Crider, Inc.

Crider, Inc., a veteran-owned small business poultry processor headquartered in Twin City, Georgia, supplies frozen, canned, and fully cooked meat commodities—primarily diced chicken, canned pork, canned beef, and chicken fajita strips—to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under partial small business set-asides and full-and-open procurements.

Crider operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) with no subcontracting footprint. The company manufactures poultry and meat products at its primary processing facility in Stillmore, Georgia, and delivers commodities nationwide to support federal food assistance and nutrition programs serving low-income populations, Indian reservations, and vulnerable communities across the continental United States, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. Over the past five years, the source documents 504 awards spanning from 2022 to 2026, with a combined potential value of $1.16 billion and $803.8 million in obligations (69% realization rate). Representative work includes a $15 million definitive contract from the Food and Nutrition Service for canned and pouch chicken commodities (May 2026); a $14.1 million definitive contract for mixed canned and packaged pork, beef, and chicken (August 2025); a $11.2 million definitive contract for canned boned chicken (August 2024); and a $25.9 million delivery order for canned pork (January 2023).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of Agriculture. The Food and Nutrition Service anchors the portfolio with 368 awards carrying $944.2 million in combined potential value, representing 81% of all award count and 82% of total dollars. The Agricultural Marketing Service (including its Washington Office) adds 129 awards worth $194.7 million. The Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office and the Agricultural Marketing Service Livestock Poultry and Seed Program account for the remaining 17 awards and $30.4 million. The top-customer ranking by award count and by dollar value track closely, indicating consistent volume and value flow from FNS.

Crider holds five named indefinite delivery contracts with the USDA. The largest is IDV 123J1418C0006, against which 48 task orders totaling $91.2 million have been issued; it appears to run through 2027 and covers diced chicken in 40-pound containers under a partial small business set-aside. IDV 123J1423D0020, valued at $17.3 million (ceiling) with an April 2024 award date and December 2024 completion, has supported 21 orders worth $21.7 million for mixed meat commodities. IDV 123J1424D0201 ($16.8 million ceiling, July 2023 award, June 2027 completion) has generated 15 orders for $13.6 million, primarily diced chicken. IDV 123J1423D0008 ($7.15 million) supports chicken fajita strips delivery with 11 task orders. IDV 123J1419D0013 ($18.2 million) facilitates canned boned chicken procurement with 10 orders.

Activity has declined moderately from a peak of 35 awards in 2023 to 14 in 2026. The recompete cliff is modest: 10 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $33.5 million, meaning limited near-term vehicle expiration risk for the vendor but modest near-term capture opportunity for competitors.

Crider competes across both set-aside and full-and-open categories. Partial small business set-asides appear on approximately 30–40% of recent awards; total small business set-asides (100% reserved) occur on select high-value contracts (notably the $5.4 million canned boned chicken definitive contract of February 2025). The vendor also wins consistently under no-set-aside full-and-open solicitations. All work is performed in-house from Stillmore; the source identifies no subcontracting relationships across the entire 504-award portfolio. The vendor's category footprint is tightly concentrated: Poultry Processing (NAICS 311615) covers 336 awards, and the remaining work splits between Animal Slaughtering (72 awards) and specialty canning and freezing (12 awards). PSC 8905 (Meat, Poultry, and Fish) dominates with 502 awards.