Special NoticePosted Sep 8, 2026·Responses due Sep 18, 2026

FCI LA TUNA - 1st Qtr FY2027 - Halal and Kosher

Bureau of Prisons · FCI LA TUNA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
311999
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
None
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
8945
Place
Anthony, TX, USA
Contact
Galo Morlet (gmorlet@bop.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

This notice has no solicitation number, so earlier and later notices cannot be tied to it.

Early notice
  • Sep 8, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 5, 2026 to Oct 21, 2026, middle of the range Oct 9, 2026.
Measured from 85 past early notices at Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons with NAICS 311999 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 8, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

RE: FCI LA TUNA � 1st Qtr FY2027 15B51027Q00000004 Dear Quoter: FCI La Tuna will not be making new purchases on the solicitation 15B51027Q00000004 for Halal and Kosher as it will not be needed due to the future closing of the institution. For questions regarding this solicitation, please call 903-838-4587 or email gmorlet@bop.gov. Galo Morlet, Supervisory Contract Specialist

Who won similar work

592 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Bureau of Prisons), same product/service code (PSC) 8945.

Single-winner award sizes (592): middle half $16K to $73K, median $30K; range $300 to $10.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SHAVER FOODS LLC55$4.3MSep 23, 2026
NORTH STAR IMPORTS, LLC33$1.9MSep 23, 2026
JNS FOODS LLC29$949KSep 22, 2026
PUEBLO TRADING CO INC25$1.0MSep 23, 2026
L.A. FOODS, LLC25$966KSep 23, 2026
Matts Trading Inc25$965KSep 22, 2026
NATIONAL FOOD GROUP INC25$463KSep 23, 2026
THE SMOOTH SAILING GROUP LLC24$1.2MOct 14, 2026
MINA HOLDINGS LLC24$695KSep 23, 2026
RAINMAKER, INC.18$738KSep 23, 2026

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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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 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.