Smithfoods Inc.

Smithfoods Inc., doing business as Smith Dairy Products, is a for-profit corporate entity registered in SAM.gov since April 22, 2020, with a registration set to expire on April 4, 2025. The company specializes in providing dairy products, particularly fresh milk, to federal government food assistance and nutrition programs. While specific details about the company's broader commercial operations are not provided in the available documentation, the federal award history indicates that Smithfoods Inc. is a dairy product supplier focused on supporting domestic food distribution initiatives.

Through federal contract awards, Smithfoods Inc. has consistently provided various milk products to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), specifically to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Food and Nutrition Service. The company has supplied fresh milk products in multiple container sizes and fat percentages, including 2% milk, 1% milk, and whole milk in 64 oz and 128 oz containers. All of these contract awards were standard procurement contracts without any specific set-aside designations, indicating open competition. The contract awards have ranged in value from approximately $10,000 to $187,092, with completion dates spanning from 2021 to 2024. These contracts are part of the USDA's Commodity Procurement Program, which purchases and distributes domestic agricultural products for food and nutrition assistance initiatives.

In terms of federal grant awards, Smithfoods Inc. has been a recipient of the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program (PMVAP) cooperative agreements from the USDA. These grants, totaling approximately $1.1 million, were specifically designed to help dairy farmers impacted by market disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under these cooperative agreements, Smithfoods Inc. was tasked with distributing pandemic assistance payments to eligible dairy farmers who marketed raw milk to federally regulated handlers between July and December 2020. The company's responsibilities included disbursing funds, obtaining adjusted gross income attestations, issuing 1099-MISC forms, providing documentation of payments, and offering dairy policy education to eligible producers. The grant periods ran from January 2022 to June 2022 and continue through December 2024, demonstrating the company's role in supporting agricultural sector resilience during challenging economic periods.