Kimball & Thompson Produce Company

Kimball & Thompson Produce Company, Kimball & Thompson Division, a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas, supplies fresh produce and perishable goods to the federal government as a prime contractor on delivery orders under single-award indefinite-delivery contracts, with no set-aside designation and no subcontract footprint.

The vendor's federal footprint is entirely concentrated with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division. Of 102,123 total awards in the source data spanning 2018 to July 2026, 102,122 delivery orders (99.999% of awards by count and 100% of combined potential value of $559.2 million) flow through DLA Troop Support Subsistence. The remaining one award is a nominal administrative entry from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. This represents extreme customer concentration: DLA Subsistence is the vendor's exclusive federal customer in all practical terms.

Kimball & Thompson's capability portfolio centers on sourcing and distributing fresh fruits, vegetables, and shell eggs to support military food procurement operations globally. Representative delivery-order work includes fresh lettuce ($9.8 million), chilled eggs ($12.4 million), fresh pineapples ($9.2 million), fresh bananas ($10 million), fresh oranges ($39.8 million), fresh strawberries ($6.5 million), and honeydew melons ($10.5 million), all issued by DLA Troop Support Subsistence in June and July 2026. Individual task-order ceilings typically range from under one hundred dollars to fifteen thousand dollars, with performance periods of one to three months. The vendor's primary NAICS classification is 311421 (Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing), and PSC code 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables) applies to the vast majority of awards.

Kimball & Thompson holds five active single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA Troop Support Subsistence. The primary vehicle, contract SPE30018DS721, has generated 33,577 task orders with $15.2 million combined potential value. Four additional IDCs (SPE30021DS367, SPE30021DS267, SPE30021DR367, SPE30021DP367) collectively account for 67,493 task orders and $58.7 million in combined potential value. The largest individual IDC award identified in the source carried a $150 million ceiling with ultimate completion February 1, 2031, issued May 31, 2026, covering fresh produce and eggs for four customer groups: DoD Troop Support customers, USDA West School customers, USDA East School customers, and USDA Tribal Reservation customers. All work is performed at the contractor's Lowell, Arkansas facility.

Activity has declined sharply year over year — from 20,306 awards in 2022 to 14,553 in 2025 to 556 through July 2026 — suggesting either a data-collection boundary effect or a recompete transition as existing IDCs expire and new ones are awarded. The source carries no recompete-cliff analysis, and the steep year-to-date reduction (556 awards in seven months of 2026 versus 3,600+ annualized from the 2025 rate) requires clarification on whether the decline reflects performance completion, data lag, or recompete displacement. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $75.6 million (14% of the $559.2 million combined potential value), indicating most awards carry ceiling values but remain partially drawn or incomplete.

The vendor does not hold a position as a subcontractor on federal prime awards and does not serve as a prime on contracts outside the DLA Troop Support Subsistence vehicle set.