Final Supplement 509 Alaska Pollock Products
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-Notice-25-010
- Agency
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311710 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
- PSC
- 8905 Meat, Poultry, And Fish
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a Final Supplement 509 for Alaska Pollock products. This Special Notice outlines the updated requirements for the purchase of frozen Alaska Pollock products, including once-frozen Alaska Pollock blocks, Alaska Pollock fillet portions, and Alaska Pollock oven-ready breaded fish sticks and nuggets, for distribution to federal food and nutrition assistance programs.
The purpose of this Supplement is to provide expanded details on the audit, grading, and labeling requirements for Alaska Pollock products. Key requirements include that all processing facilities must be NOAA Seafood Inspection Program (SIP) approved, suppliers must submit a technical proposal detailing their ability to meet product specifications, and a Certificate of Conformance must accompany each delivery. The contract is for a delivery unit of 950 shipping containers with a net weight of 38,000 pounds, and the due date for submissions is December 31, 2024. Contractors must be able to operate in accordance with FDA regulations and USDC SIP requirements to be eligible to participate.
Notice text
The Agricultural Marketing Service has posted a Final 509 Supplement for Alaska Products, November 2024. Primary updates include: expanded on the Audit Base Grading requirements by NOAA; updated QAD contact information; spelled out "NOAA"; added product shall be produced under FDA regulations; added finished shipping label needs only one NOAA insignia (Grade A Shield); added if a raw material block is not identified with a PUFI mark, suppliers must provide documentation that product meets PUFI requirements; added product weights must be determined by the contractor and quality assurance steps to verify weights must be described in the TP (reworded); added verification of weights will be determined by the contractor and described in the technical proposal; defined End product & On-line determination as listed in section 425.5.2; renamed IQF section as "State of Refrigeration"; defined storage requirements as stated in the Commercial Item Description for Sticks & Nuggets under section 5.2.8.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Supplement 509 Alaska Pollock Products -- November 2024 (Final).pdf |
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