Thank you for your interest in becoming a USDA vendor. Each year, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) purchases approximately $2-5 billion in processed, chilled, frozen, and fresh products. These wholesome, high-quality products are delivered nationwide to schools, food banks, and households as well as across the globe through humanitarian food aid programs.
AMS purchases a variety of 100% domestically produced and processed commodity food products through a competitive process among approved vendors. Our purchases are primarily full truck loads and/or rail cars for nationwide and international distribution. Selling food to AMS offers suppliers a rewarding, consistent, and reliable business opportunity; check out our Opportunities to sell to USDA document (pdf) for more information.
We strongly recommend that prospective vendors explore the resources and documents below prior to submitting an application package.
- Understand the Requirements
- Explore resources and make sure you are eligible and can meet AMS’ requirements before compiling an application.
- Apply
- Complete and submit your application.
- Application Review Timeframe
- Review the next steps in the application process and understand the status of your application.
- Resources
- Webinars and FAQs.