311612: Meat Processed from Carcasses

This code is buying from a small group of large federal buyers. The Defense Commissary Agency leads by count with 1,827 awards worth $611.85M. Defense Supply Center Philadelphia follows with 78 awards worth $590.86M. USDA AMS 3J14 shows 19 awards worth $394.64M, and it also appears again as "AMS 3J14" with 89 awards worth $74.95M. DLA Troop Support and PSMC Non Brand round out the top six. The notice does not say how each buyer chooses its vendors, so a firm should read each solicitation for its own rules. Across 222 distinct vendors and $1.98B in awards from FY2001 to FY2027, the median award is $18.6K. Most awards are small, and the total is driven by a much smaller number of larger awards.

The set-aside mix is the first thing a firm should weigh. SBA is the most common code at 3,341 awards, and NONE appears on 2,978. The smaller codes, including RSB (40), 8AN (38), SBP (10), WOSB (8), and SDVOSBC (4), each cover a small share of the record. A further 292 awards show no set-aside recorded. The notice does not define these codes, so a firm should confirm what each one means before deciding whether it qualifies. The volume of open competition shows the code is not closed to large firms, but the notice does not say how many of the 222 vendors were large or small.

For the next year, the record shows 11 active notices and 11 contracts ending within 12 months, worth $5.00M in total. Those expirations are the most concrete signal of upcoming recompetes, though the notice does not state when each new requirement will be posted. A firm should watch the active notices for timing, track the buyers with the largest award counts, and check whether its own certifications match the set-aside codes it sees. Anything beyond these figures is not stated in the notice.