USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) purchased chicken products as indicated below for distribution to the child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2021.

May 14, 2021, purchase of chicken and chicken products under the authority of Section 32. Deliveries are to be made from June 1 – December 31, 2021.

Not Awarded:

  • 3,524,400/89 trucks of consumer pack whole bag chicken was not awarded due to no bids received, vendor constraints, and FNS# cancellation of orders (100880);
  • 4,066,000/107 trucks of chicken drumsticks frozen package-8/5 pounds was not awarded due to vendor constraints and FNS# cancellation of orders (110090);
  • 8,550,000/225 trucks of chicken leg quarters frozen pckage-8/5 pounds was not awarded due to vendor constraints and FNS# cancellation of orders (110092); and
  • 3,306,000/87 trucks of chicken thighs frozen package-8/5 pounds was not awarded due to no bids received, vendor constraints, and FNS# cancellation of orders (110195).
Product Total Qty UOM
Price Range Total Dollars
Chicken Drumsticks FRZ PKG-8/5 LB 5,510,000.000 LB $0.6700-$0.9400 $4,168,008.22
Chicken  Leg Quarters FRZ PKG-8/5 LB 11,210,000.000 LB $0.5846-$0.7295 $7,222,918.40
Chicken Thighs FRZ PKG-8/5 LB 1,634,000.000 LB $0.6825-$0.8040 $1,193,279.89
Chicken Whole Bagged FRZ CTN-36-43 LB 79,200.000 LB $1.1200-$1.4000 $99,792.00
Total 18,433,200.000 LB $12,683,998.51

May 13, 2021, purchase of chicken and chicken products. Deliveries are to be made from July 1-31, 2021.

A total of 1,836,000 pounds of chicken large chilled -bulk was not purchased due to vendor constraints. A total of 72,000 pounds of chicken legs chilled -bulk was not purchased due to no bids received.

Product Total Qty UOM
Price Range Total Dollars
Chicken Large Chilled -Bulk 16,956,000.000 LB $0.9450-$1.1244 $16,983,489.60
Chicken Legs Chilled -Bulk 720,000.000 LB $0.6400-$0.6400 $460,800.00
Total 17,676,000.000 LB $17,444,289.60

May 12, 2021, purchase of chicken fillets and chicken strips. Deliveries are to be made from July 1-31, 2021.

Product Total Qty UOM
Price Range Total Dollars
Chicken Fillets UNBRD FRZ CTN-30 LB 117,000.000 LB $2.8036-$4.1000 $380,764.42
Chicken Strips FRZ CTN-30 LB 312,000.000 LB $2.6281-$4.1000 $943,312.05
Total 429,000.000 LB $1,324,076.47