The South Dakota Army National Guard awarded a $533,160 firm fixed-price purchase order to Pirogues Catering (Tipton JIM L) for meal services supporting the Officer Candidate School (OCS) program at Camp Rapid, South Dakota. This total small business set-aside contract, awarded on June 17, 2025, requires the contractor to provide comprehensive food service operations including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and sack meals with portion sizes at 1.5 times industry standard to meet the elevated caloric requirements of OCS students. The performance period runs from July 6 through July 25, 2025, with service to be delivered at both the Camp Rapid Dining Facility and field feeding operations at West Camp, with an ultimate completion date of June 16, 2030 to accommodate potential option periods.
Pirogues Catering, a small business based in Mitchell, South Dakota, holds multiple small business designations including Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business and Veteran-Owned Small Business status. The company brings substantial relevant experience to this engagement, having consistently provided meal services to Army National Guard units across multiple states and maintained significant indefinite delivery vehicles including a $5.1 million single-award contract with the Department of the Army for food services at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. As a registered federal contractor since 2005, Pirogues Catering demonstrates the operational capacity and expertise required to execute military food service operations at scale.