What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe Agricultural Marketing Service requires Alaska Pollock for June 2026. Contractors must provide documentation verifying raw material block meets Fish Flesh requirements. Delivered product specifications require truck seal numbers on the Bill of Lading and product temperature at loading recorded on contractor checkloading shipping documentation. Primary package and shipping case terminology replaces previous terms. Metal detection validation must include all three metals during each testing interval. Contractors must submit written proof of an approved USDC Product Management Plan. The "Master Solicitation" is now the "Master Invitation for Bids Domestic Commodity Procurement," and the "Delivery" date is now the "Shipping" date on the Certificate of Conformance.
Scope of work
- Frozen Alaska Pollock blocks
- Alaska Pollock fillet portions (boneless, skinless, unbreaded, raw, frozen)
- Alaska Pollock oven-ready breaded fish sticks (frozen)
- Alaska Pollock oven-ready breaded fish nuggets (frozen)
- Metal detection testing and validation
- Packaging, labeling, and palletizing services
- Contractor checkloading and shipping verification
Minimum qualifications
- Must operate in accordance with applicable FDA regulations and USDC NOAA Seafood Inspection Program (SIP) requirements
- Processing facilities must be a USDC/NOAA SIP Approved Establishment (AE)
- Must participate in USDC/NOAA SIP Audit Based Grading or Onsite Finished Product Grading
- Must maintain an AMS-approved food defense plan and pass a QAD food defense audit
- Must have an approved USDC/NOAA SIP Product Management Plan (PMP) for finished products
- Must pass a pre-award onsite capability assessment audit conducted by QAD
- Must not be currently delivering late on USDA contracts or suspended/debarred under 48 C.F.R. Subpart 9.4
Documents to include with your response
- Technical Proposal following Exhibit B, B1, and B2 formats
- Table of Contents and list of attachments/forms
- Food Defense Plan
- Proof of approved USDC/NOAA SIP Product Management Plan (PMP)
- Documentation verifying raw material block compliance and domestic origin (e.g., Letter of Conformance)
- Certificate of Conformance (Exhibit C)
- Child Nutrition (CN) label information and approval evidence (for applicable material)
- Contractor Checkloading shipping documentation
How to submit
- Method
- Electronic via email
- Instructions
- Technical proposals must be emailed as attachments to [email protected] and [email protected] in a non-PDF document format (such as Microsoft Word).
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Agriculture, NAICS 311710
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| BAYOU SHRIMP PROCESSORS, INC.123J1426C1961 · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011527/4100035021/SHRIMP PEELED & DVND 51-70 PKG-1 | $1.5M | May 31, 2027 |
| OCEAN SELECT SEAFOOD, L.L.C.123J1426C1960 · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011527/4100035020/SHRIMP PEELED & DVND 51-70 PKG-1 | $2.7M | May 31, 2027 |
| OCEAN SELECT SEAFOOD, L.L.C.123J1426C1959 · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011527/4100035019/SHRIMP PEELED & DVND 51-70 PKG-1 | $3.1M | May 31, 2027 |
| GULF PRIDE ENTERPRISES, INC.123J1426C1962 · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011527/4100035022/SHRIMP PEELED & DVND 51-70 PKG-1 | $676.9K | May 15, 2027 |
| JBS PACKING CO INC123J1426C1964 · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011527/4100035024/SHRIMP PEELED & DVND 51-70 PKG-1 | $1.3M | Apr 30, 2027 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Agriculture, NAICS 311710, since Oct 1, 2024
226 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. CHANNEL FISH PROCESSING CO., INC.$78.1M
- 2. TRIDENT SEAFOODS CORPORATION$55.7M
- 3. HIGH LINER FOODS (USA), INCORPORATED$34.4M
- 4. SILVER BAY SEAFOODS, L.L.C.$32.4M
- 5. HEARTLAND CATFISH CO INC$24.0M
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.