David Lee Brune

David Lee Brune, doing business as C & D Produce Sales, is a sole proprietor supplying fresh produce — primarily apples and pears — to the U.S. Department of Agriculture under total small business set-asides. Based in Ben Wheeler, Texas, C & D Produce Sales operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of fifty recent awards) and has delivered domestic agricultural commodities to USDA domestic food assistance programs for over two decades.

All recent activity concentrates within USDA. The Department of Agriculture accounts for 92% of awards across five distinct customer offices: the Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crops Program (13 awards, $5.6 million combined potential value), the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office (12 awards, $4.1 million), the Food and Nutrition Service (10 awards, $1.3 million), the Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office (7 awards, $6.3 million), and the broader Agricultural Marketing Service (4 awards, $226 thousand). The two rankings align closely — USDA's Specialty Crops and Washington offices anchor both volume and dollars, though the Farm Service Agency's seven awards carry the largest combined value share at $6.3 million.

Brune's capability portfolio centers on fresh-fruit commodity sourcing, with apples and pears as the primary products. Representative work includes a $1.26 million firm fixed price contract awarded January 30, 2024, by the Agricultural Marketing Service for fresh apples in 37–40 pound cartons for domestic food assistance distribution through August 2024; a $509 thousand contract awarded January 31, 2024, for 200,000 pounds of fresh apples in 12/3 pound poly film bags; and a $434 thousand contract awarded September 17, 2024, for fresh apples in multiple packaging formats (37–40 pound cartons and 12/3 pound bags). Most recent work includes a $36.5 thousand firm fixed price contract awarded March 26, 2026, for fresh packaged pears (12/3 pound poly film bags) in U.S. No. 1 grade, varieties including Bosc, Anjou, Bartlett, and Red D'Anjou, completing April 15, 2026. All commodities are sourced exclusively from domestic growers and delivered from Ben Wheeler, Texas. C & D Produce Sales holds a $147 thousand multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service set to expire June 28, 2023, supporting recurring commodity procurement orders.

Activity has declined markedly over the past four years — from three awards in 2022 to one each in 2025 and 2026 — with all fifty recent awards fully obligated ($17.9 million combined potential value). The vendor does not subcontract and operates no parent vehicle positions beyond its USDA IDC. Total small business set-asides constitute the entirety of the prime footprint, with one delivery order issued under no set-aside provisions in January 2023.