Definitive Contract 123J1426C0288

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service awarded a definitive firm-fixed-price contract valued at $2.5M to Ludford's, Inc., an SBA-certified HUBZone small business based in Riverside, California, on December 9, 2025. The contract, which carries a partial small business set-aside designation, requires delivery of bottled juice commodities—specifically orange juice and tomato juice in 8-ounce and 64-ounce plastic bottles—to support domestic food assistance programs through March 31, 2026. Performance will take place in Riverside, California. Ludford's has established itself as a key supplier to USDA food donation initiatives, with a demonstrated track record of delivering various juice products to support critical nutrition programs including SNAP and WIC.

The underlying solicitation, issued by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Commodity Procurement Program on November 24, 2025, sought bottled juice commodities to support domestic humanitarian assistance initiatives. The procurement was conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12 for commercial products with firm-fixed-price terms and FOB destination delivery to locations throughout the United States. As a HUBZone certified small business, Ludford's was positioned to compete under the price evaluation preferences available to qualified small businesses, and the company's manufacturing and distribution capabilities in the fruit and vegetable juice sector made it well-suited to meet the government's food security objectives.