WA_PY200 Poultry Programs Date Issued: Dec. 24, 2003 CHICKEN AND CHICKEN PRODUCTS, INVITATION NO. 16, ANNOUNCEMENT PY-267 The U.S. Department of Agriculture invites offers to sell chicken and chicken 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, Jan. 12, 2004. Acceptances will be announced by midnight, Friday, Jan. 16, 2004. Deliveries are to be made from Feb. 16 to Feb. 29, 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-267; Appendix-1; the Commodity Specifications for Chicken Parts, Batter/Breaded Chicken Parts, and Bulk Pack Chicken and Chicken Parts dated May 2003; or this Invitation should be directed to the Contracting Officer, USDA/AMS/Poultry Programs, Commodity Procurement Branch STOP 0260,1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, D.C. 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-267, 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. - more - - 2 – Cut-up (221240) – Frozen cut-up chickens, 8 pieces, without necks and giblets. Cut-up chickens must be produced from ready-to-cook broiler/fryer chickens which weigh 2.50 to 3.75 pounds (1.13 to 1.70 kg) without necks and giblets. The commodity must be packed in a minimum of four plastic-film bags and packed 40 pounds (18.14 kg) net weight in each fiberboard shipping container, with 1,000 containers per purchase unit totaling 40,000 pounds (18,144 kg). Cooked (221530) – Frozen cooked batter/breaded cut-up chickens, 8 pieces. The cooked chicken parts must be produced from ready-to-cook broiler/fryer chickens which weigh 2.50 to 3 pounds (1.13 to 1.36 kg) without necks and giblets. The commodity must be packaged or packed in a minimum of three plastic-film bags or layers, respectively, and packed 30 pounds (13.61 kg) net weight in each fiberboard shipping container, with 1,300 containers per purchase unit totaling 39,000 pounds (17,690 kg). Bulk Pack, Small (221690) - Bulk packed for further processing, chilled ready-to-cook broiler/fryer chickens without necks and giblets. Frozen may be specified. The weight range for an individual chicken is 2.50 to 3.75 pounds (1.13 to 1.70 kg), without neck and giblets. The commodity must be packed in commercial containers as required by the Commodity Specification for Bulk Pack Chicken and Chicken Parts dated May 2003. A purchase unit will total 36,000 pounds (16,329 kg). Bulk Pack, Large (222590) - Bulk packed for further processing, chilled ready-to-cook broiler/fryer chickens without necks and giblets. Frozen may be specified. The weight range for an individual chicken is over 3.75 pounds (over 1.70 kg), without neck and giblets. The commodity must be packed in commercial containers as required by the Commodity Specification for Bulk Pack Chicken and Chicken Parts dated May 2003. A purchase unit will total 36,000 pounds (16,329 kg). ANNOUNCEMENT : PY267 INVITATION : 016 COMM GROUP : 22 CHICKEN, FROZEN COMM TYPE : 12 CHICKEN, CUT-UP, FROZEN PACK SIZE : 40 40 LB CONTAINER ITEM DESTINATION TRANS QUANTITY NO CITY ST RESTR (LBS) ---- --------------- -- ---------- -------- DELIVERY PERIOD 02/16/04 - 02/29/04 001 DOUGLAS GA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 002 DOUGLAS GA TRUCK ONLY 30,000 MACON GA TRUCK ONLY 10,000 003 BATESVILLE MS TRUCK ONLY 40,000 004 JACKSON MS TRUCK ONLY 160,000 005 FAYETTEVILLE NC TRUCK ONLY 80,000 006 FORT MILL SC TRUCK ONLY 20,000 SUMTER SC TRUCK ONLY 20,000 007 ALCOA TN TRUCK ONLY 20,000 COOKEVILLE TN TRUCK ONLY 20,000 008 LEBANON TN TRUCK ONLY 40,000 009 MEMPHIS TN TRUCK ONLY 40,000 010 BATON ROUGE LA 40,000 011 HARAHAN LA 80,000 012 ST MARTINVILLE LA TRUCK ONLY 40,000 013 EL PASO TX TRUCK ONLY 40,000 014 HOUSTON TX TRUCK ONLY 80,000 TOTAL QUANTITY FOR COMMODITY TYPE 800,000 COMM TYPE : 15 CHICKEN, BREADED COOKED FZN CP PACK SIZE : 30 30 LB CONTAINER ITEM DESTINATION TRANS QUANTITY NO CITY ST RESTR (LBS) ---- --------------- -- ---------- -------- DELIVERY PERIOD 02/16/04 - 02/29/04 015 YANTIC CT 39,000 016 NATICK MA TRUCK ONLY 19,500 SPRINGFIELD MA TRUCK ONLY 19,500 ANNOUNCEMENT : PY267 INVITATION : 016 COMM GROUP : 22 CHICKEN, FROZEN COMM TYPE : 15 CHICKEN, BREADED COOKED FZN CP PACK SIZE : 30 30 LB CONTAINER ITEM DESTINATION TRANS QUANTITY NO CITY ST RESTR (LBS) ---- --------------- -- ---------- -------- DELIVERY PERIOD 02/16/04 - 02/29/04 017 TAUNTON MA TRUCK ONLY 29,250 WILMINGTON MA TRUCK ONLY 9,750 018 WILMINGTON MA 39,000 019 ALBANY NY TRUCK ONLY 39,000 020 CENTRAL ISLIP NY TRUCK ONLY 39,000 021 CHEEKTOWAGA NY TRUCK ONLY 39,000 022 MILTON NY TRUCK ONLY 39,000 023 NEWARK NJ TRUCK ONLY 6,510 PORT NEWARK NJ TRUCK ONLY 32,490 024 ALTOONA PA TRUCK ONLY 9,750 SUNBURY PA TRUCK ONLY 29,250 025 AMERICUS GA TRUCK ONLY 25,500 DOUGLAS GA TRUCK ONLY 13,500 026 EAST BERNSTADT KY TRUCK ONLY 23,250 OWENSBORO KY TRUCK ONLY 15,750 027 EAST BERNSTADT KY TRUCK ONLY 24,360 LEXINGTON KY TRUCK ONLY 14,640 028 CREEDMOOR NC TRUCK ONLY 39,000 029 SALISBURY NC TRUCK ONLY 78,000 030 EAST BERNSTADT KY TRUCK ONLY 18,390 FAIRFIELD OH TRUCK ONLY 10,350 MARTIN TN TRUCK ONLY 10,260 031 ALCOA TN TRUCK ONLY 19,344 LEBANON TN TRUCK ONLY 19,656 032 ROCK ISLAND IL TRUCK ONLY 78,000 033 COLUMBUS OH TRUCK ONLY 19,500 SPRINGFIELD OH TRUCK ONLY 19,500 034 EAU CLAIRE WI 39,000 035 EAU CLAIRE WI 19,500 MADISON WI 19,500 036 MADISON WI 39,000 037 GRAND PRAIRIE TX TRUCK ONLY 30,000 SAN ANTONIO TX TRUCK ONLY 9,000 ANNOUNCEMENT : PY267 INVITATION : 016 COMM GROUP : 22 CHICKEN, FROZEN COMM TYPE : 15 CHICKEN, BREADED COOKED FZN CP PACK SIZE : 30 30 LB CONTAINER ITEM DESTINATION TRANS QUANTITY NO CITY ST RESTR (LBS) ---- --------------- -- ---------- -------- DELIVERY PERIOD 02/16/04 - 02/29/04 038 GRAND PRAIRIE TX 39,000 039 HOUSTON TX 39,000 040 SAN ANTONIO TX TRUCK ONLY 117,000 041 LINCOLN NE 39,000 042 LOS ANGELES CA TRUCK ONLY 39,000 TOTAL QUANTITY FOR COMMODITY TYPE 1,248,000 COMM TYPE : 16 CHICKEN, FRESH/FROZEN BULK SM PACK SIZE : 90 2 1/2 - 3 3/4 LB BULK PACK ITEM DESTINATION TRANS QUANTITY NO CITY ST RESTR (LBS) ---- --------------- -- ---------- -------- DELIVERY PERIOD 02/16/04 - 02/29/04 043 ROME GA TRUCK ONLY 36,000 044 PINE BLUFF AR TRUCK ONLY 216,000 *NO TOLERANCE (See note.) 045 SUMTER SC TRUCK ONLY 1,404,000 TOTAL QUANTITY FOR COMMODITY TYPE 1,656,000 ANNOUNCEMENT : PY267 INVITATION : 016 COMM GROUP : 22 CHICKEN, FROZEN COMM TYPE : 25 CHICKEN, FRESH/FROZEN BULK LG PACK SIZE : 90 OVER 3.75 LB BULK PACK ITEM DESTINATION TRANS QUANTITY NO CITY ST RESTR (LBS) ---- --------------- -- ---------- -------- DELIVERY PERIOD 02/16/04 - 02/29/04 046 BOAZ AL TRUCK ONLY 72,000 *NO TOLERANCE (See note.) 047 CHATTANOOGA TN TRUCK ONLY 144,000 048 BOAZ AL TRUCK ONLY 1,080,000 049 FRESNO CA TRUCK ONLY 36,000 *NO TOLERANCE (See note.) 050 NEW HOLLAND PA TRUCK ONLY 1,656,000 *NO TOLERANCE (See note.) TOTAL QUANTITY FOR COMMODITY TYPE 2,988,000 TOTAL QUANTITY FOR INVITATION 6,692,000 *NOTE: No tolerance will be allowed for purchase units under these item numbers. Purchase units weighing less than 36,000 pounds will be rejected. ___________________________ Dennis J. Pearson 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. - - - - -