Tuscany Cheese LLC

Tuscany Cheese LLC, a California-based for-profit cheese manufacturer, supplies shredded and mozzarella cheddar cheese products to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for domestic food assistance programs as a prime contractor on full-and-open competitive procurements — all seven recent federal awards carry no small-business set-aside designation. The company is headquartered in La Mirada, California, and operates under NAICS 311513 (Cheese Manufacturing) and PSC 8910 (Dairy Foods and Eggs), with all products manufactured to U.S. domestic-content requirements and sourced from USDA Dairy Programs-approved plants.

Tuscany's customer footprint is concentrated entirely within the Department of Agriculture across two operating divisions. The USDA Food and Nutrition Service accounts for five awards valued at $1.2 million combined potential value, while the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office anchors two awards valued at $3 million combined potential value — together accounting for 100% of recent awards and combined potential value. Food and Nutrition Service work consists of repeated definitive contracts and delivery orders for shredded yellow cheddar cheese in 6/2 lb and 12/1 lb package configurations, with award dates spanning February 2025 through May 2026 and ultimate completion dates ranging from April 2025 through September 2026. Agricultural Marketing Service work includes a $2.3 million August 2024 definitive contract for cheddar cheese products (12/1 lb and 12/2 lb packages) running through March 2025, and a $749 thousand April 2026 definitive contract for shredded yellow cheddar in 12/1 lb packages also completing September 15, 2026.

Tuscany holds an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC 123J1425D0028) with the Food and Nutrition Service valued at $1.8 million through December 31, 2026, partially set aside for small businesses, covering mozzarella cheese products including low-moisture part-skim frozen leaves and shredded frozen boxed cheese. The initial task order under this IDC, valued at $731 thousand, covers approximately 56.4 million pounds of various mozzarella product types for delivery to multiple U.S. locations on an FOB origin basis. Award activity has accelerated — one award in 2024, four in 2025, and two through May 2026 — with $822 thousand in combined potential value completing within the next twenty-four months, exposing the vendor to recompete risk on near-term renewals. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data and competes entirely on full-and-open basis against other commodity suppliers.