Lea-Way Farms, Inc.

Lea-Way Farms, Inc., doing business as Lea Way Farms, is a small disadvantaged business and for-profit manufacturer of goods based in Statesville, North Carolina. The company is structured as a Subchapter S Corporation and has been registered to receive federal awards since January 30, 2007. Lea Way Farms has established itself as a specialized service provider to the federal government, focusing exclusively on supporting the United States Department of Agriculture's animal health surveillance initiatives through its work with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services division.

Lea Way Farms has provided bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) sample collection services through multiple delivery orders issued by USDA APHIS Veterinary Services since at least October 2021. The company's federal contract work has consisted entirely of firm fixed-price delivery orders for the collection of brain stem samples from cattle to support APHIS' comprehensive BSE surveillance program, which monitors for mad cow disease in accordance with the Animal Health Protection Act. These delivery orders have ranged in value from $10,000 to $30,000, with most orders valued at $24,000 and involving the collection of between 80 and 192 samples. All work has been performed at the company's location in Statesville, North Carolina, with no set-aside designations applied to any of the awards. The company has worked exclusively as a prime contractor on these delivery orders with no subcontractors identified, and all funding has come from USDA APHIS Veterinary Services, demonstrating a deep specialization in federal animal health surveillance requirements.

Lea Way Farms holds an indefinite delivery contract (IDC) with a $120,000 ceiling value that was awarded by the Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services division of USDA APHIS on September 16, 2022, with a performance period extending through August 31, 2027. This single-award IDC serves as the parent vehicle under which all of the company's recent delivery orders have been issued, providing a framework for ongoing BSE sample collection services. Under this IDC, Lea Way Farms has received multiple task orders for brain stem sample collection from cattle as part of APHIS' coordination with the Food Safety and Inspection Service and Food and Drug Administration to conduct systematic cattle surveillance and testing efforts. The company's continued performance under this contract vehicle since its award demonstrates the government's confidence in Lea Way Farms' ability to consistently deliver the specialized expertise required to support federal animal health safety and livestock supply protection initiatives.