Pacific Coast Producers

Pacific Coast Producers, a small agricultural cooperative based in Lodi, California, manufactures shelf-stable canned fruit and vegetable commodities exclusively for federal food assistance programs as a prime contractor across 100% of its recent federal award footprint. The cooperative operates under NAICS 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning) and PSC 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables), producing canned peaches, pears, apricots, mixed fruit, applesauce, and tomato paste distributed nationwide through the Emergency Food Assistance Program, National School Lunch Program, and related USDA initiatives.

Pacific Coast Producers' customer base concentrates almost entirely within the Department of Agriculture. The Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 252 awards valued at $1.04 billion (57% of combined potential value), while the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office places 136 awards worth $595.8 million and the Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crops Program issues 162 awards totaling $127.4 million. These three customer entities represent 93% of recent awards and 98% of combined potential value, reflecting the cooperative's role as the USDA's primary supplier of canned commodities for domestic food donation infrastructure.

The cooperative's contract vehicles consist entirely of Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with the USDA. Five major parent vehicles anchor the footprint: IDC 123J1424D0150 (13 task orders, $88.5 million), IDC 123J1423D0051 (14 task orders, $68.3 million), IDC 123J1425D0037 (14 task orders, $61.1 million), IDC 123J1422D0028 (10 task orders, $58.4 million), and IDC 123J1423D0040 (12 task orders, $8.2 million). The cooperative holds multiple active IDCs with ceiling values ranging from $678,650 to $95.05 million, enabling the USDA to issue delivery orders on an as-needed basis. Recent representative awards include a $10.69 million definitive contract for canned cling peach slices (August 31, 2026, partial small business set-aside), an $11.05 million delivery order for mixed fruit and cling peach slices (August 13, 2026), and a $10.16 million delivery order for canned fruit in mixed formats (September 15, 2025).

Award activity has remained steady at 23–44 awards per year since 2022, with 26 awards in 2026 (year-to-date through August). Nine awards carrying combined potential value of $95.7 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The cooperative operates vertically integrated with no identified subcontractors, handling procurement, production, and delivery in-house across manufacturing facilities in Lodi and Woodland, California, with products delivered to multiple locations nationwide including Puerto Rico and Hawaii.

Pacific Coast Producers competes across partial small business set-asides and full-and-open designations without SBA certifications stated in the source. Most recent awards (2022 onward) split between partial small business set-asides (roughly 35% of awards) and full open competition (roughly 65%), indicating mixed posture across the USDA commodity procurement landscape. The cooperative also received federal grant funding: a $250,000 Value-Added Producer Grant from Rural Business Cooperative Services (awarded September 2, 2025, completion September 2, 2027) and a separate VAPG award in September 2024, supporting value-added product development and market expansion for its canned fruit and vegetable line.