Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing

NAICS category 311813, Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing, encompasses the production of pre-made, frozen bakery products designed for institutional and commercial food service markets. This category includes manufacturing processes for frozen desserts, breakfast pastries, and ready-to-serve baked goods that can be quickly prepared or thawed for immediate consumption. The products are typically designed for bulk distribution to correctional facilities, military installations, schools, and other large-scale food service environments.

The federal contract awards under this NAICS code predominantly feature purchase orders from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons and the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Pacific. Most contracts are small-dollar, firm-fixed-price purchase orders ranging from $5,000 to $50,000, with performance periods typically spanning one to three months. Frequent awardees include small businesses like Rainmaker, Inc., C.j. Foods, Inc., and Good Source Solutions, with most contracts set aside for total small business participation. The primary places of performance are federal correctional institutions in states like Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas, as well as military exchange facilities in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

The federal contract opportunities, specifically the solicitation from the Federal Correctional Institution in Three Rivers, Texas, seek small business contractors to provide pastry products for institutional meal services. The opportunity calls for approximately 62,000 total units of pastry products, including breakfast pastries like muffins, bagels, donuts, and cinnamon rolls, as well as dessert pastries such as cakes and pies. The solicitation emphasizes strict product requirements, including a mandatory minimum portion size of 3 ounces, and specifies that vendors must be capable of providing fresh, frozen thaw-and-serve, or bake-and-serve pastry products. The contract is designated as a 100% small business and 8(a) set-aside, targeting frozen cake and pastry manufacturers.