Dark Ground Chicken

The Georgia Department of Corrections (GCI) issued Solicitation No. GCI0001036 for the procurement of Dark Ground Chicken to be delivered to Warehouse 4 - FDU Meat Processing located at 800 Abattoir Road in Milledgeville, Georgia on a F.O.B. Destination basis. Suppliers were required to include all delivery costs within their line item pricing as part of their bid submission. The solicitation was posted on May 29, 2025, with a closing date of June 5, 2025. Qualified suppliers needed to meet the specified commodity requirements for dark ground chicken and demonstrate capability to deliver to the designated facility. The Notice of Intent to Award was posted on June 9, 2025, indicating the procurement process had moved to the award phase. All inquiries regarding this procurement should be directed to the Issuing Officer, Kesi Bates, GCPM, GCPCA, at Kesi.bates@gdc.ga.gov.

Gold Creek Foods LLC was selected as the apparent successful offeror with a fixed contract amount of $342,000.00 for this procurement. One unsuccessful offeror, Churchfield Trading Co, was rejected on the basis of not submitting the low bid. The Notice of Intent to Award is not a binding commitment by the State of Georgia, and any protests regarding the award decision must be submitted electronically via email to ross.barrineau@gdc.ga.gov. This contract is structured as an open agency contract, meaning the award amounts listed are estimates only and subject to utilization variations. No specific set-aside designations or restrictions limiting respondents to particular categories of organizations were identified in the available procurement documentation. The fixed contract value of $342,000.00 represents the estimated budget for this dark ground chicken procurement.