Wilbur Packing Company, Inc.

Wilbur Packing Company, Inc., doing business as Wilbur Packing Co., is a veteran-owned, for-profit corporate entity registered in SAM.gov since 2003 and specializing in manufacturing agricultural commodities. The company is a prominent supplier of dried fruits and nuts to various U.S. government food assistance programs, particularly those managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Wilbur Packing Company primarily operates as a grower, packer, and processor of agricultural products, with a specific focus on prunes, walnuts, and other dried fruit commodities that are packaged for federal food donation initiatives.

The company has consistently secured prime federal contracts with the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, Farm Service Agency, and Food and Nutrition Service. These contracts predominantly involve delivering packaged agricultural commodities for government food assistance programs, with recent contracts including 2,000,010 pounds of dried pitted plums in 24/1 lb bags, 801,504 cases of shelled walnuts, and various other dried fruit products. Most of these contracts are set aside for small businesses, with ceiling values ranging from $69,660 to $3,888,702, and are typically definitive, firm fixed-price awards with completion dates between 2020 and 2025. The contracts are predominantly awarded by civilian agencies, specifically different divisions within the USDA, and support domestic food donation and assistance efforts.

Wilbur Packing Company has received federal grant awards focused on pandemic response and support for food processors. The most recent grant, awarded on January 3, 2022, was a $20,000 project grant from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service to support costs incurred in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant specifically covered expenses related to workplace safety, market adaptations, facility retrofitting, transportation, worker housing, and medical expenses. The grant period covered costs incurred between January 27, 2020, and December 31, 2021, and was designed to provide relief to food processors, distributors, farmers markets, and producers.

The company holds an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, identified as IDV ID 123J1424D0076, with a ceiling value of $252,420 running through January 31, 2025. This multiple-award IDC is set aside for total small business participation and focuses on supplying dried pitted plums packaged in 24/1 lb bags for USDA food donation programs. The IDC aims to provide a reliable source of high-quality agricultural commodities to support federal food aid distribution to vulnerable populations within the United States, building upon Wilbur Packing Company's extensive experience in fulfilling similar USDA contracts for delivering dried fruits and nuts.

Wilbur Packing Company, Inc. have been pioneers in the farming industry for growing and packing California prunes and walnuts for years. The cornerstone of the Wilbur Packing Company, Inc. farming philosophy is good stewardship of the land for future generations. We offer our customers a wide array of packaging options to meet the diverse needs of our customers, from products packed in bulk to the most sophisticated retail concepts. Our company prides itself on being able to meet the needs of the smallest distributors to multinational supermarkets. For more information please visit us at http://www.wilburpacking.com.