Tabatchnick Fine Foods Inc.

Tabatchnick Fine Foods Inc., a woman-owned small business and SBA-certified HUBZone firm based in Somerset, New Jersey, manufactures frozen and shelf-stable food commodities exclusively for the federal government as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards). The company specializes in frozen fruit cups (strawberry, peach, mixed berry), peanut butter, and soup products sourced and processed in the United States for domestic food assistance programs and international humanitarian relief.

Tabatchnick competes across full-and-open and partial small business set-aside vehicles; roughly 45% of awards carry set-aside designations, reflecting a balanced portfolio between reserved and unrestricted procurement channels. The company is classified under NAICS 311411 (Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing) and 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning), with PSC code 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables) dominating 108 of 160 awards.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency dependent. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 77 awards (49% of total) valued at $312.7 million (63% of combined potential value), while the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office drives 47 awards (30% of total) worth $149.4 million. These two USDA entities together represent 78% of award count and 85% of potential value. The Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office, the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, and USAID's Bureau for Management round out the active customer set at 98% coverage. Tabatchnick is effectively a USDA food commodity vendor with secondary exposure to USAID humanitarian programs; it has no presence in defense, civilian IT, professional services, or other federal verticals.

Tabatchnick holds five active parent vehicles, all Indefinite Delivery Contracts and Blanket Purchase Agreements with USDA and USAID. The largest IDC (123J1425D0045) carries 12 task orders valued at $36 million through September 2027; IDC 123J1423D0039 holds 7 task orders for $23.5 million through September 2026; and IDC 123J1422D0020 supports 6 task orders worth $24.5 million through September 2024. A USAID BPA for Ready to Use Therapeutic Food and Ready to Use Supplementary Food (AIDOAAE1600004) includes 6 task orders valued at $5 million. All vehicles are multiple-award contracts with partial or full small business set-asides. Recent representative work includes a $52.757 million multiple-award IDC awarded April 7, 2026, by USDA Food and Nutrition Service for frozen strawberry, peach, and mixed berry cups through September 2027; a $47.558 million IDC awarded June 25, 2025, also with USDA FNS for shelf-stable commodities; and a $3.487 million delivery order from USDA on December 15, 2025, for frozen peach and mixed berry cups with February 28, 2026 completion.

Activity trajectory shows consistent annual volume. Tabatchnick averaged 14 awards per year from 2022 through 2025 (13, 18, 20, and 18 respectively) with eight awards in 2026 year-to-date through late June. Combined potential value across the 160-award footprint reaches $498.5 million, with $292.7 million obligated as of the source snapshot (59% draw-down rate). Only three awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $3.1 million — a minimal recompete cliff, indicating that most active IDVs extend well beyond the near-term window. The company holds no subcontract relationships; all 160 awards are prime contracts or IDVs.

Tabatchnick's footprint reflects a specialized, high-volume commodity supplier model. The company manufactures U.S.-origin frozen fruits and complementary food products at its Somerset, New Jersey facility, delivers on FOB origin basis to multiple U.S. locations and Puerto Rico, and serves exclusively as a prime under USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, and USAID vehicles. Competitive intelligence suggests limited cross-agency or cross-vertical pursuit; the vendor operates in a narrow federal food-assistance ecosystem where contract vehicles are predictable, customer agencies are known, and the barrier to entry is manufacturing capacity and food-safety compliance rather than competitive positioning against incumbent services contractors.

Tabatchnick Fine Foods makes a wide variety of foods, retail, food service, and emergency feeding programs. Our products include all natural frozen and aseptic soups, smart snack items for school lunch, frozen pastas, and ready to use therapeutic/supplemental foods. We are family owned and operated since 1997 with emphasis on building good customer relations.