Definitive Contract 123J1426C0481

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service awarded a definitive firm fixed-price contract valued at $2.27 million to Barrios Distributing (a service-disabled veteran-owned small business located in San Diego, California) on January 9, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2026. Under this partial small business set-aside contract, the prime contractor will supply frozen beef commodities for domestic food assistance programs, including coarse ground beef in 60-pound cartons, fine ground beef in 40-pound cartons, and fine ground beef in 40-count 1-pound packages. The products will be delivered to Chicago, Illinois, and are intended to support critical national nutrition initiatives such as the National School Lunch Program through the USDA's Commodity Procurement Program, with all beef products subject to the requirement that they be products of the United States in accordance with Agricultural Acquisition Regulations.

Barrios Distributing, owned by Olga H Barrios, is a minority-owned, woman-owned, Hispanic American-owned small business with a long track record of federal food commodity procurement dating back to its registration with the System for Award Management in February 2002. The company specializes in providing frozen and canned food products to federal agencies and has previously secured numerous prime contracts and Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the USDA, with contract values historically ranging from approximately $20,000 to over $5 million. This award demonstrates continued confidence in the contractor's capability to deliver quality food commodities that support the nation's domestic food assistance infrastructure.