Kentucky firm awarded $122M federal supply contract

Creation Gardens Inc., Louisville, Ky., has been awarded a maximum $122.7 million contract to supply fresh fruit and vegetables to military and school customers.

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Creation Gardens Inc., Louisville, Ky., has been awarded a maximum $122.7 million contract to supply fresh fruit and vegetables to military and school customers.

The awarded contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support was a competitive acquisition with three responses received in total, according to a news release.

The four-and-a-half-year contract has no option periods, with an ordering period end date of March 11, 2028, the release said.

Contract customers are the Army, Air Force, Air National Guard, Job Corps, and USDA schools, the release said.

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