Stern Produce Company, Inc.
- UEI
- FCMUD4CYLW26
- CAGE
- 3HGJ7
- Primary NAICS
- 424480 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
- SAM.gov registration
- Expired
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Website
- charliesproduce.com
- Founded
- 1978
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $250M-$500M
- Industry
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- Consumer Staples
- Food, Beverage & Tobacco
- Food Products
- Food Production
- SIC code
- 51 Wholesale Trade – Nondurable Goods
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $1,480,754 |
| FY2025 | $25,937,426 |
| FY2024 | $57,382,920 |
| FY2023 | $8,310,775 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Logistics Agency | $1,480,754 |
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avocado, fresh | Subsistence (DLA) | $465 | |
| Strawberries, fresh | Subsistence (DLA) | $672 | |
| Brussel sprouts, CHL | Subsistence (DLA) | $463 | |
| Strawberries, fresh | Subsistence (DLA) | $349 | |
| Tomatoes, fresh | Subsistence (DLA) | $297 |
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About the company
Stern Produce Company, Inc., a Phoenix, Arizona-based small business produce distributor, supplies fresh fruits and vegetables to the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division and Department of Agriculture customers as a prime contractor under full-and-open competition, with all recent delivery orders carrying no set-aside designation. The company is a for-profit corporate entity with no stated SBA certifications (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other designations).
Stern Produce holds a single-award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract (SPE30023DP412) awarded by DLA Troop Support Subsistence on September 23, 2025, with a $4.9 million ceiling and a five-year performance period through September 22, 2030. The IDIQ authorizes delivery of USDA Grade 1 or better fresh fruits and vegetables to Department of Defense and USDA School and Reservation customers throughout Arizona under a two-group structure segregating DoD (Group 1) and USDA (Group 2) customer streams. The contract generates firm fixed-price delivery orders with typical execution windows of one to four days, reflecting the perishable-goods logistics model. Stern Produce supplies strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes, grapes, broccoli florets, bananas, oranges, watermelon, pineapple, peppers, cauliflower, and related produce items. A representative sample of recent orders includes a $4,966 delivery order for fresh cherry tomatoes (May 20, 2026), a $4,274 order for raspberries (May 28, 2026), a $3,978 order for Chilean raspberries (May 6, 2026), and a $2,951 order for fresh oranges (May 14, 2026).
The vendor's award portfolio is heavily concentrated. Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence accounts for 99.99% of all awards (162,781 of 162,790 prime awards) and 92.8% of combined potential value ($419.4 million of $452.8 million). The remaining awards consist of one Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crops Program order ($5.4 million potential value) and one Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office award. All 162,790 documented awards are prime contracts; the vendor holds no subcontract position in the source data.
Activity volume has declined sharply. Stern Produce received 40,035 awards in 2024, dropped to 13,791 in 2025, and has received only 929 awards year-to-date in 2026. The portfolio carries $452.8 million in combined potential value against $169 million in combined obligated dollars (37% burn rate), indicating significant remaining contract capacity. Five IDIQs anchor the task-order pipeline: SPE30019DS343 (57,920 task orders, $39.8 million potential value), SPE30023DS412 (32,230 task orders, $24.2 million), SPE30023DSA26 (20,723 task orders, $36.7 million), SPE30014DS255 (13,244 task orders, $16.7 million), and SPE30023DPA18 (7,946 task orders, $16.6 million). The source's category concentration shows 162,747 awards coded to Fruits and Vegetables PSC, with secondary categorization across Commercial Bakeries (70,162 NAICS hits), Roasted Nuts and Peanut Butter Manufacturing (57,921 hits), and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (21,812 hits) — flagging possible data quality issues in the underlying dataset that may obscure actual scope. Based on the contract summaries and award descriptions, Stern Produce's actual work is narrowly confined to fresh produce distribution to federal subsistence operations.
SBA capabilities narrative
PROVIDE FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Quick answers
Is Stern Produce Company, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Stern Produce Company, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration expired on September 17, 2026.
How much has Stern Produce Company, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $25,937,426 to Stern Produce Company, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $93,111,874 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Stern Produce Company, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Stern Produce Company, Inc. ranked #10 in NAICS 3118, #24 in PSC 8915 and #71 in PSC 89 in FY2025.
What is Stern Produce Company, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Stern Produce Company, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Avocado, fresh (SPE30026F1ZZX), from Subsistence (DLA), on July 26, 2026.
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