USDA releases solicitation for fresh produce boxes under the TEFAP program

(USDA)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking to source more than 1.2 million fresh produce boxes for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).

The USDA has said the TEFAP fresh produce boxes is not intended to replace the Farmers to Families Food Box, which the Biden administration is shutting down May 31,  but is an “example of USDA applying lessons learned from the Farmers to Families Food Box experience to inform future activities.”

The Trump administration created the Farmers to Families Box Program during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the program delivered 160 million boxes of produce, dairy, and meat through late April.

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service issued a solicitation for 
TEFAP fresh produce packages  on April 26. 

The agency said the bids are due May 7. Acceptances will be announced by May 18, the USDA said, with deliveries set from June 1 to Sept. 30 this year.

More details about the procurement process are available at the USDA website.

Questions regarding this procurement should be directed to David Cottrell, David.cottrell@usda.gov, 202-260-9183.

 

 

 

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