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.
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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)
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 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)
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 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)
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 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)
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 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)
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 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.
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 Dennis J. Pearson
 Contracting Officer
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