Chronic Waste Disease Cold Storage and Processing of venison

The State of Illinois, through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), is seeking a vendor to provide cold storage and processing of white-tailed deer harvested from Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) management activities to ready the venison for human consumption. The vendor shall provide services such as cold storage, skinning, washing, deboning, grinding, and packaging the deer in 1-pound frozen bags. IDNR anticipates delivery of between 200 and 600 deer to each of three designated drop-off locations during the January to March season for each year of the 3-year initial contract term, with the State having the option to renew for an additional 2 years. Bids will be evaluated based on the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for each of the three drop-off locations. Pricing is requested for the 3-year initial term and the 2-year renewal term.

There are no small business, minority, women, or veteran-owned business set-asides for this Invitation for Bid (IFB). The contract was previously awarded to Bill Baker, Inc. DBA Smokehouse Venison Processing for a 3-year initial term with two 2-year renewal options, with a total award amount of $740,000. The State will not pay any expenses, and the maximum total contract term, including renewals, cannot exceed 10 years.