Corn and Soybean Meal

Auburn University's Procurement and Business Services is soliciting sealed bids for whole corn and soybean meal for the Department of Poultry Science under Request for Bid AU-2027-0001048, with bids due November 4, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. CST. No set-aside or preference applies. The university commits to using Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business suppliers as subcontractors when necessary and requires reporting throughout the contract term. The contract may also be made available to other eligible entities, including Auburn University at Montgomery and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.

The specification calls for whole corn at 8% and soybean meal at 47.5%, delivered to the Poultry and Animal Nutrition Center at 1088 Auburn Lakes Road, Auburn, Alabama 36832, within five days of order placement. Deliveries occur Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., by auger truck capable of splitting loads between soybean meal and corn and occasionally carrying other feedstocks in the same shipment. Bids must be F.O.B. Destination, freight prepaid and allowed, and pricing must include delivery to the site. The RFB summary lists one ton each of corn meal and soybean meal, while the specification document lists estimated quantities of 200 tons of corn and 100 tons of soybean meal over a four-month period of farm operations.

Bidders must submit through the JAGGAER Sourcing Event Portal and include a completed, notarized disclosure statement. They must certify compliance with Alabama state and local sales tax collection and remittance requirements under Act No. 2006-557, confirm they are not debarred or suspended under the Federal Acquisition Regulations, and attest to compliance with federal immigration law. Any violation of the immigration attestation constitutes breach of contract. The university may award in whole or in part by line item or make multiple awards, and it may conduct discussions and request oral presentations. Bid openings are held by conference call, with vendor names read publicly and pricing withheld because of additional evaluation factors. Questions go to Kyle Long at kdl0033@auburn.edu or +1 334-844-3633 through the event's Q&A Board.