FOOD PURCHASE
REPORT

United States
Department of
Agriculture

Agricultural 
Marketing 
Service









Date: May 16, 2006
      
USDA BUYS FROZEN LAMB:
	The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture today purchased 36,000 pounds of lamb 
leg roasts (Type 1) at a cost of approximately $97,000.  Offers 
received for lamb roasts (Type 3) were rejected due to price 
considerations.  The offer prices for lamb roasts (Type 3) 
ranged from $3.59 to $4.11 per pound.  The roasts will be 
distributed in Federal food and nutrition programs.  Details of 
today's purchase follow:

Lamb Roast	 	Pounds		Awarded Prices	  No. of Bids
Product					 Inv. No. 001		   Accepted

Leg Roasts 		36,000	 	$2.6900			1 of 5
(Type 1)
IMPS 234C

	This is the first purchase of lamb roasts under 
Announcement LS-130. 

	Next offers under Announcement LS-130 are due by 1:30 p.m., 
central time, on the following dates:

INVITATION	LAMB	OFFER	  ACCEPTANCE	
NUMBER	PRODUCT	DATE	  NOT LATER	SHIPPING
	TYPE	  THAN DATE	PERIOD

02	   Leg Roasts 	05/25/06	  06/02/06	07/16-30/06
			 Lamb Roasts

	Inquiries should be addressed to the Contracting Officer, 
Livestock and Seed Program, USDA, AMS, Stop 0253, Room 2610-
South, Washington, D.C. 20250-0253.  Telephone: 202-720-2650; 
FAX 202-720-9538.

	The awards made today for LS-130, Invitation 01 to be 
shipped between July 1 and July 15, 2006, follow:

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 ANNOUNCEMENT   : LS130
 COMM GROUP     : RED MEAT-VARIED TYPES
 INVITATION     : 001

 COMMODITY TYPE : LAMB LEG ROAST (TYPE 1)
 PACK SIZE      : 38-40 LB CTN

 CONTRACTOR NAME: MOUNTAIN STATES ROSEN LLC
 PLANT ADDRESS  : GREELEY         CO

 ITEM   ----DESTINATION----     QUANTITY     PRICE PER
  NUM        CITY        ST     (LBS )        (LB  )
 ----   ---------------- --   -----------   -----------
  004   MESA             AZ         8,400   $    2.6900
        PHOENIX          AZ        18,960   $    2.6900
        WILLCOX          AZ         8,640   $    2.6900

 TOTAL AWARDED:             36,000 

An electronic version of this food purchase report can be obtained 
via the World Wide Web at 
http://www.ams.usda.gov/lscp/OtherRedMeat/orm_purchaseinfo.htm 

The Commodity Procurement home page: http://www.ams.usda.gov/cp

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