US: USDA seeking 270,000 pounds of domestic farmed catfish

Published 2024년 11월 1일

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The USDA is seeking to purchase 270,000 pounds of domestically farmed catfish for use in domestic food programs, with bids due on November 5 for suppliers to deliver the fish between January and June 2025. The USDA has reminded potential bidders to only bid for quantities they can reasonably produce and deliver, and has prohibited prime vendors from subcontracting with suspended or debarred companies or individuals. This announcement follows the USDA's recent purchases of large quantities of catfish and other domestic seafood this year, including awards worth $22.86 million and over $17 million for catfish and various seafood from the U.S. Pacific Northwest, respectively.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking 270,000 pounds of domestically farmed catfish that it aims to put toward domestic food programs.Interested companies must submit bids to participate by 5 November, and winning suppliers will make deliveries between January and June 2025.In the new bid notice, the USDA said that bidders are cautioned to bid only quantities “they can reasonably expect to produce and deliver.” Additionally, it reminded prime vendors that they are prohibited from subcontracting with companies or individuals that have been suspended or debarred.Offers must be submitted electronically via the USDA’s Web-Based Supply Chain Management System. The USDA has been buying large quantities of catfish and other domestic seafood this year. In late June, the agency awarded USD 22.86 million (EUR 21 million) worth of catfish contracts to several U.S. catfish producers. That bid saw the agency contract for 4.94 million pounds of raw catfish fillets for ...

Source: Seafoodsource