Definitive Contract 123J1426C0539

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service awarded Lassonde Pappas & Co Inc. (doing business as Clement Pappas & Co) a definitive contract on January 28, 2026, for the supply of tomato juice in 8/64 fluid ounce plastic bottles for domestic food assistance programs. The contract, valued at $225,521.33 on a firm fixed-price basis, supports the USDA's efforts to provide nutritious commodities to beneficiaries of federal nutrition assistance initiatives, including the National School Lunch Program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Performance will be conducted at the contractor's production facility in Bridgeton, New Jersey, with deliveries scheduled through June 30, 2026. The procurement was conducted without set-aside designations, allowing Lassonde Pappas to compete on an open, unrestricted basis as part of a broader solicitation issued on January 8, 2026, for multiple juice varieties.

Lassonde Pappas & Co Inc. is a foreign-owned beverage manufacturer and subsidiary of Lassonde Industries that maintains significant production capacity across multiple U.S. locations. The contractor is an established federal supplier with an extensive history of providing bottled juice products to the USDA, demonstrating proven capability to fulfill government nutrition assistance procurement requirements. This award reflects the contractor's position as a critical vendor within the USDA's commodity supply chain, with products sourced domestically per Agricultural Acquisition Regulation standards and distributed to support federal food assistance programs nationwide.