Baked Goods Retailers

NAICS Category 445291 encompasses Baked Goods Retailers, focusing on the retail and distribution of various baked products such as bread, rolls, and other bakery items. These businesses specialize in providing fresh, packaged, and prepared baked goods to institutional and governmental customers. The category includes small businesses that manufacture, distribute, and supply bakery products to federal agencies, with a particular emphasis on institutions like correctional facilities, medical centers, and other government-operated facilities.

The federal contract awards in this category demonstrate a consistent pattern of small business purchase orders for bread and baked goods, typically ranging from $37,400 to $44,224 in value. The contracts are predominantly awarded by the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons, specifically the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Awarded contractors like East Baking Company, Inc. and Klosterman Baking Co. are small, minority-owned businesses that provide periodic bread and baked goods deliveries. The contracts are consistently set aside for small businesses, have firm fixed pricing, and feature performance periods typically spanning one fiscal quarter, with delivery locations concentrated in the Midwestern United States.

The most recent federal contract opportunity, Solicitation Number 15B10925Q00000022, seeks kosher wheat bread, whole wheat hamburger buns, and whole wheat hot dog buns for the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. The solicitation is structured for a second quarter fiscal year 2025 delivery period between January 2 and March 7, 2025. The government will evaluate quotes based on best value, considering factors such as price, past performance, quality, and administrative costs. The opportunity is exclusively set aside for small businesses, with a size standard of 500 employees, and requires vendors to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) with complete representations and certifications.