Apples, fresh

Val-Pro, Inc., doing business as Valley Fruit & Produce Co, has been awarded a delivery order valued at $1,364.40 for the supply of fresh apples to support Department of Defense subsistence requirements. The award, issued on December 1, 2025, utilizes a firm fixed-price delivery order contract mechanism with performance scheduled for completion by December 1, 2025. This award is issued under Val-Pro's existing single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Subsistence division, valued at $4.9 million and extending through August 2, 2030. The underlying IDC, designated as a small business set-aside, authorizes DLA to issue delivery orders for fresh produce and dairy products on an as-needed basis to support military dining facilities and federal school meal programs. Val-Pro, a Los Angeles-based small business operating since 2001, will perform this delivery order at its facility in Los Angeles, California with no subcontractor involvement noted.

The no-set-aside designation on this specific delivery order reflects Val-Pro's competitive capability to supply fresh agricultural commodities in the open federal marketplace. As prime contractor, Val-Pro leverages its operational base in California to provide just-in-time delivery of perishable produce items to military installations across multiple geographic locations. The DLA Troop Support Subsistence division, which funds this award, manages the supply chain for fresh food products essential to sustaining Department of Defense nutrition programs and military readiness. Val-Pro's extensive history of delivery orders for diverse produce items—ranging from fresh fruits to vegetables—demonstrates the contractor's established reliability in meeting the agency's requirements for high-quality agricultural commodities with rapid turnaround times suited to the perishable nature of fresh food supplies.