Dole Packaged Foods, LLC

Dole Packaged Foods, LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit limited liability partnership headquartered in Westlake Village, California, supplies frozen and canned fruit commodities to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor under full-and-open procurement, with no participation in set-aside categories. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of its recent award footprint) and does not subcontract federal work.

Dole's federal capability footprint centers on frozen fruit production for domestic food assistance and commodity donation programs. The vendor manufactures frozen diced peaches, frozen strawberries, and frozen apricot cups in individual serving and bulk pack sizes, performing all work at facilities in Atwater and Modesto, California. Representative recent work includes a $944,526 definitive contract awarded by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service on May 5, 2026, for frozen whole unsweetened strawberries in individually quick frozen 12-count cartons; a $1.09 million delivery order from the Food and Nutrition Service on November 8, 2024, for frozen diced peaches in 4.4-ounce cups; and a $1.14 million delivery order from the Food and Nutrition Service on August 12, 2024, for frozen apricot, peach, and strawberry cups.

Customer concentration is extreme and highly stable. The Department of Agriculture accounts for 90% of the vendor's award count through three sub-organizations: the Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crops Program (81 awards, $162.5 million combined potential value), the Food and Nutrition Service (37 awards, $162.4 million), and the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office (43 awards, $113.2 million). The combined top four customer segments represent 97% of all potential value. The vendor holds positions on multiple USDA Indefinite Delivery Contracts, including a $8.7 million partial small-business-set-aside IDIQ awarded April 7, 2026, through September 30, 2027, and a $7.29 million frozen diced peach IDIQ running through July 15, 2023. Five task orders against the contract 123J1421D0037 total $12 million in combined potential value; four task orders against contract 123J1419D0029 total $7 million.

Award activity has declined sharply in recent years, from eight awards in 2022 to three in 2024 and one in 2025, with two awards in 2026 year-to-date. The source data span 254 total prime awards since October 1985, with $473.7 million combined potential value and $418.1 million (88%) in obligated dollars. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $945 thousand), reflecting a minimal near-term recompete exposure but indicating reduced pipeline activity relative to historical volume. The vendor's primary NAICS classification is 311411 (Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing); PSC code 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables) covers 225 of the vendor's 254 awards.