The Neil Jones Food Company

The Neil Jones Food Company, doing business as Neil Jones Food Co., is a for-profit food processing and manufacturing company based in California with production facilities in Vancouver, Washington and Firebaugh, California. The company specializes in producing canned fruits, vegetables, and tomato-based products for federal food assistance programs. Since its registration in the System for Award Management on February 5, 2002, The Neil Jones Food Company has established itself as a critical vendor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, consistently delivering large volumes of shelf-stable food commodities to support domestic nutrition assistance initiatives. The company's primary focus is supplying canned goods such as pears, tomatoes, plums, cranberry sauce, and spaghetti sauce to federal agencies responsible for food donation programs, school lunch initiatives, and food bank distributions across the United States.

The Neil Jones Food Company has received over 150 federal contract awards since 2019, demonstrating its capacity to meet substantial volume requirements for federal food assistance efforts. The company's contract work primarily involves the delivery of canned pear products in various forms, including whole pears in light syrup, pear slices in extra-light syrup, diced pears in extra-light syrup, and pear halves in extra-light syrup, typically packaged in cases of six #10 cans or twenty-four #300 cans. Additionally, the company supplies numerous canned tomato products, including tomato paste for bulk processing, tomato salsa in both cans and pouches, tomato sauce in cans and pouches, meatless spaghetti sauce in cans and pouches, and diced canned tomatoes in various can sizes. The company has also provided canned plums, cranberry sauce, and other seasonal canned fruits to support USDA food donation programs. Contract awards have been funded exclusively by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with primary funding through the Agricultural Marketing Service and the Food and Nutrition Service. The vast majority of awards have not utilized small business set-asides, and the company has consistently served as a prime contractor without identified subcontractors on these federal awards. Individual contract values have ranged from approximately $16,000 to over $12 million, with most awards structured as either definitive firm fixed-price contracts or delivery orders under larger indefinite delivery vehicle frameworks.

The Neil Jones Food Company holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that provide the framework for efficient procurement of large quantities of canned food products. The most significant IDV, awarded by the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service on June 11, 2021, carries a ceiling value of $40,976,593.63 and has a performance period extending through September 30, 2022, covering canned pear products in all varieties. A second major IDV awarded by the Food and Nutrition Service on June 14, 2022, holds a ceiling value of $28,794,681.36 with a completion date of September 13, 2024, also focused on canned pear commodities. More recently, the company was awarded an IDV by the Food and Nutrition Service on October 1, 2024, valued at $32,795,040.24 extending through September 30, 2025, for the delivery of various canned pear products and shelf-stable food commodities. An additional IDV awarded by the Food and Nutrition Service on June 24, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $22,175,987.52 with a performance period through September 30, 2026. These multiple-award IDVs enable the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service and Food and Nutrition Service to issue task orders on an as-needed basis for the delivery of canned pears, pear slices, diced pears, pear halves, tomato products, plums, cranberry sauce, and other shelf-stable commodities. The company performs work at its facilities in Vancouver, Washington and Firebaugh, California, with deliveries made on a fixed-price basis with economic price adjustment provisions to locations throughout the United States. The indefinite delivery vehicle structure streamlines the procurement process, allowing the USDA to efficiently obtain large quantities of locally sourced, nutritious food products to support critical domestic feeding initiatives, including the National School Lunch Program and food bank distributions.