Purchase Order 15B20126P00000044

The Smooth Sailing Group LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business and SBA-certified HUBZone firm based in St. Petersburg, Florida, was awarded a $43.8K firm-fixed-price purchase order by the Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood, a Bureau of Prisons facility, on January 1, 2026. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, will be performed in St. Petersburg with an ultimate completion date of January 16, 2026. Under this procurement, The Smooth Sailing Group LLC will supply subsistence and food-related items to support FCC Allenwood's operations, including 100 line items encompassing kosher and halal prepared meals, various meat products, frozen vegetables, canned goods, dairy products, and specialty food items meeting precise specifications and quality standards.

The award originated from a solicitation issued by FCC Allenwood on November 17, 2025, targeting vendors to fulfill the facility's first-quarter food service needs for the period October 1 through December 31, 2025. Evaluation was conducted on a best-value basis using Go/No-Go criteria focused on timeliness of deliveries and order accuracy and completeness. The Smooth Sailing Group LLC has established itself as a reliable vendor within the federal procurement ecosystem, consistently securing food service contracts from the Bureau of Prisons across multiple correctional facilities nationwide and demonstrating strong capability in meeting stringent delivery, quality, and temperature control requirements inherent to federal food service operations.