Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc.

Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of canned and frozen produce based in Walnut Creek, California, supplies domestically grown canned fruits and vegetables to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor operating exclusively under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. The company holds 100 percent prime awards across 31 contracts and indefinite delivery vehicles with combined potential value of $218.5 million, all flowing to USDA's Food and Nutrition Service and Agricultural Marketing Service for domestic food assistance programs including the National School Lunch Program.

Del Monte's capability footprint centers on canned and frozen commodity procurement: canned pears (halves, slices, diced), cling peaches (slices, diced), carrots, green beans, mixed fruit, and apricot halves in multiple can configurations (6/10 and 24/300 primarily). All products are required to be grown, processed, and prepared exclusively in the United States. Representative recent work includes a $19.7 million delivery order awarded August 13, 2025, for canned cling peaches, pear slices and diced, and mixed fruit in extra-light syrup (6/10 cans) with completion October 31, 2025; a $5.6 million delivery order for similar canned fruit commodities awarded September 15, 2025; and a $3.49 million definitive contract from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service awarded September 3, 2025, for 238,140 cases of canned pears (24/300) distributed across multiple states for the National School Lunch Program.

Customer concentration is tightly bimodal by agency but unified within USDA. The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 21 awards and $196.9 million combined potential value (90 percent of all dollars); the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office accounts for 10 awards and $21.6 million (10 percent). The two customer offices split work somewhat by product category — FNS issues the majority of regular delivery orders for peaches and pears while AMS focuses on seasonal vegetables and specialty items — but together they represent 100 percent of Del Monte's active federal footprint.

Del Monte operates under three primary parent vehicles, all indefinite delivery contracts with USDA. The largest is Indefinite Delivery Contract 123J1425D0034 (FNS canned fruits), awarded June 24, 2025, with a ceiling of $62.5 million and performance period through September 30, 2026; 11 task orders totaling $46.1 million have been issued against it since June 2025. A second vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract 123J1425D0022 (FNS canned and frozen seasonal vegetables), carries a ceiling of $83.76 million with performance through September 30, 2025, and has generated 3 task orders totaling $809 thousand. A third vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract 123J1425D0049 (canned seasonal vegetables), was awarded October 1, 2025, with a ceiling of $7.02 million and performance through September 30, 2026; 10 task orders totaling $7 million have been issued. Combined, these three IDCs provide $153.3 million in procurement authority and drive the delivery-order cadence that characterizes Del Monte's federal engagement.

Activity has been concentrated in 2025, with 27 awards placed that year and 4 awards in 2026 year-to-date (as of February 10, 2026). Del Monte received delivery orders at a rate of multiple orders per month throughout the fourth quarter of 2025 and into early 2026, reflecting the Food and Nutrition Service's reliance on the company's production capacity to meet substantial commodity demand. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $59.1 million, representing 27 percent utilization of the $218.5 million combined potential value, consistent with the cadence of open-ended delivery orders against flexible IDC vehicles.

Performance is executed at two domestic manufacturing facilities: Modesto, California (serving canned fruit orders) and Plover, Wisconsin (serving canned vegetable orders). All contracts are firm fixed-price with economic price adjustment provisions to account for commodity market fluctuations, and all awards were made without set-aside designations, confirming Del Monte's posture as a full-and-open competitor in federal food commodity procurement. The work carries uniform NAICS 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning) and PSC coding across the entire portfolio.