This federal contract award to Bella Viva Orchards, Inc., a California-based manufacturer, provides dried sweet cherries to the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS) for domestic food assistance programs. The $276,549.12 definitive, firm-fixed-price contract has an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2025. The contract was set aside for small businesses and is part of a larger USDA AMS solicitation that also includes raisins and figs. The solicitation, released on February 12, 2025, with offers due by February 21, 2025, requires all commodities to be grown, processed, and prepared exclusively in the United States. The contract supports USDA's Commodity Procurement Program, which provides food for government nutrition initiatives. Bella Viva Orchards has demonstrated its ability to meet USDA's requirements and has also received a federal grant related to COVID-19 relief efforts for the food processing industry.
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