# HAM & PORK PRODUCTS for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs. Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/123j1425b0463 - Solicitation number: 12-3J14-25-B-0463 - Notice type: Award notice (first published as solicitation) - Status: Awarded to Chicago Meat Authority Inc. for $5,612,270.89 - Department: Department of Agriculture - Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service - Contracting office: USDA Ams 3J14 (123J14) - NAICS: 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering - Product or service code: 8810 Live Animals, Raised for Food - First posted: August 1, 2025 - Last posted: September 2, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d5bc8a0124af4bcfa4a1efe98cc4ab2d/view ## Description USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)-Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) intends to issue a solicitation for procurement of the products listed in the attached solicitation for domestic food assistance programs. Deliveries are to various locations in the United States on an FOB origin basis (see solicitation). The solicitation may include various small business set-asides pursuant to the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631, et seq.). This may include partial or total small business set-asides, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) set-asides, quantities reserved for 8(a) and AbilityOne firms, and price evaluation preferences for qualified HUBZone small businesses. The solicitation is expected to be available on or after today and will be available electronically through USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) located at https://portal.wbscm.usda.gov/publicprocurement and through a link to the aforementioned website in the documents attached to the solicitation notice on Contract Opportunities website. A hard copy of the solicitation will not be available for the acquisition. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments and award notices, will be published through WBSCM and Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov). Interested parties shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date of receipt for offers is listed above under “General Information.” The contract type will be firm-fixed-price. Pursuant to Agricultural Acquisition Regulation (AGAR), 470-103(b), commodities and the products of agricultural commodities acquired under this contract must be a product of the United States and shall be considered to be such a product if it is grown, processed, and otherwise prepared for sale or distribution exclusively in the United States. Packaging and container components under this acquisition will be the only portion subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO) (GPA), and Free Trade Agreements (FTA), as addressed by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), clause 52.225-5. Complete details of the commodity and packaging requirements are available through the attached documents. AMS’s solicitation (when published) will specify the pack, sizes, quantities, and required delivery schedules. To be eligible to submit offers, potential contractors must meet the AMS vendor qualification requirements established in accordance with FAR Subpart 9.2. The AMS main contacts for vendor qualification requirements are Andrea Lang, who can be reached at (202) 720-4237 and Diana Dau David who can be reached at (202)-378-1075, or by email at newvendor@usda.gov . Details of these requirements and contact information are available online at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food. Once qualification requirements have been met, access to WBSCM will be provided. Bids, modifications, withdrawals of bids, and price adjustments shall be submitted using this system. Submission of the above by any means other than WBSCM will be determined nonresponsive. The attached solicitation should be read in conjunction with contract terms and conditions contained in the Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurements – Domestic Programs (MSCP-D) available on the AMS website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food/solicitations. Commodity specifications documents are referenced in the solicitation and can be accessed online at https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food/product-specs. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Chicago Meat Authority Inc. (UEI YK7HNM8D2D35) - Contract: 123J1425C1831, definitive contract - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1425B0463 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1425C1831_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: John Hofmeister & Son Inc. (UEI HZ12JBYN3KM9) - Contract: 123J1425C1832, definitive contract - Obligated: $1,962,400.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1425B0463 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1425C1832_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: JBS USA Food Company (UEI EM8KVXUEYDK8) - Contract: 123J1425C1833, definitive contract - Obligated: $1,570,887.09 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1425B0463 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1425C1833_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: JBS USA Food Company (UEI EM8KVXUEYDK8) - Contract: 123J1425C1834, definitive contract - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 8 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1425B0463 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1425C1834_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - August 1, 2025: Solicitation, due August 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 58d5975d8c014d8cb464167e2b358115. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/58d5975d8c014d8cb464167e2b358115/view - August 13, 2025: Solicitation, due August 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice e67effc0bb684de59fb9a1dd2d436eb3. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e67effc0bb684de59fb9a1dd2d436eb3/view - September 2, 2025: Award notice. Notice d5bc8a0124af4bcfa4a1efe98cc4ab2d. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d5bc8a0124af4bcfa4a1efe98cc4ab2d/view ## Points of contact - carrie meyers, carrie.meyers@usda.gov - Valerie Dinkel, Valerie.Dinkel@usda.gov --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/123j1425b0463.