Valley Bakers Cooperative Association

Valley Bakers Cooperative Association (VBCA) is a for-profit corporate entity that provides food and agricultural products and services to the federal government. Based on the provided information, VBCA supplies combination boxes, precooked meat boxes, fresh produce boxes, and dairy product boxes in support of the federal COVID-19 response.

Through past prime federal contract awards, VBCA has provided over $10 million worth of combination boxes to the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS). These contracts supported USDA-AMS's efforts to facilitate domestic food marketing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The boxes were supplied out of VBCA's Greenville, Wisconsin facility for delivery by September 2020. No major subcontractors or set aside designations were indicated.

VBCA has received one prime federal grant award for $20,000 from USDA-AMS in January 2022. This COVID-19 relief grant covers VBCA's costs incurred between January 2020 and December 2021 related to workplace safety, market pivots, facilities retrofitting, transportation, worker housing, and medical expenses. The grant supports VBCA's employees as well as those of food processors, distributors, farmers markets, and producers.

Additionally, VBCA holds a Basic Ordering Agreement worth up to $0 with USDA-AMS through August 2022. Under this multiple award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract, VBCA can provide precooked meat boxes, combination boxes, fresh produce boxes, and dairy products boxes. Task orders can be issued against this agreement through the Commodities program.