathan Walls, Illinois Wildlife Services State Director, at (217) 241-5726 or johnathan.walls@usda.gov.
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STATEMENT OF WORK
DEER CARCASS PROCESSING
USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, Illinois
Work Requirements:
The U. S. Department of Agricultural (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) division requires a meat processing facility to process white-tailed deer carcasses in the State of Illinois. The processing facility or facilities shall be permitted and approved and by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (Illinois DNR) to process wild white-tailed deer meat. In addition, the processing facility or facilities shall be licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture as a Type II or higher facility authorizing the procession of wild, white-tailed deer meat.
Wildlife Services staff shall field dress all deer carcasses intended for processing throughout the project (November 1, 2026 to October 31, 2031). WS staff will deliver eviscerated deer carcasses and offal contained within plastic bags to the processing facility generally occurring on Wednesday and Friday mornings, but delivery may occur any weekday (excluding legal holidays) between November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2031. The contract shall provide for processing of between 500 and 1,600 deer per year.
The processing facility shall be provided with a data sheet containing the Illinois DNR carcass tag number for each deer delivered for processing. In addition, deer which have had tissue extracted for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance will be identified as such.
Deer carcasses shall be skinned, venison meat shall be removed from the carcass, ground, and wrapped into packages weighing 1-2 pounds. Each package of venison shall be marked with the processing plant’s name and marked “not for sale” in accordance with Illinois Department of Agriculture requirements. The packaged meat shall be frozen and stored until transferred to a charitable organization(s). Frozen venison will be picked up from the facility by a charitable organization identified by WS. The facility will arrange for the transfer of the frozen venison by corresponding directly with the charitable organization identified by WS.
Ground venison from deer which are identified as having been sampled for CWD shall be identified and frozen separately from all other venison until the facility is notified by WS that the CWD test results are ‘not detected’, at which time the venison can be provided to a charitable organization identified by WS.
Ground venison from deer which not suitable for human consumption because of testing positive with an initial reactor will be held frozen until transferred to WS for proper disposal.
The processor shall be responsible for the disposal of all waste byproducts from the processing of deer and offal from deer which was delivered to the facility by WS. Disposal of waste byproducts and offal shall be by placement into an approved sanitary landfill or another method approved by the appropriate State and Federal regulatory authorities.
The processing facility shall maintain a copy of the data sheet provided by WS for the period of one year and shall allow for inspection by the USDA and or Illinois DNR staff with reasonable advance notice.
The processing facility shall provide an invoice for processing services to WS on a monthly basis for an electronic-funds-transfer payment.
The contracted processing facility must be located within 70 road miles of the intersection of Interstate 55 and Interstate 80 in Northeast Illinois and have paved road access to the facility, to facilitate USDA delivery of deer carcasses 2 or more times a week.
Technical Point of Contact:
Johnathan Walls Illinois Wildlife Services State Director USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services 3430 Constitution Drive, Suite 121 Springfield, Illinois 62711 johnathan.walls@usda.gov Telephone (217) 241-5726
Invoice Instructions:
The Contractor shall submit an online invoice for processing services at www.IPP.gov on a monthly basis for an electronic-funds-transfer payment. IPP is a secure, web-based system that manages government invoicing. Enroll at http://ipp.gov
Period of Performance:
Date of award through 12 months of base year, with 4 option years to renew, unless extended or terminated.
mailto:johnathan.walls@usda.gov http://www.ipp.gov/ http://ipp.gov/
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