Darling Ingredients Inc.
Irving, TX
- UEI
- UG8DVY7ELJG9
- CAGE
- 1EBJ1
- Primary NAICS
- 311613 Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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- Griffin Industries LLC GEPMMBAQNSJ8
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 5601 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX 75038, USA
- Website
- darlingii.com
- Founded
- 1882
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $500M-$1B
- Industry
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- Consumer Staples
- Food, Beverage & Tobacco
- Food Products
- Food Production
- SIC code
- 20 Food & Kindred Products
- Profiles
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 | $352,000 |
| FY2025 | $271,380 |
| FY2024 | $134,902 |
| FY2023 | $291,147 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Agriculture | $352,000 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Darling Ingredients Inc., doing business as Darling and headquartered in Irving, Texas, is the world's largest rendering company specializing in the processing and sustainable upcycling of animal by-products into natural ingredients and biofuel feedstocks. The company provides critical animal health monitoring and disease prevention services to federal agencies, along with waste management and disposal services. Darling leverages its extensive network of rendering and ingredient processing facilities across the United States to deliver geographically dispersed services that support federal agricultural and defense operations.
Darling Ingredients Inc. has received substantial federal contract awards primarily through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance and sample collection services. The company has been awarded numerous delivery orders under its master indefinite delivery contract with APHIS for the collection and testing of brain stem samples from cattle at facilities located in Iowa, Kansas, Texas, and Nebraska, with individual delivery orders ranging from $8,700 to $220,000 and sample collection volumes ranging from 100 to 1,000 samples per order. These awards, issued without small business set-asides, support APHIS's nationwide disease surveillance programs and animal health protection mandates. Additionally, Darling Ingredients' subsidiary, Valley Proteins LLC, was awarded a purchase order by the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) valued at $736,627.62 for fats, bones, and used cooking oil disposal and removal services across 36 military commissary locations, with a performance period extending from September 2021 through August 2026. All of Darling's federal contract work has been executed as a prime contractor with no subcontractor utilization indicated in the award records.
Darling Ingredients Inc. has received one federal prime grant award on record: a project grant from the USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded on April 12, 2021, for the production of advanced biofuel. This grant award reflects the company's strategic positioning within the renewable energy sector and its capacity to support federal sustainability initiatives through the conversion of agricultural waste products into advanced biofuel feedstocks. The grant demonstrates federal recognition of Darling's technical capabilities in biofuel production and its alignment with USDA priorities for rural economic development and renewable energy advancement.
Darling Ingredients Inc. holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract (IDC) with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service with a ceiling value of $2,953,500 and an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2027. This IDC, awarded on September 21, 2022, supports ongoing bovine spongiform encephalopathy surveillance programs across the United States and enables APHIS to issue multiple delivery orders for sample collection and testing services. Under this master contract vehicle, APHIS has issued numerous task orders to Darling for brain stem sample collection at the company's facilities in Clinton, Iowa; Garden City, Kansas; and Irving, Texas, with delivery order values totaling over $1.7 million to date. The IDC represents APHIS's recognition of Darling's established capability to deliver geographically dispersed sample collection services across multiple facilities and its critical role in supporting the agency's animal health protection and disease prevention responsibilities. No set-aside designations apply to this contract vehicle, reflecting its status as a competitive, unrestricted procurement.
Quick answers
Is Darling Ingredients Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Darling Ingredients Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through September 4, 2027.
How much has Darling Ingredients Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $271,380 to Darling Ingredients Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $1,049,429 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
What is Darling Ingredients Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Task order for darling ingredients (KS - garden city plant) type b BSE sample collection under contract… (12639526F0063), from Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services (APHIS), on December 1, 2025.
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- IDV awards
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