Definitive Contract 123J1425C0814

This federal contract award to Pacific Coast Producers, a small agricultural cooperative located in Lodi, California, is for the delivery of 2,000,010 cases of canned fruit commodities including applesauce, apricot halves, and other canned fruit products. The $5,156,865.00 contract, which has a partial small business set-aside, was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to support domestic food assistance programs. The contract is a definitive, firm-fixed-price agreement with a period of performance through December 31, 2025. Pacific Coast Producers has a history of providing canned fruit to the USDA through various commodity procurement programs, including Indefinite Delivery Contracts valued up to $95 million. This award appears to be part of the USDA's broader efforts to acquire U.S.-grown and -processed agricultural commodities for food donation initiatives managed by agencies such as the Food and Nutrition Service.