Definitive Contract 123J1425C0726

This federal contract award, valued at $562,502.60, was made by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to Mistica Foods LLC, a small disadvantaged business located in Addison, Illinois. The contract is for the delivery of cooked beef products, including beef patties, to support domestic food assistance programs such as The Emergency Food Assistance Program. The contract has a partial small business set-aside designation and is structured as a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract with an ultimate completion date of April 15, 2025.

This award is associated with a larger solicitation issued by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Commodity Procurement Program, which sought various beef products to be delivered across multiple U.S. locations, including Puerto Rico. The solicitation included several set-aside designations, such as a 50% small business set-aside for beef patties and a 10% service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside for another beef patty product. Mistica Foods LLC, a manufacturer of goods that primarily serves the USDA, has established itself as a key supplier of protein products for domestic food donation initiatives through its participation in these types of contracts.