Lion Raisins Inc.

Lion Raisins Inc., doing business as Lion Packing Co., a veteran-owned for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Selma, California, supplies packaged raisins and dried fruit products to the Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor exclusively under partial small business set-asides. The vendor operates 100% as a prime on commodity procurement contracts with no subcontractor footprint.

Lion Packing Co.'s federal customer base is narrowly concentrated within USDA. The Department of Agriculture accounts for 93% of recent awards across six USDA operating units, dominated by the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office (26 awards, $80.6 million combined potential value) and the Specialty Crops Program (21 awards, $47.4 million), followed by the Food and Nutrition Service (31 awards, $13.1 million) and the Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office (4 awards, $8.1 million). The top two customers drive 78% of the vendor's combined potential value. Work centers on raisins packaged in 1.33-ounce boxes and 15-ounce containers for domestic food assistance programs and agricultural marketing initiatives, with all performance at the Selma facility. Representative recent awards include a $2.7 million definitive contract from USDA's Washington Office for raisins (144-count, 1.33 oz boxes) for USG food donations (ultimate completion March 31, 2027), a $4.2 million contract from AMS for 15-ounce raisins (August 2023–April 2024), and a $5.41 million AMS contract for approximately 200 metric tons of packaged raisins and dried cherries distributed across the United States (June–December 2023).

Activity shows decline after a mid-2022 peak. The vendor received five awards in 2023, nine in 2022, seven in 2021, and five in 2020, with only one award recorded in the source data for 2026 (the recent September contract noted above). The portfolio carries minimal near-term recompete exposure — only one award with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, carrying $2.7 million in combined potential value. All awards are firm fixed price, partial small business set-asides under USDA commodity procurement solicitations. Primary NAICS classification is 5149 (Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing), with PSC 8260 (Fruits and Vegetables) accounting for 97% of awards.