JBS USA Food Company

JBS USA Food Company, doing business as J B S, supplies frozen pork commodities to the federal government as a prime contractor, competing full-and-open with no set-aside participation across a large, multi-agency portfolio spanning the Department of Agriculture, Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, and the Department of the Air Force.

JBS is a for-profit manufacturer and meat processor headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, operating primarily under NAICS 311611 (Animal Slaughtering) and PSC 8905 (Meat, Poultry, and Fish). The company holds a corporate structure that includes four subsidiaries: Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (foreign-owned), JBS Souderton Inc., and JBS Carriers Inc. JBS performs all federal contract work as a prime contractor without subcontractor engagement, leveraging processing facilities across Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado, and Texas to fulfill commodity procurement requirements.

JBS commands substantial customer concentration in its federal footprint. The top five funding agencies account for 75 percent of recent awards by count, anchored by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (154 awards, $171.6 million combined potential value) and the Defense Commissary Agency (97 awards, $299.6 million combined potential value). The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office ranks third by count but second by dollar value (58 awards, $181.4 million combined potential value), driven by multiple indefinite delivery contracts for frozen pork products. The Defense Logistics Agency (151 awards) and Department of the Air Force (52 awards) round out the top tier. By combined potential value, the ranking shifts markedly: DeCA leads at $299.6 million, followed by USDA AMS at $181.4 million and USDA FNS at $171.6 million, reflecting DeCA's position as the largest-dollar customer despite having fewer awards than FNS.

JBS sits on five major parent vehicles, all indefinite delivery contracts issued by USDA and Defense agencies. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service awarded JBS multiple IDCs: HDEC0106G6659 carries 15 task orders worth $82.4 million in combined potential value; SP030095DM006 carries 15 task orders; and DECA0201D0022 carries 11 task orders valued at $85.7 million. The Defense Commissary Agency awarded DECA0203D0003, under which JBS has placed 11 task orders totaling $101.4 million combined potential value. Additional vehicle SP030095DM006 supports task-order activity across the USDA commodity procurement framework. Representative USDA FNS definitive contracts include a $2.55 million frozen pork roast and picnic award (May 2025), a $1.83 million boneless frozen pork picnic contract (September 2025), and a $1.57 million pork roast leg and picnic award (August 2025). A signature USDA AMS IDC awarded in April 2024 carries a $16.6 million ceiling for frozen pork chops, pork loin roasts, and picnics with multiple task orders issued through June 2024.

Activity has decelerated in recent years—15 awards in 2022 declining to 4 awards in 2026 (partial-year snapshot through June)—but the vendor maintains a broad pipeline. Only 2 awards (combined potential value $3.6 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. Over its entire tracked footprint, JBS has accumulated 683 prime awards worth $893 million in combined potential value, with $503.9 million obligated, reflecting 56 percent drawdown across firm fixed-price commodity contracts.

JBS's federal scope spans frozen pork products: boneless pork picnics in 60-pound containers, pork roast legs in 32-40 pound cartons, pork loin roasts in 6-pound packages, and bone-in pork chops in 40-pound units. All commodities are specified as products of the United States and are distributed through USDA food assistance initiatives including food banks, school lunch programs, and nutrition assistance programs across the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Performance locations consolidate at JBS facilities in Worthington and Marshalltown, Minnesota; Ottumwa, Iowa; Evans, Colorado; and Manawa, Iowa, with deliveries executed on FOB origin or FOB destination basis depending on contract terms.