Brothers Produce Inc.

Brothers Produce Inc., doing business as Brothers Produce, is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Houston, Texas, that supplies fresh fruits and vegetables to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Subsistence division as a prime contractor on a single-award indefinite delivery contract, with over 269,000 delivery orders issued since 2006.

The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor on food service supply contracts and holds no subcontract relationships. Brothers Produce competes without set-aside designation on its primary IDC (SPE30025DSA39, a $6.9 million contract running through November 30, 2029), though some individual delivery orders carry Total Small Business set-aside designations. The company supplies USDA Grade Number 1 or better fresh produce—apples, oranges, lettuce, celery, blueberries, tomatoes, cantaloupe, pears, broccoli florets, and other items—to Department of Defense, USDA Schools, and Reservation customers in the North Dakota and South Dakota zone, with place of performance in Houston.

Customer concentration is absolute: DLA Subsistence accounts for 269,248 awards (99.8% of the award count) and $741.5 million of the combined $741.6 million potential value. Four other agencies carry marginal volume: the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Seagoville (4 awards, $17 thousand), the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service (1 award), and the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1 award). This extreme concentration reflects the vendor's positioning as a regional DLA Subsistence produce supplier.

Brothers Produce operates across five primary DLA Subsistence IDCs. The two largest vehicles by task-order volume are SPE30023DS404 (113,241 task orders, $41.9 million combined potential value) and SPE30020DS736 (96,101 task orders, $46.5 million combined potential value). The current active contract, SPE30025DSA39, carries 11,389 task orders valued at $5.2 million. Individual delivery orders range from roughly $150 to $4,800 in ceiling value, with firm fixed pricing and completion dates typically within days of issuance.

Activity has grown significantly over the past five years: 22,872 awards in 2022 rising to 54,591 in 2024, with 51,001 awards in 2025 and 13,329 awards captured in 2026 through mid-April. The 269,667 total awards reflects high-volume transactional activity characteristic of federal subsistence procurement rather than conventional contract scaling. Combined obligations total $131.1 million against $741.6 million potential value (18% obligation rate), suggesting substantial ordering authority not yet drawn down across the vendor's contract portfolio. All awards are priced as firm fixed-price delivery orders against the indefinite delivery vehicles; the vendor directly performs all supply obligations with no subcontractors.

The vendor's product focus sits entirely within fresh produce and food service supply: 269,233 awards are coded to Fruits and Vegetables (PSC), with 141,199 awards under Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311511) and 124,722 under Commercial Bakeries (NAICS 311813), indicating classification variation across the order population. Brothers Produce carries no exposure to IT, logistics, or service-oriented federal work.