Frozen Cooked Beef Products for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs.
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-25-B-0433
- 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 is seeking bids for frozen cooked beef products intended for domestic food assistance programs through solicitation 12-3J14-25-B-0433. The procurement involves two primary product categories: Beef Patty Cooked Frozen and Beef SPP PTY Hstyle Cooked, with a total quantity of 570,000 pounds packaged in 40-pound containers. All meat must originate from livestock born, raised, and harvested in the United States, and contractors must meet AMS vendor qualification requirements established under FAR Subpart 9.2. The evaluation will be based on a firm-fixed-price contract structure, with bids due July 23, 2025, at 1:00 PM CT and acceptances announced by August 6, 2025, at 5:00 PM CT. All offers must be submitted electronically through the Web-Based Supply Chain Management System (WBSCM), with Angela Pearson serving as the contract specialist and Carrie Meyers as the contracting officer.
This solicitation includes small business set-asides with 100% allocation for Material 110322 and 50% for Material 110711, limiting eligible businesses to those with 1,150 employees or fewer. The procurement involves deliveries scheduled between September 1-30, 2025, to multiple locations across the United States including South Windsor CT, Newark NJ, Creedmoor NC, Salisbury NC, Jackson MS, Baton Rouge LA, and other destinations. New contractors will be subject to a probationary period that limits initial awards to 10 truckloads per product, requiring successful delivery of at least five truckloads to remove probationary status. The contract follows the Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements framework, with specific commodity specifications available through the AMS website. While the solicitation notice references international food assistance programs in the general description, the actual procurement document confirms this is specifically for domestic food distribution programs.
Notice text
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-0433.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Frozen Cooked Beef Products for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs. | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation |
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