Legume Matrix LLC

Legume Matrix LLC, a for-profit manufacturer of packaged dry legume commodities based in Jamestown, North Dakota, operates exclusively as a prime contractor supplying legume products to the Department of Agriculture across five USDA sub-agencies under 100% small-business set-asides and partial small-business set-asides.

Legume Matrix manufactures and packages dry legumes—lentils, split peas, pinto beans, great northern beans, navy beans, garbanzo beans, and light red kidney beans—in multiple formats (1-pound, 2-pound, and 50-kilogram bags) for federal food donation and assistance programs. The vendor has been registered in SAM.gov as a small business since September 2017 and competes predominantly under small-business set-asides across its prime footprint. Recent representative awards include a $4.048 million definitive contract from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office (April 2023) for dry split pea beans in 2-pound bags; a $2.618 million partial small-business set-aside definitive contract from the same office (June 2023) for lentils in multiple package sizes; and a $1.937 million partial small-business set-aside contract from AMS (September 2021) for garbanzo beans and lentils. The vendor also supplies bulk commodities in 50-kilogram bags to the Foreign Agricultural Service and Food for Progress program for international food assistance, with awards ranging from roughly $41,000 to $1.258 million.

Customer concentration is extreme and aligned entirely within USDA. The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office accounts for 24 awards and $32.9 million (51% of combined potential value); the Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office for 51 awards and $16.6 million; the Food and Nutrition Service for 24 awards and $9.1 million; the Foreign Agricultural Service for 25 awards and $2.7 million; and Food for Progress for 4 awards and $2.6 million. The top ranking by award count (FSA Kansas City with 51) differs from the top ranking by dollar value (AMS Washington with $32.9 million), driven by the vendor's single-award IDV with AMS valued at $743,937.60 (partial small-business set-aside, awarded July 2023) for pinto and great northern beans in 2-pound bags through December 2023, which anchors dollar concentration in that office.

Activity has grown from 12 awards in 2022 to a peak of 19 awards in 2024, declining to 9 in 2025 and 4 in 2026 year-to-date (most recent award May 29, 2026). Three awards totaling $3.8 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete. The vendor's total portfolio spans 128 prime awards with $64 million combined potential value and 99% of that amount already obligated; no subcontract activity appears in the source.

Legume Matrix's capability footprint is narrow and specialized: packaged and bulk dry legume products exclusively for USDA food donation missions. The vendor does not appear on government-wide vehicles, agency IDIQs, or GSA Schedules. All work is definitive-contract or single-award delivery-order work, with no presence on multi-award vehicles beyond its one small AMS IDV.