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Deer Carcass Processing Illinois

Department of Agriculture · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
12639527Q0002
Notice type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
NAICS
311612
Product service code
8905
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
Posted
2026-10-13
Response deadline
Oct 16, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
IL
Contracting contact
gerry.hensley@usda.gov

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Statement of work, as posted

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 12639526Q0304 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS) located in Illinois. APHIS-WS requires a meat processing facility to process white-tailed deer carcasses in the State of Illinois. The processing facility or facilities shall be permitted and approved by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (Illinois DNR) to process wild white-tailed deer meat. In addition, the processing facility or facilities shall be licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture as a Type II or higher facility authorizing the procession of wild, white-tailed deer meat. This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 311612 The small business size standard is 1000 This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. Solicitation 0001 was added to incorporate answers to questions, and to incorporate corrections to an administrative error in the PWS. The changes to the PWS are found in paragraph 3.0, and the old language is lined through and colored in red followed by the updated language.

Contact

Point of contact
Gerry Hensley
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
gerry.hensley@usda.gov
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