Bushmans' Inc.

Bushmans' Inc., doing business as Bushmans Inc., a for-profit agricultural commodity supplier based in Grand Marsh and Rosholt, Wisconsin, operates as a prime contractor delivering fresh, frozen, and processed fruits and vegetables to the Department of Agriculture for domestic food assistance programs. The vendor competes predominantly under small business set-asides—a mix of total small business and partial small business designations characterize the footprint—and holds no SBA 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other formal certifications; small business status is determined by NAICS code and revenue thresholds under FAR Part 19.

Bushmans' customer concentration is extreme and singular. The Department of Agriculture accounts for substantially all recent awards across four component offices: the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office (79 awards, $124.7 million combined potential value), the Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office (19 awards, $31.7 million), the Specialty Crops Program (41 awards, $28.1 million), and the Food and Nutrition Service (38 awards, $25.4 million). These four entities together represent 97% of recent award count and 100% of combined potential value across the vendor's $210.7 million footprint. The concentration reflects Bushmans' positioning as a dedicated USDA commodity supplier rather than a diversified federal contractor. Work spans definitive contracts, delivery orders, and multiple-award indefinite-delivery vehicles (IDVs) for bulk and packaged produce: fresh apples, grapefruit, oranges, pears, potatoes, tomatoes, grapes, peaches, nectarines, sweet potatoes, mandarin tangerines, and frozen processed potato and sweet potato products. Representative recent awards include a $3.68 million delivery order for bulk frozen potato commodities (June 1, 2026), a $1.97 million definitive contract for fresh pears (March 27, 2026), a $2.06 million contract for fresh citrus—grapefruit and oranges—(January 15, 2026), and a $336,672 definitive contract for fresh tomatoes in 25-pound cartons (April 24, 2026). Most awards are firm fixed-price, with delivery to multiple U.S. states and Puerto Rico as part of USDA nutrition assistance and food security initiatives including the National School Lunch Program and Section 32 commodity procurement.

Bushmans' operates as 100% prime contractor across recent awards; no subcontract footprint is present in the source. The vendor's NAICS classification centers on Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (152 awards) and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (24 awards), with PSC 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables) dominating 199 of 201 awards. Activity has been volatile but recently declining: 14 awards in 2022, 13 in 2023, 22 in 2024, 9 in 2025, and 7 awards year to date in 2026. Within the next twenty-four months, one award carries ultimate completion and therefore faces recompete: the April 3, 2026 indefinite-delivery contract for bulk sweet potatoes and frozen potatoes (ceiling $9.66 million) completing June 30, 2027. Five named IDVs anchor task-order activity: the $9.66 million bulk potato/sweet potato IDIQ (3 task orders, $2.6 million obligated), a $1.39 million grapefruit IDIQ (2 task orders, $1.2 million obligated), a $2.93 million bulk potato/sweet potato IDIQ expiring June 30, 2024 (2 task orders, $2.6 million obligated), a $320,309 frozen bulk potato IDIQ expiring June 30, 2023 (2 task orders fully exercised), and a $523,000 fresh nectarines/peaches IDIQ expiring January 31, 2025 (1 task order, $517,000 obligated). Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $208.8 million, or 99% of potential value, indicating a highly realized contract footprint with minimal protest or termination risk. The vendor has maintained SAM.gov registration since 2001 and holds the institutional relationships and USDA qualification certifications (Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices audit verification) necessary to sustain participation in Section 32 and broader USDA commodity procurement across multiple fiscal years.