Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company

Leprino Foods Dairy Products Co, a for-profit Denver-based manufacturer of dairy products and subsidiary of Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company, supplies low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese and frozen peach products to the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service as a prime contractor on full-and-open delivery orders with no set-aside designations. The vendor competes exclusively in the commercial market without SBA certifications and operates as the dominant commodity supplier to federal domestic food assistance programs.

The vendor's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated in a single customer agency. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 369 of 391 total awards (98% by count) and $1.83 billion of $1.84 billion in combined potential value; the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture holds 14 awards; and the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office holds one award valued at $116 thousand. This concentration reflects Leprino's role as the primary mozzarella cheese procurement source for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and the National School Lunch Program. Representative work includes a $9.7 million delivery order issued June 3, 2026, for low-moisture part-skim mozzarella in frozen processed packages (ultimate completion August 31, 2026), a $5.57 million delivery order issued February 17, 2026 (ultimate completion April 30, 2026), and a $17.4 million definitive contract issued February 12, 2025, covering multiple mozzarella varieties (ultimate completion June 30, 2025). The vendor also supplies minor commodity volumes: frozen peach slices valued at approximately $131 thousand to $194 thousand per delivery order.

Leprino holds five primary indefinite delivery vehicles with the Food and Nutrition Service. The largest vehicle is AGDPROC120005 with 42 task orders totaling $55.6 million in combined potential value; followed by AGDPROC140005 (25 task orders, $51.5 million), 123J1418C0003 (24 task orders, $51.6 million), 123J1419D0003 (24 task orders, $102.7 million), and 123J1420D0066 (24 task orders, $40.6 million). These vehicles are structured as multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts with ceiling values reaching into the tens of millions and performance periods extending through December 2026. All delivery orders are issued without set-aside designation and carry fixed-price or fixed-price-with-economic-price-adjustment structures.

Activity has grown moderately from 18 awards in 2021 to 22 in 2025, with 13 awards issued through July 2026. The vendor faces a recompete cliff of $24.2 million in combined potential value across five awards completing in the next twenty-four months, representing a modest concentration of near-term renewal risk. Award volume has remained relatively stable year over year, indicating steady ordering cadence from the Food and Nutrition Service's commodity procurement operations.

Leprino's prime award posture dominates the portfolio (377 of 391 awards, or 96%). The vendor acts as a sub-recipient on grant work through the Fresno Foundation at California State University, supporting "Enhancing dairy processing education and students diversity at California State University, Fresno" — multiple sub-awards issued November 27, 2023, and September 26, 2024, flowing through the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Place of performance for all prime delivery orders is the vendor's production facility in Roswell, New Mexico. The vendor operates as a manufacturer under primary NAICS 311515 (Cheese Manufacturing), with secondary work in PSC 8000 (Subsistence — Dairy Foods and Eggs) and minor activity in Fruits and Vegetables.