Del Mar Food Products Corp.

Del Mar Food Products Corp., a for-profit manufacturer of frozen fruit commodities based in Watsonville, California, supplies frozen strawberry and apricot cups and related frozen fruit products exclusively to the Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor under partial small business set-asides and full-and-open awards. The vendor operates under NAICS 311411 (Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing) and PSC 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables), with all 134 awards in the source spanning a mix of definitive contracts, indefinite delivery vehicles, and delivery orders placed against those vehicles. Del Mar competes in both set-aside and unrestricted categories; recent awards show split designations, with partial small business set-asides on several recent 2026 delivery orders and IDVs, and no set-aside designation on many prior orders.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrowly focused. Three USDA sub-agencies account for 93% of awards: the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office (38 awards, $176.1 million combined potential value), the Food and Nutrition Service (20 awards, $95.1 million), and the Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crops Program (50 awards, $37.2 million). The Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office anchors the dollar ranking despite fewer awards than Specialty Crops, reflecting larger individual delivery order values. The vendor has also served the Defense Logistics Agency (6 awards) and other USDA sub-agencies in smaller volumes. Combined potential value across all awards is $308.9 million, with $236.1 million obligated (76% realization).

Del Mar holds five named indefinite delivery contracts. The largest is a $57.8 million Agricultural Marketing Service IDC (123J1422D0014) with a partial small business set-aside, ultimately expiring September 30, 2023, with 7 task orders placed. A second $5.5 million Food and Nutrition Service IDC (123J1425D0040) runs through September 30, 2027, with 10 task orders. A third $5.0 million Food and Nutrition Service IDC (effective June 25, 2025, through September 30, 2026) carries 10 task orders placed. A $3.66 million Food and Nutrition Service IDC (123J1424D0129, partial small business set-aside, through September 30, 2025) has 4 task orders. A $2.0 million Food and Nutrition Service IDC (123J1423D0044, partial small business set-aside, through September 30, 2024) carries 3 task orders. Recent representative delivery orders include a $3.5 million order from the USDA Washington Office on February 10, 2026, for frozen strawberry and apricot cups, a $2.96 million May 8, 2026 order for strawberry and apricot cups, and a $354 thousand June 16, 2026 order for strawberry slices, strawberry cups, and apricot cups—all firm fixed-price, all in support of USG food donation programs and domestic nutrition assistance including the National School Lunch Program.

Activity has been volatile but recently active. The vendor recorded four awards in 2022, eleven in 2023, four in 2024, ten in 2025, and seven in 2026 (year-to-date through June). Only four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $4.3 million—a negligible recompete cliff relative to the total portfolio. This reflects the fact that most of the largest IDVs either have already expired (the $57.8 million vehicle expired September 30, 2023) or are set to expire after the twenty-four-month window. Place of performance is exclusively Watsonville, California, where the vendor operates its manufacturing facility. The vendor also received a federal grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, awarded January 3, 2022, to support COVID-19 response measures including workplace safety, facility retrofitting, and worker expenses; the grant ran through January 2, 2023. Del Mar does not hold any subcontractor awards; the entire portfolio is prime work.