Naturipe Value Added Foods, LLC

Naturipe Value Added Foods, LLC (doing business as Naturipe Foods) is a for-profit limited liability company and frozen fruit manufacturer that sells frozen highbush blueberries exclusively to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor under partial small business set-asides and full-and-open competitions. Headquartered in Estero, Florida, with performance facilities in Alma, Georgia, Everson and Burlington, Washington, Coloma and Grand Junction, Michigan, and Castroville, California, Naturipe operates under primary NAICS 311411 (Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing) and PSC 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables). The company competes predominantly under partial small business set-asides, though roughly one-third of recent awards carry no set-aside designation.

Naturipe's capability portfolio is singular and specialized: the company supplies frozen highbush blueberries in 2.5-pound and 30-pound containers to federal domestic food assistance programs administered by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service and Food and Nutrition Service. Representative recent awards include a $2.86 million definitive contract awarded April 25, 2024, for frozen highbush blueberries in 2.5-pound containers with December 31, 2024 completion; a $1.46 million award dated August 7, 2024, for blueberries in mixed container sizes with December 15, 2024 completion; and a $1.1 million award dated May 12, 2026, for frozen highbush blueberries with September 30, 2026 completion. All awards are firm fixed-price definitive contracts with no subcontractors identified.

Customer concentration sits entirely within USDA. The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office accounts for 40 awards (69% by count, $35.7 million combined potential value), USDA AMS Specialty Crops Program holds 10 awards ($11.9 million), and USDA Food and Nutrition Service holds 9 awards ($3.3 million). These three lines represent 100% of awards and combined potential value. Naturipe has no exposure to other federal agencies; all 61 awards in the source data target USDA commodity procurement for food bank, school lunch, and nutrition assistance distribution.

Activity has declined year over year from nine awards in 2023 to three awards in 2026 year-to-date. The combined potential value across all 61 prime awards is $51.7 million, with $50.6 million obligated (98% burn rate). Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months—the August 17, 2026 $660,726 award with December 15, 2026 completion—creating minimal recompete exposure near term. Naturipe has been a registered federal contractor since at least 2008 and has maintained continuous presence in USDA commodity procurement across eighteen years of data.