What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe Agricultural Marketing Service seeks frozen bison items. The scope includes specific requirements for the domestic origin of meat, recording truck seal numbers on the Bill of Lading, and documenting product temperature at loading. Vendors must also adhere to metal detection validation procedures using all three metals and note a name change for the animal welfare organization from "NAMI" to the "Meat Institute." The "Delivery" date has been updated to "Shipping" date on the Certificate of Conformance. No eligibility, evaluation, budget, or key-date details are provided.
Scope of work
- Ground Bison (1-pound packages)
- Bison Stew Meat (2-pound packages)
Minimum qualifications
- Operation under USDA FSIS Voluntary Exotic Animal Inspection regulations (9 CFR Part 352)
- Approval under a QAD pre-award capability assessment audit
- Compliance with FSIS Final Rule for Pathogen Reduction; HACCP Systems
- Approved Technical Proposal by SSD
- Approved Food Security / Food Defense Plan
- Implemented written Bison Handling and Welfare Program compliant with Meat Institute guidelines
Documents to include with your response
- Technical Proposal
- Table of Contents
- List of attachments and forms
- Food Defense Plan
- Bison Handling and Welfare Program
- Primary packaging and shipping case label illustrations
- Certificate of Conformance
How to submit
- Method
- Email file attachment
- Instructions
- Submit technical proposal as a Microsoft Word file (not PDF) to [email protected] and [email protected].
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 (Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Agriculture, NAICS 311611
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN CUSTOM MEATS, LLC123J1426C1981 · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011531/4100035041/PORK PULLED CKD PKG-8/5 LB | $6.9M | Mar 31, 2027 |
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| JOHN HOFMEISTER & SON INC123J1426C1979 · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011531/4100035039/PORK HAM WATERAD SLC FRZ PKG-8/5 | $6.3M | Mar 31, 2027 |
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| ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAND AND CATTLE, L.L.C.123J1426C1822 · COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011478/4100034882/BISON GROUND LEAN FRZ PKG-40/1 L | $3.7M | Mar 31, 2027 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Agriculture, NAICS 311611, since Oct 1, 2024
1,263 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
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- 2. CENTRAL VALLEY MEAT CO., INC.$160.2M
- 3. CHERRY MEAT PACKERS, INC$145.5M
- 4. AMERICAN BEEF PACKERS, INC.$119.0M
- 5. SCHENK PACKING CO., INC.$79.7M
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.