FY26 3RD QTR meat for FCC butner

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Complex Butner is soliciting meat products through Request for Quote 15B10626Q00000007, which includes twelve line items of frozen and fresh meat products such as beef patties, ground beef, chicken, fish, sausage, pork roasts, turkey roasts, and hot dogs. The solicitation is open to all responsible sources, including faith-based and community-based organizations, though it carries a Total Small Business Set-Aside designation. Contract award will be based on a firm fixed-price evaluation considering price and past performance as the primary criteria. All prospective quoters must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov and must provide their Unique Entity Identification (UEID) number prior to award. Quoters must submit written offers via email to Contract Specialist Andrew Merrill at Amerrill@bop.gov no later than March 6, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, with an anticipated award date of March 13, 2026.

This procurement is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside with NAICS code 311612 (Meat Processed from Carcasses) and a small business size standard of 1,000 employees; no incumbent contractor is identified in the solicitation materials. The contract includes specific quantities such as 22,500 beef patties, 35,000 pounds of ground beef, 60,000 pounds of boneless/skinless chicken, and 20,000 pounds of turkey roasts, among other items totaling substantial volume requirements. All awarded products must be delivered to Federal Correctional Complex Butner in Butner, North Carolina between April 20 and May 1, 2026, with deliveries restricted to Monday through Friday between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Vendors must comply with strict USDA specifications and BOP National Menu Specifications, with failure to meet delivery schedules or specifications resulting in negative past performance ratings and potential removal from future solicitations. All products must be palletized upon delivery, with frozen items maintained at 0°F or below and non-frozen perishable items kept between 34°F and 40°F, subject to inspection and conditional receipt for up to three days.