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PURCHASE ANNOUNCEMENT United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service DATE: May 5, 2014 USDA SHELF-STABLE CHICKEN PURCHASE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced plans to purchase shelf-stable chicken products for domestic food nutrition assistance programs. Offers will be invited in the following forms: Material # Material Description TBD SHELF-STABLE CHICKEN 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, 2014, through June 30, 2015. Deliveries will start no earlier than September 1, 2014. Offers to sell these products must be received not 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. Awards will be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts. Offerors are urged to carefully read all applicable terms and conditions of the Vendor Qualification Requirements dated September 2012 and the entire Solicitation/Request for Proposals. Inquiries may be made by telephoning (202) 720-4517 or addressing the Contracting Officer; USDA/AMS Commodity Procurement Staff; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 3522-S, Mail Stop 0239; Washington, DC 20250-0239. An electronic version of this Program Announcement can be found at the Commodity Procurement Website: 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). - - - - -