SolicitationPosted Jul 28, 2026·Responses due Aug 10, 2026

FCI FT DIX, FY27 1ST QTR HALAL FOOD 15BFTD26Q00000012

Bureau of Prisons · FCI FORT DIX

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
311999
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
15BFTD26Q00000012
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
8940
Place
Joint Base MDL, NJ, USA
Contact
ARTURO APONTE BERRIOS (AAPONTEBERRIOS@BOP.GOV)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 15BFTD26Q00000012 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
None posted
Solicitation
  • Jul 28, 2026 · this notice
    Solicitation
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 19, 2026 to Sep 14, 2026, middle of the range Aug 26, 2026.
Measured from 873 past solicitations at Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons with NAICS 311999 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 28, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

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  • Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
  • Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
  • Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.

What the notice says

U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix, NJ JULY 28, 2026 Re: 15BFTD26Q00000012 (HALAL) Dear Offerors, Enclosed is a solicitation package prepared by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix, New Jersey, Contracting Office, for the acquisition of commercial items for our facility. This package contains all necessary information for you to submit to the government your price quotes for these items for consumption of the inmate population housed at FCI Fort Dix. The Government shall award these items by line … (show all)

item to the lowest responsive/responsible offeror. All vendors awarded Purchase Orders must be registered in the SAM System (WWW.SAM.GOV) and willing to accept Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) as a form of payment. Please pay close attention to the delivery date(s). Please quote only on those specified items. Do not change the specified item. Do not change the item description or the unit of issue. Do not use phrases such as �Minimum Award Amount�, �All or none�, or any other phrases that would limit the Government from awarding by line item. ANY CHANGES TO THE SOLICITATION CAN RESULT IN THE GOVERNMENT, REJECTING THE PART OR ALL OF THE QUOTES SUBMITTED. Please complete the Standard Form 1449 as such: Blocks 17a, 30a, 30b, and 30c. Please open the excel file and add only your company name below the highlighted area and only your unit price per item into the self-calculating excel document and return in excel format. Please complete and return the attached Contractor Information Sheet. You MUST email the following: your quotes in excel format(company name must be listed), SF 1449 and Contractor Information Sheet to aaponteberrios@bop.gov and CC: to bvirgillo@bop.gov with the subject line in all caps �15BFTD26Q00000012� no later than AUGUST 9, 2026 @ 11:59 PM Eastern Time. NO OTHER METHOD OF MAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED. FAILURE TO FOLLOW EMAIL INSTRUCTIONS MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF BID/QUOTE. The following documentation shall be submitted: SF-1449 (SIGN BLOCKS 30 a b and c). CONTRACTOR INFORMATION SHEET BID SHEET (EXCEL FORMAT ONLY) A receipt of your email shall be acknowledged by the Contract Specialist, Mr. Aponte. If you do not receive an email from Mr. Aponte acknowledging your receipt, it is your responsibility to follow up to ensure the Contract Officer has received your bid. Otherwise, your bid may be rejected post award. All questions about quality, delivery, standard, so on may be addressed to Mr. D. Cruz At dcruz@bop.gov . Sincerely, Arturo Aponte-Berrios, Contract Officer

Who won similar work

623 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Bureau of Prisons), same NAICS 311999.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SHAVER FOODS LLC48$3.6MSep 23, 2026
Multiple Berlin NH 03570 USA34$2.5MOct 14, 2026
North Star Imports, LLC34$1.9MOct 14, 2026
JNS FOODS LLC29$954KSep 22, 2026
PUEBLO TRADING CO INC26$1.0MSep 23, 2026
NATIONAL FOOD GROUP INC25$465KSep 23, 2026
MULTIPLE VENDORS Bruceton Mills WV 26525 USA24$7.2MSep 18, 2026
Matts Trading Inc24$945KSep 22, 2026
L.A. FOODS, LLC24$889KSep 23, 2026
THE SMOOTH SAILING GROUP LLC23$971KOct 14, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Bureau of Prisons (BOP) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Bureau of Prisons (BOP) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 1 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.