Cooked Meats , Beef Crumbles, Pulled Pork & Pulled Chicken for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs.
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- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-25-B-0455-0001
- Agency
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
- PSC
- 8810 Live Animals, Raised For Food
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) is soliciting cooked meat products for domestic food assistance programs through solicitation 12-3J14-25-B-0455-0001. The procurement covers three specific products: beef crumbles packaged 4/10 lbs (Material #100134), pulled pork packaged 8/5 lbs (Material #110730), and frozen pulled chicken in 30 lb cartons (Material #111881). The contract will be awarded on a firm-fixed-price basis with deliveries required to multiple locations across the United States on an FOB origin basis. All commodities must be products of the United States, grown, processed, and prepared exclusively within the country per Agricultural Acquisition Regulation (AGAR) requirements. Offers are due August 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM CT, with acceptances to be announced by 5:00 PM CT on August 21, 2025, and all submissions must be made electronically through the Web-Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) system.
The solicitation includes a 100% small business set-aside specifically for beef crumbles, while the pulled pork and pulled chicken requirements remain unrestricted competitions. The total procurement quantities are substantial, encompassing 240,000 lbs of beef crumbles, 760,000 lbs of pulled pork, and 429,000 lbs of pulled chicken. Delivery periods are scheduled from October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, allowing contractors a three-month window to fulfill their obligations. Successful bidders will be subject to a probationary period that limits initial awards to 10 truckloads per product, providing USDA with a mechanism to evaluate contractor performance before full-scale delivery requirements. The contract performance will occur at various domestic locations throughout the United States as specified in the detailed solicitation documents, with Contract Specialist Shay Boone and Contracting Officer Adele Jackson-Croal managing the procurement process.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)-Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of the products listed in the attached solicitation for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB origin basis (see solicitation). The solicitation may include various small business set-asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses.
The solicitation is expected to be available on or after today and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and through a link to the aforementioned website in the documents attached to the solicitation notice on Contract Opportunities website. A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov). Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers is listed above under “General Information.” The contract type will be firm-fixed-price.
Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation (AGAR), 470-103(b), commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown, processed, and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO) (GPA), and Free Trade Agreements (FTA), as addressed by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available through the attached documents. AMS’s solicitation (when published) will specify the pack, sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules.
To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. The AMS main contacts for vendor qualification requirements are Andrea Lang, who can be reached at (202) 720-4237 and Diana Dau David who can be reached at (202)-378-1075, or by email at newvendor@usda.gov . Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food.
Once qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system. Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive.
The attached solicitation should be read in conjunction with contract terms and conditions contained in the Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements – Domestic Programs (MSCP-D) available on the AMS website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food/solicitations. Commodity specifications documents are referenced in the solicitation and can be accessed online at https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food/product-specs.
Update #1 ·
Title:
Various Packaged/Bulk Commodities for use in International Food Assistance Programs.
*NOTE* Always use 311999 for NAICS Code and 8945 PSC Code for all International solicitations.
Solicitation Description:
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)-Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of various packaged/Bulk commodities for International food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States with various delivery bases (see solicitation). The solicitation may include multiple small business set asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses.
The solicitation is expected to be available on or after today and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and through a link to the aforementioned website in the documents attached to the solicitation notice and Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov). A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and Contract Opportunities website. Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers will be today is listed above under “General Information.” The contract type will be firm-fixed-price.
Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation (AGAR), 470-103(b), commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown, processed, and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO) (GPA), and Free Trade Agreements (FTA), as addressed by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available through the attached documents. AMS’ solicitation (when published) will specify the pack, sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules.
To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. The AMS main contacts for vendor qualification requirements are Andrea Lang, who can be reached at (202) 720-4237 and Diana Dau David who can be reached at (202)-378-1075, or by email at newvendor@usda.gov . Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food.
Once qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system. Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive.
The attached solicitation should be read in conjunction with contract terms and conditions contained in the Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements – International Programs (MSCP-I) available on the AMS website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/international-procurement. Commodity specifications documents are referenced in the solicitation and can be accessed online as follows:
For packaged commodities:
https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/international-procurement/packaged-commodities.
For bulk commodities:
https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/international-procurement/bulk-commodities
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 12-3J14-25-B-0455-0001.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Cooked Meats , Beef Crumbles, Pulled Pork & Pulled Chicken for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs. | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation |
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