Definitive Contract AG3J16D160401

This is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service to Del Monte Foods Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of canned fruits, vegetables, and other shelf-stable food products. The contract, valued at $1,471,351.20, is for the delivery of canned fruit commodities to support federal food assistance programs such as the National School Lunch Program, The Emergency Food Assistance Program, and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations. This contract is not a set-aside award. Del Monte Foods Inc. is a major supplier of canned agricultural commodities to the USDA, having been awarded multiple Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contracts with the agency, with potential values ranging from approximately $25,000 to over $44 million, to support the procurement of a wide variety of canned produce items for domestic nutrition initiatives.