Western Veg-Produce Inc.

Western Veg-Produce Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Bakersfield, California, supplies frozen and fresh produce — primarily wild blueberries, apples, pears, potatoes, and cherries — to the Department of Agriculture for domestic food assistance and nutrition programs as a prime contractor under total and partial small business set-asides. The company operates across NAICS 311411 (Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing) and 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning), with performance facilities in Machias, Maine and Kalkaska, Michigan. All eighty recent awards are prime contracts, with no subcontract footprint.

Department of Agriculture dominance defines the customer portfolio. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office accounts for 36 awards ($83.4 million combined potential value), while the Food and Nutrition Service holds 23 awards ($6.6 million). The Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office has issued 15 awards ($7.2 million). These three USDA sub-offices represent 99% of award volume and 100% of combined potential value across all six federal customer agencies in the source. The split between dollars and volume reflects USDA-AMS's concentration in large-dollar commodity procurements; USDA-FNS places more numerous but smaller orders.

Two indefinite delivery contracts serve as the primary vehicle platform. IDC 123J1423D0087, valued at $10.06 million and designated total small business set-aside, was awarded January 1, 2024 for frozen wild blueberries in 3-pound containers through June 30, 2024; a $9.5 million delivery order against it was issued November 22, 2023. IDC 123J1424D0176, valued at $9.74 million, total small business set-aside, ran through June 30, 2023 and generated delivery orders totaling $11.48 million. Beyond these IDVs, Western Veg-Produce executes definitive contracts and delivery orders directly against USDA solicitations. Representative recent awards include a $4.39 million partial small business set-aside definitive contract (August 17, 2026) for frozen wild blueberries in multiple carton sizes, a $7.65 million total small business set-aside for 216,000 cases of frozen blueberries (January 21, 2025), and a $1.6 million partial small business set-aside for frozen blueberries (May 12, 2025).

Activity trended down in the past three years: eight awards in 2022, nine in 2023, five in 2024, four in 2025, and one in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all eighty awards stands at $99.5 million, with $79.7 million (80%) obligated. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, posing minimal recompete exposure in the immediate window but signaling a compressed forward pipeline. The vendor's footprint is entirely within produce commodity supply for USDA nutrition initiatives, with no diversification into other federal agencies or service lines, and competes predominantly under small business set-aside categories across the entire prime portfolio.