WA_PY204 Poultry Programs Date Issued: Dec. 5, 2003 TURKEY AND TURKEY PRODUCTS, INVITATION NO. 14, ANNOUNCEMENT PY-269 The U.S. Department of Agriculture invites offers to sell turkey and turkey products as indicated below and per the Announcement for use in school lunch and other domestic food nutrition assistance programs. Offers are due by 12 noon, Central Time, Monday, Dec. 15. Acceptances will be announced by midnight, Friday, Dec. 19. Deliveries are to be made from Feb. 1 to Feb. 15, 2004. All offers must be submitted electronically through the Domestic Electronic Bid Entry System (DEBES) website at https://pcsd.usda.gov:3077/mdbc1000.exe?. Offers submitted by any means other than DEBES will be considered nonresponsive. Bidders are cautioned to bid only quantities they can reasonably expect to produce and deliver in accordance with the contract. Items listed as “KOSHER ONLY” must be produced as a Kosher product. Shipping instructions will indicate quantity to be delivered to each point. Inquiries about Announcement PY-269, the Commodity Specifications for Turkey and Turkey Products and Smoked Turkey Ham dated May 2003, Appendix-1, or this Invitation should be directed to the Contracting Officer, USDA/AMS/Poultry Programs, Commodity Procurement Branch STOP 0260, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202) 720-7693. An electronic version of this Invitation can be obtained through the World Wide Web via the Commodity Procurement Home Page at http://www.ams.usda.gov/cp. Purchases of the commodities listed below will be made on a delivered basis, subject to Announcement PY-269, to the listed locations. Destination quantities are estimates and are subject to adjustment based on offerings, changes in recipient need, market conditions, and program operations. Delivery by mechanically refrigerated trucks or railcars is optional to the contractor, except for those destination(s) which specify delivery by truck only or rail only. Bulk Pack (233390) – Bulk packed for further processing, chilled young turkeys without necks and giblets, nonbasted. Frozen may be specified. The individual turkey weight range must be 18 pounds (8.16 kg) and up per carcass weighed without necks and giblets. The commodity must be packed in commercial containers as required in the Commodity Specification for Turkey and Turkey Products dated May 2003. A purchase unit will total 36,000 pounds (16,329 kg). Roasts (233648) - Frozen ready-to-cook turkey roasts must weigh not less than 8 pounds (3.63 kg) and not more than 12 pounds (5.44 kg). Roasts must be packaged in elasticized netting and moisture-proof casings or plastic-film bags and packed four roasts per fiberboard shipping container. A purchase unit will total 40,000 pounds (18,144 kg). Smoked Turkey Ham (234040) - Frozen smoked turkey hams produced from nonbasted, young ready-to-cook turkey thigh meat. Hams must weigh not less than 9 pounds (4.08 kg) and not more than 11 pounds (4.99 kg), be vacuum packaged in shrinkable oxygen- and moisture-proof bags or casings, and be packed four hams per fiberboard shipping container. As an option, formulated batches may be stuffed into cook-in-film bags. A purchase unit will total 40,000 pounds (18,144 kg). ANNOUNCEMENT : PY269 INVITATION : 014 COMM GROUP : 23 TURKEY, FROZEN COMM TYPE : 33 TURKEY, FRESH/FROZEN, BULK PACK SIZE : 90 BULK PACKED ITEM DESTINATION TRANS QUANTITY NO CITY ST RESTR (LBS) ---- --------------- -- ---------- -------- DELIVERY PERIOD 02/01/04 - 02/15/04 001 RAEFORD NC TRUCK ONLY 108,000 002 WAELDER TX TRUCK ONLY 36,000 003 WATERTOWN SD TRUCK ONLY 36,000 004 TURLOCK CA TRUCK ONLY 72,000 *NO TOLERANCE TOTAL QUANTITY FOR COMMODITY TYPE 252,000 *NOTE: No tolerance will be allowed for purchase units under this item number. Purchase units weighing less than 36,000 pounds will be rejected. ANNOUNCEMENT : PY269 INVITATION : 014 COMM GROUP : 23 TURKEY, FROZEN COMM TYPE : 36 TURKEY, ROAST, FROZEN PACK SIZE : 48 32-48 LB CONTAINER ITEM DESTINATION TRANS QUANTITY NO CITY ST RESTR (LBS) ---- --------------- -- ---------- -------- DELIVERY PERIOD 02/01/04 - 02/15/04 005 BOSTON MA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 006 HATFIELD MA TRUCK ONLY 20,000 SHREWSBURY MA TRUCK ONLY 20,000 007 TAUNTON MA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 008 WILMINGTON MA 40,000 009 AUGUSTA ME TRUCK ONLY 40,000 010 ALBANY NY TRUCK ONLY 40,000 011 AUBURN NY TRUCK ONLY 40,000 012 CHEEKTOWAGA NY TRUCK ONLY 40,000 013 MILTON NY TRUCK ONLY 40,000 014 JACKSONVILE/FAS FL FAS 80,000 (PUERTO RICO) 015 SUNBURY PA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 016 MADISON HEIGHTS VA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 017 DOUGLAS GA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 018 JACKSON MS TRUCK ONLY 40,000 019 SUMTER SC 40,000 020 ALCOA TN TRUCK ONLY 40,000 021 CHATTANOOGA TN TRUCK ONLY 12,000 CLEVELAND GA TRUCK ONLY 28,000 022 NEWPORT MN 40,000 023 ALEXANDRIA LA 20,000 BATON ROUGE LA 20,000 024 HELENA MT TRUCK ONLY 40,000 025 LOS ANGELES CA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 026 LOS ANGELES/FAS CA FAS 40,000 (HAWAII) 027 CORDELIA CA TRUCK ONLY 10,000 SACRAMENTO CA TRUCK ONLY 30,000 028 BOISE ID TRUCK ONLY 40,000 TOTAL QUANTITY FOR COMMODITY TYPE 1,000,000 ANNOUNCEMENT : PY269 INVITATION : 014 COMM GROUP : 23 TURKEY, FROZEN COMM TYPE : 40 TURKEY HAMS,SMOKED,FRZ PACK SIZE : 40 40-LB CONTAINER ITEM DESTINATION TRANS QUANTITY NO CITY ST RESTR (LBS) ---- --------------- -- ---------- -------- DELIVERY PERIOD 02/01/04 - 02/15/04 029 CONCORD NH TRUCK ONLY 40,000 030 AUBURN NY TRUCK ONLY 10,000 CHEEKTOWAGA NY TRUCK ONLY 30,000 031 ALBANY NY TRUCK ONLY 10,000 MILTON NY TRUCK ONLY 30,000 032 PLAINFIELD VT TRUCK ONLY 40,000 033 PHILADELPHIA PA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 034 ASHLAND VA TRUCK ONLY 5,143 DANVILLE VA TRUCK ONLY 5,780 MADISON HEIGHTS VA TRUCK ONLY 29,077 035 COLUMBUS GA TRUCK ONLY 10,000 DOUGLAS GA TRUCK ONLY 30,000 036 JONESBORO GA TRUCK ONLY 10,000 LAWRENCEVILLE GA TRUCK ONLY 30,000 037 JACKSON MS TRUCK ONLY 40,000 038 SALISBURY NC TRUCK ONLY 40,000 039 COLUMBIA SC TRUCK ONLY 19,080 SUMTER SC TRUCK ONLY 20,920 040 GRANITE CITY IL 40,000 041 EAU CLAIRE WI 40,000 042 EAU CLAIRE WI TRUCK ONLY 10,000 MADISON WI TRUCK ONLY 10,000 MILWAUKEE WI TRUCK ONLY 20,000 043 MADISON WI 40,000 044 BATON ROUGE LA TRUCK ONLY 20,000 ST MARTINVILLE LA TRUCK ONLY 20,000 045 GRAMBLING LA TRUCK ONLY 20,000 HARAHAN LA TRUCK ONLY 20,000 046 ALBUQUERQUE NM 40,000 047 HOUSTON TX 80,000 048 PHOENIX AZ TRUCK ONLY 80,000 049 FRESNO CA TRUCK ONLY 20,000 SACRAMENTO CA TRUCK ONLY 20,000 ANNOUNCEMENT : PY269 INVITATION : 014 COMM GROUP : 23 TURKEY, FROZEN COMM TYPE : 40 TURKEY HAMS,SMOKED,FRZ PACK SIZE : 40 40-LB CONTAINER ITEM DESTINATION TRANS QUANTITY NO CITY ST RESTR (LBS) ---- --------------- -- ---------- -------- DELIVERY PERIOD 02/01/04 - 02/15/04 050 GARDENA CA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 051 LONG BEACH CA TRUCK ONLY 10,000 POMONA CA TRUCK ONLY 30,000 052 LOS ANGELES CA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 053 FOREST GROVE OR 40,000 TOTAL QUANTITY FOR COMMODITY TYPE 1,080,000 TOTAL QUANTITY FOR INVITATION 2,332,000 ___________________________ Craig Morris Contracting Officer The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer - - - - -