Deer Carcass Processing
USDA APHIS Wildlife Services requires a meat processing facility in Illinois to process white-tailed deer carcasses, with capacity for 500 to 1,600 carcasses annually. The facility must be within 70 road miles of the I-55 and I-80 intersection in Northeast Illinois, have paved road access, and accommodate USDA deer deliveries two or more times per week. It must be permitted and approved by Illinois DNR for wild white-tailed deer meat and licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture as a Type II or higher facility. This is a market research request for capability information, not a solicitation, and responses are voluntary for acquisition planning purposes. Interested parties should provide organization details, tailored capability statements, and recent relevant past performance; the requirement may be set aside for small business based on responses.