Sudano's Produce, LLC

Sudano's Produce, LLC, operating as a self-certified small disadvantaged business, supplies fresh produce and food commodities to federal correctional facilities and emergency food programs as a prime contractor on over 1,000 purchase orders across the past five years, competing entirely under small-business set-asides and full-and-open designations with minimal recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months.

Sudano's Produce is a sole-proprietorship limited liability company based in Hanover, Maryland, structured as a for-profit small disadvantaged business without a federal contracting vehicle seat. The vendor operates a distribution division called Maryland Wholesale Produce and carries a Basic Ordering Agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service (contract 123J1420G0222) that has anchored most of the firm's federal dollar value. Recent capability work centers on weekly produce delivery to Bureau of Prisons facilities — Federal Correctional Complex Butner (228 awards, $2.8 million), Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg (217 awards, $1.7 million), and Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood (189 awards, $1.3 million) — with individual purchase orders typically ranging from $10 thousand to $22 thousand per weekly delivery. Sudano's Produce also holds blanket purchase agreements with the Bureau of Prisons for standing produce orders (BPA DJBP0201BPA16002: 32 task orders, $172 thousand; BPA 15B20118FBPA18002: 31 task orders, $80 thousand). Beyond correctional food service, the vendor received a $39.3 million combined potential value from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office and a $21 million award from the USDA Specialty Crops Program for fresh produce and combination food boxes, including support for COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts. The vendor's award footprint spans 860 awards coded to Fruits and Vegetables (PSC code), with secondary work in food oils, bakery products, and composite food packages.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Bureau of Prisons, which drives 87% of award count across five major correctional facilities (Butner, Petersburg, Allenwood, Hazleton, and Fort Dix). However, the top-customer-by-dollars ranking is dominated by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service: the six awards from USDA's Washington Office and one from the Specialty Crops Program combined account for 95% of the vendor's $69.5 million combined potential value, while all 956 Bureau of Prisons purchase orders total less than $11 million. This disconnect signals that the vendor's federal footprint is anchored to large-dollar USDA food commodity delivery contracts, with the Bureau of Prisons providing steady weekly revenue through many small orders.

Activity shows moderate trajectory. Awards per year averaged 37 in 2023 and 2024 but dropped sharply to nine in 2025 and three in 2026, suggesting either an intentional shift away from BOP volume or delays in new BOP task order issuance. The recompete cliff is minimal: only one award ($114 thousand combined potential value) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating low near-term recompete exposure for this vendor. The vendor operates entirely as a prime (100% of awards) with no subcontract footprint in the source data. Dollar obligated equals 100% of combined potential value, confirming complete execution of recorded awards.

Sudano's Produce holds no seats on government-wide acquisition contracts or other multi-agency vehicles; work flows through direct agency contracts, purchase orders, and blanket purchase agreements with specific offices within DOJ and USDA. The vendor's business model is purpose-built for small-business set-aside perishable food procurement — high-frequency, low-individual-dollar-value weekly deliveries to correctional facilities and episodic larger commodity awards from USDA for federal food assistance. The firm operates without disclosed teaming, subcontracting, or corporate parent relationships; it is a standalone sole proprietorship competing across small-business set-asides in full-and-open procurements.

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