Definitive Contract 123J1424C1120

This is a $1,500,000.00 firm fixed price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service to White Earth Market, LLC, a minority-owned and Native American-owned limited liability company located in White Earth, Minnesota. The contract is for the delivery of 200,000 pounds of traditionally harvested wild rice packaged in 25-pound bags for use in domestic food assistance programs. The contract is not set aside and is eligible for the Indian Incentive Program. This award is associated with a larger USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Commodity Procurement Program solicitation for the procurement of 75,000 pounds of mechanically parched wild rice to be delivered between April 1-15, 2024 to locations across the United States. While the original solicitation did not designate any set-asides, it may have included provisions for small business, service-disabled veteran-owned, 8(a), and HUBZone set-asides.