Twenty-First Century Bean Processing LLC

Twenty-First Century Bean Processing LLC, a Kansas-based small business limited liability company, supplies dried beans, lentils, and split peas to the Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor exclusively under small business set-asides, with all work performed at its Sharon Springs, Kansas facility and no subcontract footprint.

The vendor operates as a pure commodity supplier to USDA's domestic food assistance programs. Across 183 prime awards spanning the past several years, Twenty-First Century Bean Processing delivers packaged and bulk dry legumes in multiple formats—12 2-pound bags, 24 1-pound bags, and 25-pound and 50-kilogram bulk units—for distribution through the National School Lunch Program, food banks, and international food donation initiatives. Representative recent work includes a $5.07 million partial small business set-aside definitive contract awarded by the Agricultural Marketing Service on September 24, 2026 for black turtle dry beans and green split peas in 12/2 lb packaging running through April 30, 2027; a $2.19 million total small business set-aside award from the Food and Nutrition Service on May 29, 2026 for Great Northern, baby lima, light red kidney, split pea beans and dry lentils; and a $10.37 million partial small business set-aside award from the Agricultural Marketing Service on February 29, 2024 for navy, light red kidney, pinto, and dark red kidney beans. The vendor also holds a $1.75 million single-award indefinite delivery contract from the Agricultural Marketing Service for Great Northern and pinto beans, with delivery orders issued through December 2023.

Customer concentration sits entirely within USDA. The Food and Nutrition Service (71 awards, $74.3 million combined potential value) and the Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office (32 awards, $80.8 million combined potential value) account for 81% of awards and 94% of combined potential value across all recent awards. The Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crops Program (11 awards, $26.2 million), the Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office (13 awards, $8.6 million), and smaller USDA sub-offices round out the active customer base. Twenty-First Century Bean Processing competes exclusively under small business set-asides—predominantly total small business set-asides with select partial small business set-aside and full-and-open awards.

Activity has been steady with 12 awards in 2023, 7 in 2024, 10 in 2025, and 7 year-to-date in 2026, generating $211.1 million in combined potential value across all 183 awards. Only three awards (combined potential value $5.5 million) complete within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The vendor's capability portfolio concentrates in NAICS 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing) across 95 awards, with secondary activity in grain and field bean merchant wholesaling (27 awards) and frozen fruit, juice, and vegetable manufacturing (19 awards); PSC 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables) dominates the award footprint at 175 awards. Twenty-First Century Bean Processing maintains no parent vehicle positions; work is awarded through direct definitive contracts and single-award indefinite delivery contracts rather than governmentwide or agency-wide IDIQs.