This federal contract award to Ludford's, Inc., a certified HUBZone small business manufacturer and supplier of bottled fruit and vegetable juices, was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service. The contract, valued at $518,906.25, is for the delivery of various juice products, including cherry apple, orange, and cranberry apple juice, to support domestic food assistance programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
The contract is a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract with a partial small business set-aside, which leverages Ludford's HUBZone certification. Ludford's has a significant history of delivering similar juice products to the USDA through various contract vehicles, including a $10 million Basic Ordering Agreement with the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. This latest award reflects Ludford's established role as a key supplier of bottled juice commodities to federal food and nutrition programs.
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