Sonstegard Foods Co

Sonstegard Foods Co, a for-profit manufacturer and distributor of egg and egg-related products headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, supplies shell eggs, dried egg mix, frozen whole eggs, and liquid whole eggs to the Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor under partial and total small business set-asides. The company operates production and distribution facilities across multiple states — Harris, Sioux Center, and Estherville in Iowa, and Gainesville in Georgia — and has been a federal contractor since at least 2004.

Sonstegard's federal customer base is highly concentrated within USDA. The top five funding entities account for 89% of recent awards by count and 95% by combined potential value. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service dominates the portfolio with 240 awards and $155.2 million in combined potential value, reflecting steady procurement of egg commodities for domestic food assistance programs including the National School Lunch Program and food distribution initiatives. The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office accounts for 32 awards and $74.5 million in potential value, anchored by a $11.4 million indefinite delivery contract for shell egg deliveries signed in December 2022 with ultimate completion in September 2023. The Livestock Poultry and Seed Program within AMS contributes 57 awards and $23.8 million. The Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service round out the active customer set. Sonstegard holds no contracts outside the Department of Agriculture.

Sonstegard's award portfolio spans 539 prime contracts and grants with combined potential value of $285.4 million, though obligated dollars ($347.3 million) exceed potential value, reflecting actual invoicing and contract modifications across a mature, long-standing relationship. Recent activity (2022–2026) has averaged 11 awards per year, with modest volume in 2025–2026 (8 and 9 awards respectively). The category concentration is pronounced: 286 awards fall under NAICS 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing), 129 under Poultry Processing, and 21 under Chicken Egg Production. PSC code 8905 (Meat, Poultry, and Fish) accounts for 451 of 537 awards; PSC code 8930 (Dairy Foods and Eggs) covers 85 awards. Representative recent work includes a $1.593 million partial small business set-aside definitive contract awarded July 8, 2026, by USDA Food and Nutrition Service for shell eggs supporting federal food donation programs; a $3.019 million partial small business set-aside contract dated December 10, 2025, for dried egg mix in 48/6-ounce packages; and a $3.622 million total small business set-aside contract from August 23, 2024, for frozen whole eggs and liquid whole eggs in bulk tanks. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is limited: only four awards with combined potential value of $2.5 million reach ultimate completion by mid-2028.

Sonstegard competes predominantly under small business set-asides — partial small business and total small business designations recur across nearly all awards — and holds no GSA Schedules, GWACs, or agency-wide IDIQs. The vendor is not identified as 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or otherwise SBA-certified in the source material beyond its small business status. The company received a $19,138 COVID-19 response grant from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service in 2022 to support pandemic-related operational costs. Sonstegard operates as a pure commodity supplier with no subcontract footprint or teaming relationships in the source data.