Cedar Valley Cheese, Inc.

Cedar Valley Cheese, Inc. is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Belgium, Wisconsin, that specializes in the production and distribution of shredded cheese products for federal food assistance programs. The company has established itself as a reliable supplier of commodity cheese products to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), leveraging its Wisconsin manufacturing facility to support the federal government's domestic food donation and assistance initiatives. Cedar Valley Cheese's primary focus involves supplying high-quality shredded cheddar cheese in various packaging configurations to meet the nutritional needs of eligible recipients across the nation through USDA food assistance programs.

Cedar Valley Cheese, Inc. has secured substantial federal contract awards exclusively through the USDA, with the Food and Nutrition Service serving as the primary contracting agency. The company has received multiple delivery orders and definitive contracts valued collectively at approximately $2.9 million for the provision of shredded yellow and white cheddar cheese packaged in various configurations, including 6-count cases of 5-pound bags and 6-pack cases of 2-pound bags. These contracts support the USDA's commodity procurement program for domestic food donations, with deliveries required to multiple distribution locations throughout the United States. The contract awards employ fixed-price structures with economic price adjustment provisions, allowing for cost flexibility while maintaining budgetary certainty for the federal government. Performance locations are consistently identified as Cedar Valley Cheese's facility in Belgium, Wisconsin, with delivery orders ranging from approximately $72,000 to $717,000 in individual ceiling values. No small business set-asides were utilized for any of these contract awards, indicating the company competed in an open procurement environment. Cedar Valley Cheese functions exclusively as a prime contractor and has not been identified as a subcontractor on any federal awards within this portfolio.

Cedar Valley Cheese, Inc. has been awarded two federal cooperative agreements under the USDA's Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program (PMVAP). The first cooperative agreement, valued at approximately $295,113, was awarded on December 7, 2021, by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service with a completion date of June 30, 2022. The second cooperative agreement was awarded on April 5, 2023, by the USDA Dairy Program with a completion date of December 31, 2024. Both agreements tasked Cedar Valley Cheese with distributing PMVAP funds to eligible dairy farmers who experienced lower milk values due to market abnormalities caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and corresponding federal policies. Under these agreements, Cedar Valley Cheese is responsible for disbursing the full PMVAP funding amounts to eligible producers, obtaining adjusted gross income attestations, issuing 1099-MISC forms reflecting individual producer payments, documenting that payments comply with program rules, and providing dairy policy education to beneficiary farmers. Eligible dairy farmers are those who marketed raw milk to a federally regulated handler between July and December 2020. Both cooperative agreements contain no sub-recipient activities, meaning Cedar Valley Cheese performs all distribution and administrative responsibilities directly.

Cedar Valley Cheese, Inc. currently holds two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service for the procurement of shredded cheddar cheese commodities supporting domestic food assistance programs. The first IDC, awarded on October 20, 2023, carries a ceiling value of $919,607.04 with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2024, and has generated three task orders totaling substantial delivery obligations for shredded yellow and white cheddar cheese in 5-pound bag configurations. The second IDC, awarded on October 16, 2024, carries a ceiling value of $550,360.00 with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025, and specifically procures shredded cheddar cheese in 6-pack configurations of 5-pound bags. Under this more recent IDC, three delivery orders have been issued with combined ceiling values of $506,392.33, awarded on January 23, 2025, July 2, 2025, and November 7, 2025, respectively. Both IDCs were awarded without small business set-aside provisions under multiple award vehicles and employ fixed-price structures with economic price adjustment mechanisms. All task orders and delivery orders issued under these IDCs identify Belgium, Wisconsin as the place of performance and support the Food and Nutrition Service's commodity procurement efforts for domestic food donation and assistance initiatives. The underlying solicitations sought various natural and processed American cheese products, with Cedar Valley Cheese successfully competing to supply the specified shredded cheddar cheese commodities.