Watanabe Vegetable Processing LLC

Watanabe Vegetable Processing LLC, doing business as Watanabe Vegetable Process LLC, is a woman-owned small business based in Kula, Hawaii that supplies fresh fruits and vegetables to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract relationships, delivering locally-sourced produce including apples, oranges, carrots, celery, lettuce, cabbage, pineapples, and related items to military dining facilities and eligible Department of Defense recipients throughout the Pacific region.

Watanabe's entire federal footprint concentrates on a single customer: the Defense Logistics Agency. The company holds a $4.9 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Troop Support Pacific, awarded February 17, 2025, and running through February 16, 2030, for market fresh division produce procurement. This parent vehicle has seeded over 6,100 delivery orders in less than six months of operation. The source data captures 6,192 total awards across the vendor's lifecycle; awards per year declined from 1,106 in 2021 to 175 in 2026 (through mid-April), though this reflects the source's data cutoff and does not necessarily indicate business contraction. Recent award activity in 2026 remains brisk: the summary shows delivery orders issued weekly or daily, with individual order values typically ranging from $100 to $3,000 and firm fixed-price structures.

The top five parent vehicles account for 5,097 task orders across approximately $4.2 million in combined potential value. Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE30221DS009 anchors the portfolio with 2,351 task orders valued at $1.9 million, followed by SPE30218DS002 (2,030 orders, $1.1 million). All vehicles are DLA Troop Support vehicles; the most recent prime contract award in the source (February 17, 2025) is a non-set-aside IDIQ that complements an earlier $3.4 million small-business set-aside IDIQ with the same customer. The vendor's capability portfolio is strictly produce procurement: 6,183 awards classified under PSC Fruits And Vegetables, with 6,103 coded as Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (NAICS) and 89 as Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers. Representative recent delivery orders include a $3.3 million combined potential value order for lettuce with chile peppers (April 6, 2026), a $2.8 million order for fresh oranges (January 5, 2026), and recurring calls for cabbage, apples, celery, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, and broccoli florets.

Watanabe's customer concentration is absolute. DLA Troop Support Subsistence accounts for 6,180 awards (99.8% by count) representing $5.2 million in combined potential value, while DLA Troop Support Pacific holds 8 awards (the parent IDIQs and an earlier contract) worth $17.4 million. The vendor serves no other federal agencies. All awards are designated Total Small Business set-asides with firm fixed-price structures and place of performance in Kula, Hawaii. The company has maintained federal registration since at least February 2002 and operates exclusively as a prime contractor, leveraging Hawaii-based agricultural operations to supply the Pacific theater and reduce supply chain complexity for DoD subsistence operations.

We raise and produce Vegetables and fruits. We process fruits and vegetables. We are family oriented and take pride in our company