Food for Progress

The Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Food for Progress is a civilian agency sub-component that procures commodities and services to support international food assistance and agricultural development programs. The agency has awarded 127 contracts since August 2024, representing $236.2 million in combined potential value with full obligation, alongside a single cooperative-agreement grant from 2015 valued at $18.6 million.

Contract activity has concentrated sharply in the most recent fiscal window. The agency issued 122 awards in 2024 and 5 awards in 2025, with the most recently recorded award on January 8, 2025. Among the 38 distinct prime contractors awarded over the last five years, competitive concentration is moderately concentrated by award count and by potential value. M Group Partners, L.L.C. and De Lune Corp each hold 12 awards; Supreme Rice, LLC leads by value with 9 awards totaling $24.7 million. By potential value, Didion, Inc. dominates with $31.1 million across 4 awards, followed by Supreme Rice, LLC and Farmers Rice Milling Co LLC at $24.7 million and $22.2 million respectively. Didion, Supreme Rice, Farmers Rice Milling Co LLC, CHS Inc., and Cargill, Incorporated together account for 48 percent of combined potential value.

Set-aside usage skews heavily toward unrestricted competition. Fifty-four percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; 34 percent are designated Partial Small Business, and 9 percent are Total Small Business set-asides. HUBZone and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business each represent 2 percent of awards.

Grant activity is minimal. The agency has made a single cooperative-agreement award, issued on May 1, 2015, for $18.6 million.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded against the agency.