United Pulse Trading Inc.

United Pulse Trading Inc., doing business as United Pulse Trading, supplies packaged pulse commodities (yellow split peas, green split peas, and lentils in 50-kilogram bags) to the Department of Agriculture for U.S. government food donation programs as a foreign-owned prime contractor competing in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation. The vendor is headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota, operates under NAICS 311212 (Flour Milling and Malt Manufacturing) and primary PSC 8945 (Fruits and Vegetables), and has accumulated over $130.6 million in combined potential value across 138 federal prime awards since 2007, with performance primarily at facilities in Williston, North Dakota and Houston, Texas.

Customer concentration is extreme and singular. The Department of Agriculture accounts for 100% of named customer agencies, with the Farm Service Agency's Kansas City Commodity Office anchoring 84 awards valued at $77.3 million (73% of the award count and 59% of combined potential value). The Foreign Agricultural Service contributes 15 awards worth $5.9 million, and the Food for Progress program adds one award valued at $1.3 million. The award portfolio carries no parent vehicles, GWACs, BPAs, or IDIQs — all 138 awards are definitive, firm-fixed-price spot contracts issued directly by USDA commodity offices, with no teaming relationships or subcontract footprint. The vendor competes exclusively full-and-open with no set-aside designation across its entire prime footprint.

Activity has contracted sharply in recent years. From 2022 to 2023, the vendor moved from 3 awards to 15, but declined to 9 awards in 2024, 4 in 2025, and 2 in 2026 year-to-date. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, valued at $847 thousand, representing minimal near-term recompete exposure. Representative recent work includes a $846,920 award from the Foreign Agricultural Service on June 4, 2026 for yellow split peas; a $1.3 million award from Food for Progress on November 7, 2024 for lentils; and multiple $300,000–$700,000 awards from the Kansas City Commodity Office across 2023 and 2024 for yellow and green split peas. Place of performance is split between Williston, North Dakota (the vendor's home state) and Houston, Texas, reflecting commodity sourcing and staging logistics. The vendor operates at full dollar obligation — 100% of combined potential value has been obligated — indicating minimal pipeline or option-year exposure beyond the named awards.