# PASTA PRODUCTS,MAC & CHEESE & RICE for use in Domestic Food Assistance Programs. Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/123j1425b0489 - Solicitation number: 12-3J14-25-B-0489 - Notice type: Award notice (first published as solicitation) - Status: Awarded to East Baking Company, Inc. for $891,380.06 - Department: Department of Agriculture - Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service - Contracting office: USDA Ams 3J14 (123J14) - NAICS: 311824 Dry Pasta, Dough, and Flour Mixes Manufacturing from Purchased Flour - Product or service code: 8920 Bakery and Cereal Products - County: Randolph County (FIPS 17157). https://abierto.us/counties/randolph-county-il-17157 - City: Steeleville. https://abierto.us/cities/steeleville-il-1772468 - First posted: August 22, 2025 - Last posted: September 16, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d35f93acbe684a84aeb49cb2ab56299b/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: East Baking Company, Inc. (UEI K5JVALD3MH36) - Contract: 123J1425C1873, definitive contract - Obligated: $90,847.58 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 3 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1425B0489 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1425C1873_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: Interamerican Foods Corporation (UEI GL72MMYCMPA7) - Contract: 123J1425C1874, definitive contract - Obligated: $345,316.48 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 3 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1425B0489 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1425C1874_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: JM Grain Inc. (UEI NY3AL2SKD176) - Contract: 123J1425C1875, definitive contract - Obligated: $301,760.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 3 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1425B0489 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1425C1875_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ - Recipient: JM Grain Inc. (UEI NY3AL2SKD176) - Contract: 123J1425C1876, definitive contract - Obligated: $153,456.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 3 offers received - Link: solicitation number 123J1425B0489 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 123J14 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_123J1425C1876_12K2_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - August 22, 2025: Solicitation, due August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 1267fb026a034e7eb8101f53f9bcb6bd. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1267fb026a034e7eb8101f53f9bcb6bd/view - September 16, 2025: Award notice. Notice d35f93acbe684a84aeb49cb2ab56299b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d35f93acbe684a84aeb49cb2ab56299b/view ## Points of contact - Terry Lutz, terry.lutz@usda.gov, 2025671757 - 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/123j1425b0489.