Ameriqual Group, LLC

Ameriqual Group, LLC, doing business as Ameriqual Packaging, manufactures and supplies shelf-stable canned and pouched meat, poultry, pasta, and soup commodities to the federal government as a large, full-and-open prime contractor with no set-aside designations. Headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, Ameriqual is a for-profit limited liability company that competes across commodity-procurement vehicles managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and has zero sub-award footprint — the vendor operates exclusively as a prime.

Ameriqual's customer concentration is heavily weighted to USDA, with 97% of awards concentrated among eight federal agencies. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) leads by award count with 112 definitive contracts and delivery orders worth $264.6 million in combined potential value, while the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Washington Office anchors the dollar ranking with 28 awards carrying $371.4 million in potential value. The two customer rankings reveal complementary roles: FNS places numerous smaller definitive contracts for specific commodity SKUs, while AMS manages larger indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) that serve as parent vehicles for task orders. Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Support Section accounts for three awards worth $36.6 million, principally for ready-to-eat meals and short-shelf-life commodity response during the 2014–2016 period and subsequent activations. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Sustainment Command and Defense Logistics Agency represent minor exposure totaling less than $200 thousand across eleven awards.

Ameriqual holds four active parent IDCs with USDA/AMS: IDC 123J1424D0042 (ceiling $38 million, two task orders placed), IDC 123J1419D0017 (11 task orders, $10.5 million combined potential), IDC 123J1420D0008 (8 task orders, $8 million), and a fourth vehicle with $19.2 million potential value and June 2024 completion. Representative prime awards illustrate the vendor's commodity-production scope: a $6.38 billion definitive contract awarded February 19, 2026, for shelf-stable canned beef chili with beans and beef stew (12–15 ounce and 24-ounce packages, respectively) to multiple domestic and overseas locations (Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands) with deliveries April–June 2026; a $47.47 million delivery order from AMS (August 3, 2023) for beef chili with beans and beef stew supporting SNAP and WIC; a $3.47 million definitive contract (February 12, 2026) for whole grain pasta rotini and plain elbow macaroni; and an $8.46 million delivery order (August 29, 2024) for chicken boned pouches (36/10 oz) supporting domestic food assistance. Work is performed on a firm-fixed-price, FOB-origin basis from Ameriqual's Evansville facility, with products distributed to domestic and territorial locations.

Award volume peaked in 2024 at 22 contracts, down from 13 in 2022 and 11 in 2023, with nine awards in 2025 and two to date in 2026. The recompete cliff is minimal: only one award (combined potential value $6.4 million) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating stable contract renewal posture across the portfolio. Combined potential value across all 158 prime awards stands at $677.4 million, with $531.7 million (78%) already obligated. The vendor's commodity concentration tracks NAICS specialty canning (74 awards), poultry processing (48 awards), and dry pasta manufacturing (10 awards), with corresponding PSC focus on Meat, Poultry, and Fish (73 awards) and Fruits and Vegetables (58 awards). Ameriqual operates through named subsidiaries Thermo Pac, LLC and a co-located Ameriqual Group LLC entity, both manufacturers of goods, though the source does not describe operational or capability distinctions among the entities.