KOSHER SPECIFICATIONS.pdf

The document is a Religious Diet Specifications Quote Sheet for the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Edgefield, South Carolina, detailing kosher food specifications for a federal contract opportunity. The quote sheet lists 39 distinct kosher food items, including fish fillets, meats, chicken meals, vegetable protein meals, dairy products, and condiments, with extremely specific requirements for each item such as weight, composition, sodium content, protein concentration, and kosher certification.

Each food item must meet stringent kosher dietary guidelines, with precise specifications like ground beef containing no more than 20% fat, chicken patties using no more than 5% soy stabilizer, and mandatory kosher certification markings on individual packages. The document is dated 7/05/2019 and is part of a solicitation (15B30325Q00000018) for the 1st Quarter of FY21, with the Bureau of Prisons seeking 100% small business vendors to provide quarterly common fare and kosher meal items for delivery to the Edgefield, South Carolina facility, with an anticipated solicitation release on August 5, 2025, and quotes due by August 20, 2025 at 1:00 pm EST.