Beef/Pork Products

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, specifically the State Correctional Institution at Cresson located in Cambria County, is soliciting competitive bids for frozen beef and pork products to be delivered during the first quarter of 2011. The Invitation for Bids (IFB) seeks vendors to provide ten distinct meat product line items, including ground beef patties, ground beef, beef cubed steaks, diced beef, Salisbury steak, top round beef, beef wafer steaks, pork ham, beef meatballs, and Italian sausage. Product quantities range from 180 to 15,000 pounds, with three scheduled delivery dates on January 3, February 7, and March 8, 2011. The bid specifications include detailed requirements for fat content, sodium limits, packaging standards, and prohibited ingredients, with vendors required to submit pricing on a per-unit and total item basis. Bids are due by December 1, 2010, at 11:00 am, and the Commonwealth reserves the right to award contracts on a line-item or group basis, allowing for potential partial awards to multiple vendors.

No specific set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises were explicitly mentioned in the procurement documents. The IFB does not provide information about incumbent vendors or current contractors, nor does it specify existing infrastructure requirements for integration. The documents include a Right-to-Know Law attachment outlining contractor responsibilities for public records requests, which requires vendors to provide contact information and respond to information requests within 14 calendar days. While the total contract value is not directly stated, the procurement covers meat products for a three-month period at a correctional institution, suggesting a potentially significant but not extraordinarily large contract value. Vendors will need to comply with the Commonwealth's contractual provisions, including potential reimbursement for compliance costs and adherence to any Commonwealth or Office of Open Records decisions regarding information disclosure.