SubSignal / Opportunities / Department of Agriculture
When the Department of Agriculture awards a contract over $750,000 to a large business, federal acquisition rules require that contractor to file a small business subcontracting plan — a written commitment to subcontract part of the work to small businesses. These are 7 such awards, worth $44.3M in total.
A subcontracting plan is a legal obligation on the prime, not an open solicitation. Nobody will contact you. The window that matters is the first few weeks after award, while the prime is still assembling its team — here is how the rule works.
| Prime contractor | Work | Award | Plan type | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Foods Inc. | Poultry Processing | $17.4M | Commercial Subcontract Plan | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Gold Creek Foods, LLC | Poultry Processing | $7.1M | Commercial Subcontract Plan | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Poultry Processing | $5.9M | Commercial Subcontract Plan | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Caviness Beef Packers, Limited | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering | $5.6M | Commercial Subcontract Plan | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Jennie-o Turkey Store INC | Poultry Processing | $4.0M | Commercial Subcontract Plan | Jul 21, 2026 |
| JBS USA Food Company | Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering | $3.0M | Commercial Subcontract Plan | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Michael Foods, INC | ALL Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing | $1.2M | Commercial Subcontract Plan | Jul 29, 2026 |
Federal contract awards are published on USASpending.gov, and each record carries a field stating whether the award requires a subcontracting plan. SubSignal reads that field, keeps only the awards where the answer is yes, and drops everything else — awards below the threshold, awards to small businesses that are exempt, and awards the contracting officer marked as having no subcontracting possibilities. What is left is a list of large companies with a live obligation to find small business partners. This page rebuilds every time the feed refreshes.