Pre-solicitationPosted Feb 12, 2025·Responses due Feb 24, 2025

FOOD 3RD QTR FY25

Bureau of Prisons · FPC MORGANTOWN

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
311999
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
15B11325Q00000005
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
8945
Place
Morgantown, WV, USA
Contact
BEN KEIFER (BKEIFER@BOP.GOV)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 15B11325Q00000005 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Feb 12, 2025 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
  • Feb 13, 2025
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Apr 8, 2025
    Award Notice
    JNS FOODS LLC · $13K
    Open
  • Apr 9, 2025
    Award Notice
    Matts Trading Inc · $12K
    Open

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

This is a pre-solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Sub-part 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in the notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Morgantown, WV intends to issue solicitation 15B11325Q00000005 for the requirement of Subsistence and Certified Kosher Food for the 3RD Quarter of fiscal year 2025. This solicitation is restricted to 100% Small Business Concerns, FOB… (show all)

Destination. Delivery dates will begin on APRIL 1, 2025 through APRIL 30, 2025. Deliveries will be made to the Federal Correctional Institution, Warehouse, and 446 Greenbag Road, Morgantown, WV 26501. The contract type is firm-fixed price. The Government will award to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is considered to be most advantageous to the Government. Past performance and price will be considered with price being rated higher than past performance. The solicitation will be available on or after FEBRUARY 13, 2025 and will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration�s Federal Business Opportunities website www.beta.sam.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. Quotes shall be received on or before FEBRUARY 24, 2025 16:00 PM, eastern time. Quotes MUST be submitted via e-mail ONLY to bkeifer@bop.gov Quotes faxed, mailed through USPS, FEDEX, or any other physical type mail WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Only electronic form by e-mail will be accepted. Payment will be made using Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). The FAR requires all contractors seeking to do business with the Government, to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database and recommends On-Line Representations and Certification Application. Instructions for registration in the SAM can be found at www.sam.gov. Failure to register in SAM, or the SAM account is �Inactive�, or if you are �Excluded�, your bid will not be considered. Faith-based and Community-based organizations have the right to submit offers equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. The anticipated award date is APRIL 1-11, 2025. The following apply to this acquisition: The provisions are following: 52.211-17, Delivery of Excess Quantities; 52.212-1, Instructions to Offers-Commercial; 52.212-2, Evaluation -Commercial Items-Price; 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; 52.212-5 & 52.212-5 ALT I, Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items.

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FPC MORGANTOWN), same product/service code (PSC) 8945 and NAICS 311999.

Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $15K to $22K, median $20K; range $14K to $25K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SHAVER FOODS LLC3$56KJul 8, 2026
CLARK'S TRADING CO. Mukwonago WI 53149 USA2$38KNov 12, 2025
THE SMOOTH SAILING GROUP LLC1$22KOct 14, 2026
NATIONAL FOOD GROUP INC1$21KJan 21, 2025
A. F. WENDLING, INC1$14KOct 22, 2024

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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards
  • Oct 14, 2026THE SMOOTH SAILING GROUP LLC$22KFOOD 1ST QTR FY27No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Jul 8, 2026SHAVER FOODS LLC$15KFOOD 4TH QTR FY26No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Jan 5, 2026SHAVER FOODS LLC$19KSHAVER FOODS 2ND QTR FY26No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Nov 12, 2025CLARK'S TRADING CO. Mukwonago WI 53149 USA$25KFOOD 1ST QTR FY26No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Jun 23, 2025CLARK'S TRADING CO. Mukwonago WI 53149 USA$14KFOOD 4TH QTR FY25No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Jan 21, 2025SHAVER FOODS LLC$22KFOOD 2ND QTR FY25No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Jan 21, 2025NATIONAL FOOD GROUP INC$21KFOOD 2ND QTR FY25No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Oct 22, 2024A. F. WENDLING, INC$14KFOOD 1ST QTR FY25No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)

Competitive landscape

For the 5 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.