Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE30025DRB00

Stern Produce Company, Inc., a Phoenix, Arizona-based produce distributor, was awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $4.9 million with an ultimate completion date of August 16, 2030, by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division (a Defense agency). The contract, awarded on August 17, 2025, with no set-aside designation, authorizes the company to supply fresh produce items to Department of Defense and United States Department of Agriculture customers throughout Arizona. The underlying solicitation, originally posted in September 2021 as a Request for Information, sought a contractor to provide United States Department of Agriculture Grade 1 or better quality fresh fruits, vegetables, and shell eggs over a five-year period with an anticipated total contract value of $165 million. The contract structure includes two distinct groups: Group 1 serving Department of Defense customers and Group 2 serving United States Department of Agriculture School and Reservation customers, with offerors required to propose on all items listed for each group.

Three delivery orders have been issued under this indefinite delivery vehicle as of September 2025, all with firm fixed-price arrangements and no set-aside designations. These delivery orders include a $6,415.73 order for chilled eggs and produce items (awarded September 8, 2025), a $2,766.95 order for fresh apples and oranges (awarded September 4, 2025), and a $216.00 order for chilled eggs (awarded August 18, 2025), all with performance locations in Phoenix, Arizona 85040. These task orders reflect the company's established capability in supplying fresh produce to military and civilian agency food service operations, leveraging its federal vendor registration since August 2003 and prior experience executing a $165 million Total Small Business set-aside Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence extending through August 2028.