Deer Carcass Processing Illinois
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12639527Q0002
- Agency
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Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses
- PSC
- 8905 Meat, Poultry, And Fish
- Place of performance
- Illinois 62711, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services seeks a meat processing facility to process white-tailed deer carcasses in Illinois, with quotations due October 16, 2026. The procurement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside, restricting competition to small business concerns.
Place of performance is Springfield, Illinois, with the facility required to be located within 70 road miles of the Interstate 55 and Interstate 80 intersection in Northeast Illinois and to have paved road access for USDA deliveries occurring two or more times weekly. The contractor must operate a 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 for processing wild white-tailed deer meat.
The contract is structured as a five-year Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity firm fixed-price contract, November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2031, with an estimated 500 to 1,600 deer annually. The cumulative maximum award value is $700,000.00 with a minimum guarantee of $2,000.00. The unit price is $75.00 per deer carcass, based on an estimated 1,600 carcasses per ordering period. NAICS code is 311612, Meat Processed from Carcasses. PSC code is 8905, Meat, Poultry, and Fish.
Processing requirements include skinning, grinding venison into 1–2 pound packages marked "not for sale," immediately freezing to 0°F or below, and separately holding venison from deer sampled for Chronic Wasting Disease pending test clearance. The contractor must dispose of waste through approved sanitary landfill methods, with a condemned or unfit deer disposal rate not exceeding 2 percent. Service Contract Labor Standards apply; the prevailing wage rate is $17.00 per hour plus $5.92 per hour fringe benefits for meat cutters in the applicable counties. Award will be made to the lowest-priced technically acceptable offer with acceptable or neutral past performance. Amendment 0001, issued October 6, 2026, incorporates answers to quoter questions and revisions to the Performance Work Statement.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.
Solicitation number 12639526Q0304 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS) located in Illinois. APHIS-WS 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 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.
This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 311612 The small business size standard is 1000 This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency.
Solicitation 0001 was added to incorporate answers to questions, and to incorporate corrections to an administrative error in the PWS. The changes to the PWS are found in paragraph 3.0, and the old language is lined through and colored in red followed by the updated language.
Update #1 ·
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.
Solicitation number 12639526Q0304 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS) located in Illinois. APHIS-WS 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 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.
This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 311612 The small business size standard is 1000 This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency.
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