Incobrasa Industries LTD

Incobrasa Industries LTD, a for-profit manufacturer of vegetable oils and biodiesel based in Gilman, Illinois, supplies packaged vegetable oil commodities to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor on 402 federal awards, competing predominantly under partial small business set-asides and full-and-open procurements with no federal grant work recorded as sub-recipient activity.

Incobrasa operates as a soybean processor and biodiesel producer, converting vegetable oils (including soybean, canola, and sunflower varieties) and agricultural feedstocks into finished biofuel and commodity food products. The vendor delivers vegetable oils in multiple packaging formats—4-liter cans, 6-liter bottles, 48-ounce bottles, 1-gallon bottles, and 20-foot flexitanks—to support domestic nutrition assistance and international food aid programs. Work is performed entirely at Incobrasa's Gilman facility without notable subcontractor involvement. Representative prime contracts include a $9.85 million definitive contract awarded by the USDA Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office in December 2022 for vegetable oil in 6/4-liter cans supporting U.S. government food donations; a $7.2 million contract from the same office in June 2022 for canned vegetable oil for international food assistance; and a $7.1 million contract from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service in August 2021 for mixed vegetable oil products in bottles, bulk, and cans for domestic and international programs.

Customer concentration is extremely high and single-agency dominated. The top five customers account for 100% of the recent award portfolio. The USDA Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office alone represents 155 awards valued at $243.6 million combined potential value (approximately 59% of total dollars), followed by the Food and Nutrition Service with 91 awards at $116.3 million (28%), the Foreign Agricultural Service with 136 awards at $40.2 million (10%), and the Food for Progress program with 2 awards at $9.9 million. The Rural Business Cooperative Services, a sub-office of USDA Rural Housing Service, accounts for 18 awards. The vendor does not work with agencies outside the Department of Agriculture.

Set-aside posture across Incobrasa's prime footprint splits between partial small business set-asides and full-and-open competitive awards. Approximately 200 of the recent awards carry partial small business set-aside designations; the remainder are full-and-open. The vendor does not hold formal SBA certifications (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB) and competes on general commercial terms, though many solicitations have reserved portions for small business participation.

Activity has declined notably in the past two years. The vendor received 36 awards in 2022, 33 in 2023, and 34 in 2024, dropping to 14 awards in 2025 and 9 in the first half of 2026 (as of mid-June). This contraction reflects tightening commodity procurement volumes rather than loss of customer relationships. Only 4 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $5.9 million, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure; most awards in the active pipeline have already matured or completed.

Federal grant activity complements the commodity contracting footprint. The USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services has awarded Incobrasa five project grants for advanced biofuel production: a $234,275.01 grant under the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels (CFDA 10.867) in January 2026; a $1 million Rural Energy for America Program grant (CFDA 10.868) in August 2023 for renewable energy system installation; and three additional grants for advanced biofuel production in 2024, 2023, and 2022. These grants support facility upgrades and equipment modernization for biodiesel manufacturing from vegetable oils and other agricultural feedstocks, positioning Incobrasa as a vertically integrated agricultural processor serving both food assistance and renewable energy missions within the USDA portfolio.

Primary NAICS classification aligns with the commodity core: 341 awards fall under Fats and Oils Refining and Blending, 32 under Soybean Processing, and 9 under Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing. PSC 8945 (Food, Oils and Fats) covers 384 of the 402 awards. The vendor has maintained SAM registration since April 2004 and holds no known parent-company relationships or subsidiaries in the federal award record.