Creation Gardens, Inc.
Louisville, KY Doing business as What Chefs Want
- UEI
- U7FHLGZY5FC3
- CAGE
- 6TQL5
- Primary NAICS
- 722310 Food Service Contractors
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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- Freshpack Produce, Inc. · Denver, CO C4TRQCBANBA7
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 2055 Nelson Miller Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40223, USA
- Website
- whatchefswant.com
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Consumer Staples
- Food & Staples Retailing
- Food Retail
- SIC code
- 51 Wholesale Trade – Nondurable Goods
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $45,596,101 |
| FY2025 | $32,785,029 |
| FY2024 | $21,058,823 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Logistics Agency | $45,596,101 |
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberries, fresh | Subsistence (DLA) | $1,181 | |
| Spinach, fresh | Subsistence (DLA) | $899 | |
| Cantaloupe, CHL | Subsistence (DLA) | $8,070 | |
| Cantaloupe, fresh | Subsistence (DLA) | $901 | |
| Lettuce, CHL | Subsistence (DLA) | $1,197 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creation gardens INC. Will conduct a feasibility study to establish a new market category farm to corporate utilizing… | Agricultural Marketing Service | $100,000 |
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| Vendor | Location | Primary NAICS |
|---|---|---|
| Kimball & Thompson Produce Company | Lowell, AR | 424480 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers |
| Creation Gardens Inc. DBA Freshpack Produce Inc. | Denver, CO | 722310 Food Service Contractors |
| Latina Food Service | Buffalo, NY | 424480 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers |
| Equality State Farms LLC | Gillette, WY | 311991 Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing |
| Foster-Caviness Food Service | Winston-Salem, NC | 424480 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers |
About the company
Creation Gardens, Inc., doing business as What Chefs Want, supplies fresh produce, vegetables, and shell eggs to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor under a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division, competing full-and-open without federal socioeconomic set-asides. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, operating under NAICS 424480 (Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers) and PSC 24 (Fruits and Vegetables), with a named subsidiary, Freshpack Produce, Inc.
Creation Gardens' federal footprint is dominated by perishable food supply to military customers. The company holds a single-award IDC with DLA Troop Support Subsistence (May 2025 through April 2030, ceiling $4.9 million) that supplies USDA Grade No. 1 or better quality fresh fruits, vegetables, and shell eggs to Department of Defense and non-Department of Defense schools in Pennsylvania. Against this parent contract, Creation Gardens has placed approximately 205,120 delivery orders since May 2025, with individual orders ranging from under $100 to over $18,000 for produce items including spinach, blackberries, cantaloupe, asparagus, oranges, honeydew melon, broccoli florets, strawberries, salad mix, and shell eggs. The combined potential value across the entire prime footprint is $280.8 million, with $173 million obligated (62% execution). Recent representative orders from July 2026 include a $10,616.85 delivery order for fresh spinach, a $18,353.03 delivery order for cantaloupe, and a $9,922.83 delivery order for fresh cantaloupe, all issued by DLA Troop Support Subsistence on firm fixed-price delivery orders with typical completion windows of two to seven days from order date.
The DLA Troop Support Subsistence division accounts for 205,120 awards (100% of the prime award count) with $235.9 million in combined potential value. The company also received a $44.8 million portfolio of eight awards from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office, centered on a feasibility study grant (completed March 2024) to establish a "Farm to Corporate" market category connecting regional food producers with multi-unit restaurant and foodservice operations through third-party produce management companies. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons issued two orders totaling $42 thousand.
Activity has accelerated significantly: five awards in 2022, rising to 7,770 in 2023, 33,254 in 2024, and 63,980 in 2025, with 45,763 awards through mid-2026. The five largest parent vehicles are all single-award IDCs under DLA Troop Support Subsistence. Contract SPE30023DSA17 anchors 51,492 task orders ($29.3 million), followed by SPE30025DSA57 with 45,290 task orders ($28.1 million), SPE30023DS407 with 29,027 task orders ($17.6 million), SPE30019DS344 with 28,111 task orders ($13.4 million), and SPE30019DSA44 with 23,064 task orders ($10.1 million). The categorical concentration is pronounced: Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing accounts for 153,944 awards, while Rooted Nuts and Peanut Butter Manufacturing accounts for 51,177 awards — likely reflecting the breadth of food-supply ordering across multiple DLA contracts and customer facilities. Fruits and Vegetables dominate the PSC breakdown at 205,115 awards, with Dairy Foods and Eggs at 12 awards.
Creation Gardens operates as a prime contractor with no disclosed subcontract footprint across its federal portfolio.
Quick answers
Is Creation Gardens, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Creation Gardens, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through February 13, 2027.
How much has Creation Gardens, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $32,785,029 to Creation Gardens, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $99,439,953 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Creation Gardens, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Creation Gardens, Inc. ranked #3 in NAICS 311991, #10 in PSC 8915 and #11 in NAICS 31199 in FY2025.
What is Creation Gardens, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Creation Gardens, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Strawberries, fresh (SPE30026F20LK), from Subsistence (DLA), on July 27, 2026.
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