CHICKEN And CHICKEN PRODUCTS for Domestic Food Assistance Programs

Buyers under this code are mostly federal food and agriculture offices, plus the Defense Commissary Agency, a European Area buyer, and PSMC BrandName. The two largest buyers are both USDA Agricultural Marketing Service codes, 3J14 with 2,029 awards worth $4.91B and 3J15 with 4,582 awards worth $4.18B. The median award is $149.4K, but the total is $10.19B across 12,160 awards, so a small number of very large awards carry much of the value. Only 140 distinct vendors appear on record since FY2001. Most awards show no set-aside (7,794). Another 2,037 carry an SBA set-aside, and 1,818 show none recorded. The notice does not explain the smaller set-aside codes, which appear on fewer than 250 awards combined.

For a firm deciding whether to pursue this code, the numbers point to a market with real volume but a narrow set of buyers and a small vendor pool. The median is far below the total, so a firm should not assume typical awards are large. The notice does not say how many of the 140 vendors are small businesses, or how often new firms win their first award. Because most awards have no set-aside, open competition is the main path in the record. The notice also does not say whether any award was limited to a specific group of firms beyond the codes listed.

Over the next year, the main signal is the 62 contracts worth $157.88M that end within 12 months. Those expirations may create new openings, but the notice does not say whether they will be recompeted, extended, or bundled. There are 3 active notices now, which is a small count to watch for current opportunities. Firms should check which buyers issue those notices and how the awards are structured. The notice does not give trend data by year, so it does not show whether award volume is rising or falling.