Seneca Foods Corp

Seneca Foods Corp, a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Fairport, New York, supplies canned and frozen vegetables to the federal government as a prime contractor under full-and-open competition with no small-business set-asides. The company operates production facilities across Wisconsin, Minnesota, New York, and Idaho and competes entirely in the commodity food procurement space, serving as a critical supplier to USDA food assistance programs through an indefinite-delivery contract vehicle footprint anchored by multiple standing agreements valued collectively in the tens of millions of dollars.

Seneca Foods delivers concrete commodity products: canned whole kernel corn (standard and liquid formats in 6/10 case sizes and 24/300 case sizes), canned and frozen green beans, carrots, peas, refried beans, pumpkin, mixed vegetables, and frozen green beans in 30-pound cartons. Representative work includes a $2,614,570.87 definitive contract awarded September 28, 2026, by the Food and Nutrition Service for canned whole kernel corn, carrots, and peas in liquid format supporting the National School Lunch Program and domestic food assistance; a $4,112,630.28 delivery order issued June 11, 2026, for mixed canned vegetables (green beans, carrots, whole kernel corn, and peas); and a $5,466,353.61 delivery order issued February 5, 2026, for the same product suite. Individual task orders under standing IDVs typically range from $25 thousand to $5.1 million, with the largest single awards clustered around $2–4 million for seasonal commodity procurement campaigns.

Customer concentration sits entirely within the Department of Agriculture. The Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 746 awards ($686 million combined potential value, 52% of portfolio), while the Agricultural Marketing Service (across multiple program lines) holds 539 awards ($566.9 million potential value, 43% of portfolio). The remaining 67 awards ($76.9 million) flow to other USDA subdivisions. This concentration reflects Seneca Foods' exclusive focus on USDA commodity food programs for school lunch, emergency food assistance, and related domestic nutrition initiatives; the vendor has no work with other federal agencies.

Seneca Foods holds position on multiple standing IDVs that drive task-order volume. The five largest parent vehicles account for approximately $104.2 million in combined potential value: Indefinite Delivery Contract 123J1423D0126 (48 task orders, $31.5 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract 123J1425D0058 (25 task orders, $31.3 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract 123J1419D0934 (19 task orders, $11.9 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract 123J1419D0039 (22 task orders, $11.2 million), and Indefinite Delivery Contract 123J1418D0019 (19 task orders, $7.3 million). The source does not provide formal vehicle names or full contract numbers for most IDVs; the identifiers listed above derive from contract numbering patterns in the award data. Recent IDV awards include a $41.1 million vehicle (January 1, 2024), a $38.6 million vehicle (October 1, 2025), and a $9 million vehicle (April 16, 2026), all supporting canned and frozen vegetable procurement.

Activity has remained stable year over year: 46 awards in 2022, 55 in 2023, 65 in 2024, 43 in 2025, and 31 in the first nine months of 2026. Ten awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and represent a combined potential value of $7.7 million in recompete exposure. The vendor operates exclusively under NAICS 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning) and PSC 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables), with 1,211 of 1,352 total awards falling under the canning category and 1,350 under the fruits-and-vegetables PSC.

Seneca Foods competes entirely in full-and-open procurements; no set-asides, socioeconomic designations, or small-business restrictions appear across its federal footprint. The vendor functions as a sole or primary award holder on standing commodity vehicles rather than as a subcontractor; all 1,352 awards are prime contracts or IDVs, with no sub-award history present in the source. Seneca Foods' federal contracting footprint reflects a specialized commodity-supply role rather than a competitive IT, professional services, or defense contractor profile — the company is a manufacturing and logistics player embedded in the USDA's domestic food security apparatus.