Heartland Catfish Co Inc.
Itta Bena, MS Doing business as TT & W Farm Products Inc.
- UEI
- LKWWBL2FK148
- CAGE
- 41LJ5
- Primary NAICS
- 311710 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 55001 US-82, Itta Bena, MS 38941, USA
- Website
- heartlandcatfish.com
- Founded
- 1995
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Consumer Staples
- Food, Beverage & Tobacco
- Food Products
- Food Production
- SIC code
- 20 Food & Kindred Products
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 | $4,461,200 |
| FY2025 | $19,551,570 |
| FY2024 | $15,083,506 |
| FY2023 | $11,745,040 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Agriculture | $4,461,200 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Heartland Catfish Co Inc., doing business as TT & W Farm Products Inc., supplies raw and breaded catfish fillets to the Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor under total and partial small business set-asides, competing exclusively in the federal food commodity procurement space. The company is a small-business manufacturer based in Itta Bena, Mississippi, operating as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and registered in SAM.gov since 2005. All 51 recent awards are prime contracts for catfish commodity delivery to USDA domestic food assistance programs; the vendor has no subcontract footprint and does not appear on government-wide acquisition vehicles or multi-agency IDIQs.
Heartland Catfish's customer base is entirely concentrated within the Department of Agriculture — 100% of awards fund USDA programs across two primary customer offices. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office dominates the dollar volume: 21 awards carrying $81.7 million combined potential value. The USDA Food and Nutrition Service places smaller, more frequent orders: 29 awards with $37.8 million combined potential value. A single award from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crops Program adds $2.5 million. This two-customer structure reflects the vendor's narrow positioning as a specialized commodity supplier to federal nutrition assistance initiatives, including food banks and school meal programs.
Recent award work exemplifies the vendor's narrow product scope. A $13.4 million definitive contract awarded March 5, 2025, called for 6.6 million pounds of raw, unbreaded catfish fillets in 20/2 lb packages with July 31, 2025 completion; a $5.46 million Total Small Business set-aside definitive contract awarded September 25, 2025, required catfish fillets through March 31, 2026; and a $4.46 million contract awarded September 4, 2026 (most recent), also for catfish fillets in 20/2 lb packages under partial small business set-aside, carries a firm fixed price with March 15, 2027 completion. Historical contract volumes range from 462,000 to 6.6 million pounds per award. The vendor sits on one IDV — a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for commodity procurements issued January 1, 2024, with a $3.94 million ceiling and June 30, 2024 expiration, against which one $3.6 million delivery order was placed.
Award activity has remained modest and relatively flat over the past five years (2 awards in 2022, 3 in 2023, 4 in 2024, 2 in 2025, 1 so far in 2026), with combined obligations at $118.1 million representing 97% of combined potential value across all awards. Only one award with a combined potential value of $4.5 million faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. NAICS classification centers on Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (40 of 51 awards) and Fresh and Frozen Seafood Processing (11 awards), with PSC 8905 (Meat, Poultry, and Fish) covering 50 of 51 awards. The vendor's entire federal footprint is commodity supply under firm fixed-price delivery contracts and delivery orders, all executed under FAR Part 12 commercial procurement procedures and sourced from its Itta Bena manufacturing facility.
Quick answers
Is Heartland Catfish Co Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Heartland Catfish Co Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through October 13, 2027.
What is Heartland Catfish Co Inc.'s CAGE code?
Heartland Catfish Co Inc.'s CAGE code is 41LJ5, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is LKWWBL2FK148.
How much has Heartland Catfish Co Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $19,551,570 to Heartland Catfish Co Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $50,841,316 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Heartland Catfish Co Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Heartland Catfish Co Inc. ranked #4 in NAICS 3117, #32 in PSC 8905 and #85 in NAICS 311 in FY2025.
What is Heartland Catfish Co Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Heartland Catfish Co Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Commodities for USG food donations: 2000011498/4100034954/catfish flts unbrd raw PKG-20/2 LB (123J1426C1894), from Washington Office (AMS), on September 4, 2026.
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