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FIRST CUT PRODUCE INC

UEI DJ3ZPKBJFEH2CAGE 8BNW5Company website ↗

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Small Business

Overview

Legal name
FIRST CUT PRODUCE INC
Registered location
EVANSTON, IL, USA
Website
Company website ↗
Primary NAICS
424480 — Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
Latest award activity
Aug 20, 2026
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FIRST CUT PRODUCE INC is associated with UEI DJ3ZPKBJFEH2 and CAGE 8BNW5 in public federal records. AcornBids currently links 7 prime awards totaling $607.3K in obligations to this entity. Its largest recorded federal customer by obligations is Department of Agriculture. Its recorded federal awards include work classified as Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing. These categories describe the loaded award records, not a complete list of company capabilities. Its primary SAM.gov NAICS is 424480 (Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers). Its public SAM.gov registration lists EVANSTON, IL, USA.

At a glance

Lifetime prime obligations$607.3K
Prime awards7
Awards with future end dates1
Top-agency concentration100.0%

Prime contract obligations across loaded award records. Obligations are not revenue or contract ceilings. Summary updated Oct 9, 2026. Refresh pending; these totals may be out of date.

Business information

Public SAM.gov registration details.

Legal name
FIRST CUT PRODUCE INC
UEI
DJ3ZPKBJFEH2
CAGE
8BNW5
Registered address
1515 SHERMAN AVE, EVANSTON, IL, 60201, USA
Registration status
Active
Primary NAICS
424480 — Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
SAM activation
Jul 9, 2026
Initial registration
May 21, 2019
Entity start
Apr 1, 2000
SAM updated
Jul 9, 2026
Registration expires
Jul 7, 2027
Fiscal year end
Dec 31
Place of incorporation
IL, USA

View SAM.gov source

Research brief

Source facts

  • Loaded prime-award records link 7 awards and $607,333 in reported obligations to this legal entity. Source
  • Recorded awards include Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311991); this classification is not proof of every company capability. Source
  • An example award describes: COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011440/4100034842/APPLES FUJI FRESH F CARTON-40 LB,APPLES GRANNY SMITH FRESH CTN-40 LB Source

Federal award analysis

Net transaction obligations by federal fiscal period.

Selected transaction obligations$607.3K
Prime contracts
$112.5KFY2025$494.8KFY2026

Reported transaction obligations by federal fiscal period; includes deobligations. Missing transactions are not estimated. Coverage: 7 of 7 selected awards. Select a period to explore its awards.

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Funding change

Dated, valued transaction obligations in equal-length adjacent periods; missing records are unknown. Default: last completed federal fiscal year. Percentage is unavailable when the prior period has no positive reported obligations.

MeasureReported value
Current periodOct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026
Current obligations$494.8K
Prior periodOct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025
Prior obligations$112.5K
Change$382.3K
Growth+339.8%

Where the work is performed

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State tile map; darker tiles have larger absolute net obligations. Outlined tiles indicate net deobligations. Unshaded tiles have no reported transactions in this selection. Other locations appear in the table.

Agencies
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
Department of Agriculture$607.3K7
Offices
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
USDA AMS 3J14$607.3K7
Naics
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
311991 — Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing$607.3K7
Psc
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
8915 — Fruits and Vegetables$607.3K7
Vehicles
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
Unclassified$607.3K7
States
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
ID$451.4K2
MI$112.6K3
CA$24.8K1
WA$18.6K1
Set Asides
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE - TOTAL$607.3K7

Recent federal awards

Prime contract awards. Select an award to review its history and source evidence.

Award / descriptionAwarding agencyObligationsStart dateEnd date
123J1426C1782COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011440/4100034842/APPLES FUJI FRESH F CARTON-40 LB,APPLES GRANNY SMITH FRESH CTN-40 LBDepartment of Agriculture$197.8KAug 20, 2026Dec 2, 2026
123J1426C1363COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011340/4100034423/PEACHES FRESH BAG PKG-12/2 LBDepartment of Agriculture$253.5KJun 9, 2026Sep 30, 2026
123J1426C0746COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011158/4100033814/APPLES GALA FRESH G CARTON-40 LBDepartment of Agriculture$18.6KFeb 18, 2026May 20, 2026
123J1426C0608COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011123/4100033680/MIXED FRESH PRODUCEDepartment of Agriculture$24.8KFeb 5, 2026May 15, 2026
123J1425C1584COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010877/4100032591/MIXED FRESH PRODUCEDepartment of Agriculture$20.0KJul 23, 2025Dec 31, 2025
123J1425C0868COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010634/4100031877/ORANGES CTN-34-39 LBDepartment of Agriculture$24.8KMar 5, 2025Jul 16, 2025
123J1425C0773COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000010599/4100031787/MIXED FRESH PRODUCEDepartment of Agriculture$67.8KFeb 20, 2025Jun 15, 2025
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Upcoming positioning windows

Modeled recompete windows are estimates, not announced solicitations or guarantees.

Registration, certifications & contacts

Registration evidenceDate
SAM updatedJul 9, 2026
Source loadedSep 26, 2026
Initial registrationMay 21, 2019
Entity startApr 1, 2000

Registration classifications: Small Business. These are separate from the reported certificates above.

IndustryReported size status
112120 — Dairy Cattle and Milk ProductionNot reported
311421 — Fruit and Vegetable CanningNot reported
311611 — Animal (except Poultry) SlaughteringNot reported
311612 — Meat Processed from CarcassesNot reported
311615 — Poultry ProcessingNot reported
311991 — Perishable Prepared Food ManufacturingNot reported
424430 — Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant WholesalersNot reported
424480 — Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant WholesalersNot reported
484122 — General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than TruckloadNot reported
484230 — Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-DistanceNot reported
ContactRolePublished contact methodsEvidenceSource date
RICK HERRICKGovernment businessContact method not publishedSAM registrationNot available
RICK HERRICKElectronic businessContact method not publishedSAM registrationNot available
Registered industries
  • 112120 — Dairy Cattle and Milk Production
  • 311421 — Fruit and Vegetable Canning
  • 311611 — Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
  • 311612 — Meat Processed from Carcasses
  • 311615 — Poultry Processing
  • 311991 — Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing
  • 424430 — Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers
  • 424480 — Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers
  • 484122 — General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload
  • 484230 — Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance

Registration classifications and published certificates do not by themselves establish eligibility for a particular solicitation. View SAM source

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Data coverage and methodology

Sources: SAM.gov registration, USAspending awards and transactions, and linked supporting records. Prime contract obligations, IDV ceilings and assistance amounts are kept separate. Missing records are not zero activity. Company claims are labeled separately. Recompete signals are rule-based scores out of 100. Positioning windows are AcornBids estimates.

Disclosed relationships only. Missing records do not establish that a contractor has no partners. Ambiguous parent award identifiers are excluded.

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