Prestage Foods of Iowa to Hold Subcontractor & Vendor Outreach Fair for New Wright County Facility

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 17, 2016

Prestage Foods of Iowa to Hold Subcontractor & Vendor Outreach Fair for New Wright County Facility

Prestage Foods of Iowa

Eagle Grove, IA, November 17, 2016– Prestage Foods of Iowa, LLC today announced that it would be holding a subcontractor and vendor outreach fair.  Prestage Foods of Iowa in conjunction with Epstein Global will hold the subcontractor and vendor outreach fair on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at the Iowa Central Community College Bioscience and Health Science Building.

Potential subcontractors and vendors wishing to bid for construction elements, supply systems, materials, or services for the new project will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from Epstein and Prestage as well as be provided with pre-qualification and project information.  Prestage Foods’ investment in Iowa includes the desire to involve as many Iowa contractors, subcontractors, vendors and service providers as possible.

“This is an opportunity for local Iowa companies to get information about certifications, insurance, and other things that will be required in order to submit proposals for this project,” says Jere Null, Chief Operating Officer of Prestage Foods of Iowa.

All interested subcontractors are invited to visit the public project website: www.prestagefoodsofiowa.com.  This website is designed to serve as a communications hub for current and potential subcontractors, vendors, craftsmen, and project team members seeking up-to-date information related to the Prestage Foods of Iowa in Wright County project.  The website also includes a Prequalification Checklist that can be completed and submitted online.  Once submitted, the information will be stored in a database for the project and further information will be sent automatically to qualifying vendors.  All subcontractors will be required to provide a Prequalification Form prior to receiving an Invitation to Bid.

Prestage Foods has also worked with Iowa Central Community College (ICCC) in advance of the fair and requested that ICCC act as a resource for training and certification programs that local contractors may need in order to prequalify as a vendor. Information on available certification programs will be available at the event and can also be accessed via the project website.

Prestage Foods of Iowa’s one-shift plant will employ as many as 1,000 Iowans within the first year of operations.  The project represents a capital investment in excess of $250 million.  The new facility has an estimated size of 600,000 SF and will be state-of-the-art, utilizing the newest technologies available.  The project will break ground in spring 2017 and is scheduled for completion in Fall 2018.

 “We hope this fair will provide a communication venue for interested local subcontractors and vendors to get the information they need to be able to participate in the bidding process so that as many local contractors as possible can ultimately participate in the building of this state-of-the-art facility,” says John Prestage, Sr. Vice President of Prestage Farms, Inc.

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Prestage Farms, Inc. is a multi-generational family-owned and operated business started by Bill and Marsha Prestage in 1983. Mr. and Mrs. Prestage, along with their three sons, still own and actively operate this multifaceted business. Today, Prestage Farms, along with its affiliates, is a Top 5 producer of quality pork and turkey that employs more than 2,000 people company-wide, contracts with more than 450 farm families in seven states, and produces more than 1 billion pounds of meat annually. Prestage Farms, Inc. is headquartered in Clinton, NC, and has operations in Iowa, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma.

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