What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe Agricultural Marketing Service requires fish and fishery products for January 2026. The scope includes specific requirements for shrimp, Atlantic Fish Fillet, Walleye, Wild Shrimp, and Pacific Seafood. Updates to raw material requirements for shrimp now specify 12 months instead of 18 months. Contractors must provide a checkloading certificate listing product temperatures at the time of loading. A new requirement mandates written proof from USDC/NOAA approving the "Product Management Plan" to ensure finished products meet grade mark criteria. Truck seal numbers must be recorded on the Bill of Lading. Wild Shrimp and Pacific Seafood FPPSs require a "Letter of Conformance" from raw material shrimp suppliers. Walleye FPPS includes new labeling requirements for commercial labeling with colors.
Scope of work
- Atlantic Fish Fillets
- Pacific Seafood (Rockfish, Whiting, Salad Shrimp)
- Wild Shrimp (Raw, Frozen)
- Walleye Fillets (Skin-On, Practically Boneless, Frozen)
Minimum qualifications
- Must be a USDC/NOAA SIP Approved Establishment
- Operating in accordance with applicable FDA regulations
- Must maintain an AMS approved food defense plan
- Not currently delivering late on USDA contracts without cause
- Not suspended or debarred under 48 C.F.R. Subpart 9.4
- Must have an approved technical proposal from USDA SSD
Documents to include with your response
- Technical Proposal following Exhibit B format
- Table of Contents
- List of attachments and forms
- Food Defense Plan
- Certificate of Conformance (Exhibit C)
- Written proof of an approved USDC/NOAA SIP Product Management Plan
- Letter of Conformance from raw material shrimp suppliers
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit technical proposal as an email attachment in a non-portable document format (not PDF; e.g., 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.