Final Supplement 603 Frozen Bison Items - April 2026
Special Notice from the Agricultural Marketing Service. Due Dec 31, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-5), 73 days left.
| Solicitation number | 12-3J14-Notice-26-011 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Agricultural Marketing Service |
| Office | USDA Ams 3J14 |
| Notice type | Special Notice |
| Set-aside | None |
| Trade (NAICS) | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (311611) |
| Product or service code | 8905 |
| Posted | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Dec 31, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-5) (73 days left) |
Official notice and attachments
Description
The Agricultural Marketing Service has posted an updated Supplement 603 Frozen Bison Items - April 2026. Primary updates include: addition of new verbiage for the Domestic Origin of Meat Component, under the delivered product section- a statement informing vendors that truck seal numbers must also be recorded on the BOL per the Master Solicitation, product temperature at time of loading to be recorded on the Contractor’s Checkloading shipping documentation, replaced immediate and shipping container verbiage with primary package and shipping case throughout the documents, metal detection validation must be performed with all three metals during each testing interval including TP procedural requirements, name change for the animal welfare organization “NAMI” now called the “Meat Institute,” “Delivery” date changed to “Shipping” date on the Certificate of Conformance.
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