How to Sell Products to USDA
FNS's
Food Distribution Division works closely with the following two USDA agencies
that are
responsible for purchasing commodities for the FNS Food
Distribution Programs:
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The
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), which is
responsible for purchasing Group A-Type products that include beef,
fruits & vegetable, pork, fish, poultry & egg products; and
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The
Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Commodity Operations
Office, which
purchases dairy products and other domestic processed products such as bakery mix,
crackers, cornmeal, flour,
fortified cereal, macaroni & cheese, pasta products, peanut products, rice,
shortening, & vegetable oils, etc.
The
food purchase selling kits listed below are
for vendors and processors that want to sell products to USDA.
They describe products to be purchased by USDA, how to bid,
specifications, contract requirements, and certification
requirements. To view the selling kits for each of these
programs, click on the applicable link below:
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Vendors or food
processors that want to
do business with
USDA,
can submit bids for
commodity contracts
online via
the USDA
Electronic Bid Entry
System (EBES).
New vendors or food
processors MUST have a logon ID
&
Password to access the
this system.
For more information
about on-line Bidding
Procedures, please
contact the AMS or FSA
to discuss further. To
find a list of these
contacts,
click HERE.
Last Modified:
04/01/2008 |
