Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE30023DS407

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Subsistence division awarded an Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contract valued at up to $4.9 million to Creation Gardens, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation operating under the trade name "What Chefs Want." The IDV contract, which has a period of performance through September 2027, provides an indefinite quantity of fresh fruits, vegetables, and other perishable food items to Department of Defense and non-Department of Defense schools located in Pennsylvania.

In addition to the IDV, Creation Gardens has received numerous firm fixed price delivery order contracts from DLA Troop Support Subsistence for the supply of fresh produce such as apples, oranges, strawberries, blueberries, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, watermelon, and grape tomatoes. The delivery orders, which ranged from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars each, were awarded on a frequent basis to ensure product freshness for military facilities, commissaries, and ships stores. While the IDV contract was originally solicited as a small business set-aside, the individual delivery orders did not have small business designations.