Ruby Robinson Company, LLC

Ruby Robinson Company, LLC, doing business as Ruby Robinson Co Of Delaware, LLC, supplies fresh produce and dairy commodities to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor under small-business set-asides, competing exclusively for vegetable and fruit procurements supporting federal food assistance programs.

The company is a for-profit partnership headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Ruby Robinson operates as a small business and competes predominantly under total small-business set-asides across its prime footprint—about 62% of its 39 awards carry small-business set-aside designations, with the remainder on full-and-open competitive procurements. NAICS coding reflects the commodity focus: Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (32 awards), Fluid Milk Manufacturing (5 awards), and Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing (2 awards). Primary PSC categories are Fruits and Vegetables (34 awards) and Dairy Foods and Eggs (5 awards).

Customer concentration is absolute: Ruby Robinson serves only two USDA customer offices. The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office accounts for 28 awards worth $38.1 million combined potential value, while the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 11 awards worth approximately $1 million. Together they represent 100% of the vendor's award footprint. Both rankings align—no tension between volume and dollars—because the Washington Office concentration reflects both higher award count and substantially larger per-award values.

Ruby Robinson's award activity surged in 2024, moving from 4 awards in 2022 and 3 in 2023 to 18 in 2024, then declining to 3 in 2025 and 1 thus far in 2026. Representative work includes a $8.9 million total small-business set-aside definitive contract awarded July 5, 2022 by USDA for delivery of fresh sweet potatoes in 3-pound packages through February 2023; a $2.52 million total small-business set-aside for fresh Russet potatoes in 10-pound bags awarded August 22, 2024, with completion by December 18, 2024; a $1.35 million total small-business set-aside for fresh apples in 12/3-pound packages awarded January 30, 2024, completing May 29, 2024; and a $2.18 million full-and-open contract for frozen sweet potato products (crinkle-cut and chunk formats in 6/5-pound containers) awarded May 30, 2025, completing March 15, 2026. The vendor also holds an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC 123J1424D0013) with USDA's Washington Office valued at $74 thousand for fresh Russet potatoes, awarded July 1, 2024, running through December 31, 2024. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: only one award (the $272 thousand potatoes contract awarded May 5, 2026) completes within that window, with combined potential value of $273 thousand.

Ruby Robinson's footprint is strictly commodity supply—no subcontract relationships and no work for customer agencies beyond USDA. The vendor holds no position on government-wide vehicles, GWACs, or multi-agency IDIQs, and the single parent vehicle listed (the USDA IDC) carries minimal value. All 39 awards are definitive contracts or delivery orders under USDA commodity procurement programs supporting the National School Lunch Program, Emergency Food Assistance Program, and related food assistance initiatives.