Combined Synopsis/SolicitationPosted Oct 6, 2026·Responses due Oct 19, 2026

Deer Carcass Processing Illinois

Agriculture (all) · MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
311612
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
12639527Q0002
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
8905
Place
IL, USA
Contact
Gerry Hensley (gerry.hensley@usda.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 12639527Q0002 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
  • Oct 6, 2026 · this notice
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
  • Oct 13, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 28, 2026 to Dec 2, 2026, middle of the range Nov 5, 2026.
Measured from 75 past solicitations at Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 6, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
  • Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
  • Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.

What the notice says

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 12639526Q0304 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS) located in Illinois. APHIS-WS requires a meat processing facility to process white-tailed deer carcasses in the State of Illinois. The processin… (show all)

g facility or facilities shall be permitted and approved by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (Illinois DNR) to process wild white-tailed deer meat. In addition, the processing facility or facilities shall be licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture as a Type II or higher facility authorizing the procession of wild, white-tailed deer meat. This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 311612 The small business size standard is 1000 This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency.

Who won similar work

35 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), same NAICS 311612.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
MULTIPLE Washington DC USA16$311.5MAug 28, 2026
MULTIPLE Amarillo TX USA2$46.7MSep 21, 2026
CRIDER, INC.2$30.8MAug 7, 2026
Multiple Nevada IA USA2$5.9MSep 21, 2026
JOHN HOFMEISTER & SON INC2$2.5MAug 25, 2026
Multiple Hanford CA USA1$49.4MSep 22, 2026
Multiple Tracy CA 95304 USA1$12.1MSep 21, 2026
Multiple Addison IL USA1$6.9MJul 23, 2026
Multiple Inglewood CA USA1$5.2MAug 26, 2026
GOODMAN FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.1$5.0MSep 17, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 132 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.

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