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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking bids for a significant purchase of wild Alaska pollock and has awarded a walleye contract worth over USD 1.4 million. The new bid solicitation is for 230,000 pounds of frozen pollock fillets and sticks to be used in the National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs, with bids due in December. Last year, the USDA purchased over 25.5 million pounds of pollock products at a value of USD 68.5 million.
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After a significant pollock purchase of USD 1.75 million (EUR 1.6 million) in November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to buy more wild Alaska pollock with a deadline to receive bids of 13 December. Simultaneously, the agency awarded a significant walleye contract worth more than USD 1.4 million (EUR 1.3 million). In the new bid solicitation, the USDA is inviting offers to sell 230,000 pounds of frozen pollock fillets and sticks to use in the National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs. Bids are due by 1:00 Central Standard Time on 13 December, and the agency will announce the awarded contracts by 20 December. The winning suppliers will deliver products between March and June 2024.In the pollock contracts awarded in early December, Channel Fish Processing and Trident Seafoods split the contracts worth USD 1.75 million.Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based Channel Fish will supply USD 988,559 (EUR 917,000) worth of frozen ...
Source: Seafoodsource
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