Glenn Reid

Glenn Reid serves as a key procurement professional within the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he manages acquisitions critical to the federal nutrition assistance mission. His responsibilities center on securing processed and preserved agricultural commodities—including canned, frozen, dried, and prepared foods—to ensure a reliable, safe, and shelf-stable supply chain for domestic food assistance programs. Reid specializes in full and open competitive contracting under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, with a focus on complex food manufacturing and logistics requirements that demand strict compliance with food safety, labeling, and cold chain standards. Reid maintains a primary working relationship with Navcor Logistics LLC, a trusted contractor with demonstrated capacity in end-to-end procurement, storage, and distribution of perishable and preserved food commodities. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for established vendors with proven infrastructure in food processing and logistics, indicating a focus on operational reliability and supply chain resilience over transactional vendor relationships. He consistently engages contractors with the technical expertise to meet USDA’s stringent quality control and delivery timelines. Reid’s procurement activity is entirely conducted under full and open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects a mission-driven prioritization of scale, consistency, and compliance over socioeconomic targeting, aligning with AMS’s mandate to deliver large-volume, high-volume food products with minimal disruption to federal nutrition programs. His technical expertise is concentrated in NAICS 311421 (fruit and vegetable canning), 311411 (frozen food manufacturing), and 311999 (miscellaneous food manufacturing), with additional activity in dried food production and perishable prepared foods. He routinely oversees contracts requiring adherence to USDA’s commodity specifications, including moisture content, pH levels, and thermal processing standards, demonstrating deep domain knowledge in food science and industrial-scale food production systems.