Native Maine Operations, Inc.

Native Maine Operations, Inc., doing business as Native Maine Produce & Specialty Foods, a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, supplies fresh produce and specialty food items to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor (100% of awards), operating on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside designation across its delivery orders.

Native Maine Operations holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract valued at $4.9 million with DLA Troop Support Subsistence, running from May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2030, authorizing the company to deliver USDA Grade 1 or better fresh fruits, vegetables, and shell eggs to Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Agriculture school nutrition customers across six New England states. Place of performance is Westbrook, Maine. The company's capability portfolio centers on fresh produce procurement — apples, oranges, pears, lettuce, broccoli florets, carrots, celery, beans, potatoes, and related items — supplied on firm fixed-price delivery orders. Representative task orders under the parent IDC include a $1,052.63 delivery order for fresh apples (April 14, 2026), a $1,657.53 order for broccoli florets (April 14, 2026), and a $2,121.72 order for lettuce (April 7, 2026).

Customer concentration is nearly absolute: DLA Troop Support Subsistence accounts for 25,720 awards and $48.9 million of the $54.7 million combined potential value across the vendor's entire recent footprint (89% coverage). The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service accounts for the remaining four awards and $5.7 million in potential value, comprising a $3.9 million Basic Ordering Agreement and two grant awards. The top parent vehicle is the single-award IDC SPE30023DS758 (25,706 task orders, $12.2 million combined potential value). NAICS classification is concentrated in Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (25,708 awards), with minimal exposure to Commercial Bakeries (13 awards).

Activity has scaled significantly: 469 awards in 2022 rose to 7,850 in 2023 and has held in the 7,200–7,400 range in 2024 and 2025, with 2,744 awards through mid-2026. All 25,724 awards are prime delivery orders and grant awards; the vendor carries no subcontract footprint. In its grant role, Native Maine Operations received a federal grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service supporting COVID-19 relief expenses for food processors and producers between January 27, 2020, and December 31, 2021 (awarded January 3, 2022, completed January 2, 2023). The company maintains a subsidiary, Carbonella & Desarbo Inc., also self-certified as a small disadvantaged business.