After purchasing a record amount of Alaska pollock in the first six months of this year, the United States Department of Agriculture wants to purchase nearly 17 million more pounds of the fish.
The USDA is asking suppliers to bid on the contract for 16.796 million pounds of frozen Alaska Pollock fillets and fish sticks by 20 September. The fish products will be used for the National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs.
USDA set a record for pollock purchases earlier this year, after Alaska legislators last fall urged the U.S. government to purchase pollock, to help mitigate the effects of the U.S.-China trade war.
Deliveries will be made between January, 2020 and September, 2020 to numerous U.S. cities.
“Offerors who intend to use more than one processing plant and shipping point for contracts awarded under this solicitation, other than the processing plant and shipping point entered in their bids, may submit a list of their approved processing plants and shipping points on a separate sheet of paper…..” USDA said.
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