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United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Commodity Procurement Staff DATE: March 18, 2015 USDA SHELF-STABLE CHICKEN PURCHASE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) plans to purchase shelf-stable chicken products for domestic food nutrition assistance programs. Offers will be solicited in the following forms and must contain 10 ounces of meat per package: Material # Material Description TBD SHELF-STABLE CHICKEN - POUCH TBD SHELF-STABLE CHICKEN - CAN A Request for Proposals (Solicitation) for shelf-stable chicken will be issued in the near future. The period of performance will be from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016. Deliveries will start no earlier than September 1, 2015. Offers to sell these products must be received no later than the date specified in the Solicitation. All offers must be submitted electronically through the Web-Based Supply Chain Management (WBSCM) website at http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=WBSCM. Offers submitted by any means other than WBSCM will be considered nonresponsive. Vendors are strongly encouraged to login to the WBSCM system as early as possible to begin their bidding process. Awards will be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts. Offerors are urged to carefully read all applicable terms and conditions of the Qualification Requirements for Prospective Contractors Selling Commodities to USDA, dated October 2014; and the applicable Solicitation. Inquiries may be made by telephoning (202) 720-4517 or addressing the Contracting Officer; United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Contracting Branch, 1400 Independence Ave SW, STOP 0239, Washington, DC 20250-0239. An electronic version of this Product Commodity Award can be obtained through the World Wide Web via the Commodity Procurement Home Page at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/commoditypurchasing. The USDA prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users). - - - - -