This federal contract award to Morgan Foods, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business in Austin, Indiana, is for the delivery of canned beans, including black beans, garbanzo beans, and pinto beans, to support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) food assistance programs. The $5,193,427.50 definitive contract has a performance period through December 31, 2025, and includes firm fixed-price pricing.
The original solicitation was issued by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) for Section 32 Canned Dried Beans to support the National School Lunch Program. It included various small business set-asides, with 100% small business allocation for black beans, 70% for pinto beans, and 50% for garbanzo beans, as well as a 10% service-disabled veteran-owned small business component for black and pinto beans. The total estimated procurement includes over 1.8 million cases of canned beans to be delivered to multiple locations across the United States.