The Neil Jones Food Company

The Neil Jones Food Company, doing business as Neil Jones Food Co, supplies canned fruits and vegetables to the Department of Agriculture in full-and-open competition as a prime contractor, with 100% of its recent federal footprint consisting of prime awards across multiple USDA food commodity programs. The company is a for-profit corporation headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, with a secondary production facility in Firebaugh, California, and competes without SBA set-aside designations under NAICS 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning) and PSC 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables).

Neil Jones Food Co's capability portfolio centers on shelf-stable canned produce for federal nutrition assistance programs. The vendor supplies canned pears in multiple forms—whole, sliced, diced, and halved in extra-light syrup—packaged in consumer #300 cans (24-count cases) and institutional #10 cans (6-count cases); canned tomato products including diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato salsa, tomato paste, and meatless spaghetti sauce in both 6/10 can and pouch formats; and specialty items such as canned plums, cranberry sauce, and related commodities. Representative recent work includes a $6.16 million definitive contract (May 2026) from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service for pear slices, diced pears, and pear halves; a $3.14 million definitive contract (June 2026) from AMS for mixed pear forms; and a $3.58 million delivery order (June 2026) from Food and Nutrition Service for whole pears and pear varieties. The vendor has delivered over 150 federal contract awards since 2019 and holds multiple standing indefinite-delivery contracts with FNS.

Customer concentration sits heavily with USDA divisions. The top five customer entities account for 88% of recent awards. Food and Nutrition Service leads by a significant margin with 196 awards valued at $371 million combined potential value, followed by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office with 124 awards ($158.5 million), AMS Specialty Crops Program with 96 awards ($125 million), and AMS main office with 111 awards ($6.1 million). Defense Logistics Agency appears as a fifth customer with 32 awards but carries minimal dollar value compared to USDA dominance. The vendor's entire award footprint tracks to USDA food commodity procurement for domestic feeding programs, particularly the National School Lunch Program and food bank distribution. Total portfolio spans 637 prime awards across all sources with $676.4 million combined potential value and $565.2 million obligated (84% of potential).

Neil Jones Food Co holds five active multiple-award indefinite-delivery contracts with USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, ranging from $22.2 million to $45.8 million in ceiling value. The largest IDV (contract 123J1421D0027, $31.8 million) covers canned pear commodities in multiple forms through September 2026; a $22.2 million IDV (123J1425D0038, through September 2026) procures mixed pear forms; a $32.3 million IDV (awarded July 31, 2026, through September 2027) covers pears in all varieties; and a $32.8 million IDV (October 1, 2024, through September 2025) provided canned pears and related commodities. A smaller $488 thousand IDV focuses on diced canned tomatoes through September 2026. Task-order activity under these vehicles is consistent, with nine to twelve delivery orders per parent contract supporting the USDA's quarterly and semi-annual food commodity procurement cycles. The vendor also holds several legacy IDVs with completion dates approaching recompete windows in the next twenty-four months; nine awards valued at $8.1 million face ultimate completion within that window.

Activity has remained stable year-over-year, averaging 25 to 33 awards annually across 2022 through 2026. The vendor competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside positioning, reflecting its established scale and capacity to meet large-volume USDA requirements. All work is performed as prime contractor with no subcontract relationships reflected in the federal award record. Place of performance spans the vendor's two primary facilities—Vancouver, Washington, serving pear and tomato production; Firebaugh and Hollister, California, serving tomato paste and pouch product lines—with nationwide distribution to USDA distribution centers and food assistance program end-use points.