PEANUT PRODUCTS for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-26-B-0142-0001
- Agency
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311911 Roasted Nuts and Peanut Butter Manufacturing
- PSC
- 8925 Sugar, Confectionery, And Nuts
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Commodity Procurement Program is soliciting offers for peanut products to support domestic food assistance programs under solicitation number 12-3J14-26-B-0142. The procurement encompasses peanut butter in various formats and roasted peanuts, with all offerors required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and have current entity registration as of the bid submission date. All offers must be submitted electronically through the Web-Based Supply Chain Management System (WBSCM), with any alternative submission method deemed nonresponsive. Contract awards will be made on a firm-fixed-price basis with FOB destination terms. The bid submission deadline is 1:00 PM Central Time on February 6, 2026, with acceptances to be announced by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on February 16, 2026. New-to-USDA contractors and existing contractors bidding on new products may face probationary periods with awards limited to 10 truckloads per product until successful delivery of at least five truckloads is demonstrated.
This solicitation includes a 75 percent small business set-aside for Peanut Butter and Dry Roast Peanuts, with small business concerns that do not manufacture their own products required to submit supplier agreements from manufacturers certified as small businesses. The total procurement quantity is 6,407,505 pounds, comprising Kosher Peanut Butter Smooth Jar (12/16 oz) at 1,969,920 pounds, standard Peanut Butter Smooth Jar (12/16 oz) at 4,354,560 pounds, Peanut Butter Smooth Package (120/1.1 oz) at 31,185 pounds, and Roasted Regular Unsalted Peanuts Package (12/16 oz) at 51,840 pounds. Deliveries must occur between April 1, 2026, and June 30, 2026, to multiple cities across the United States on an FOB destination basis, with destination quantities listed as estimates subject to adjustment based on offerings, recipient needs, market conditions, and program operations. All commodities and commodity products acquired under this contract must be products of the United States in accordance with Agricultural Acquisition Regulation requirements.
Notice text
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)-Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) issues 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 destination 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. For information about becoming a qualified bidder, please reach out to 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.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 12-3J14-26-B-0142-0001.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| PEANUT PRODUCTS for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation |
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