FY26 Q2 Kosher Milk (Dry/Instant Packets)

The Federal Bureau of Prisons' Federal Correctional Complex Beaumont is procuring 300,000 individual serving packets of kosher instant or dry milk, with each packet reconstituting to one 8-ounce serving. All products must be certified kosher by accepted Orthodox certification agencies including OU, OK, Star K, KOF K, KAJ, OKS, OV, CRC, or Kosher Overseers of America, with each individual package clearly marked with the kosher certification hechsher symbol. Quoters must provide a religious certification letter dated no more than 11 months prior to submission, and failure to provide valid current kosher certification will result in automatic quote rejection. Products from Winston or Gourmet Kosher brands are explicitly prohibited. The solicitation will be evaluated on a lowest price technically acceptable basis with consideration of past performance. The amended deadline for quote submission is February 26, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Central Standard Time, with quotes deliverable via mail, FedEx, email (dtydlacka@bop.gov and cvalderas@bop.gov), or hand delivery to 5430 Knauth Road, Beaumont, Texas 77705; faxed quotations and photocopies will not be accepted.

This solicitation is designated as a 100% total small business set-aside under NAICS code 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing) with a 700-employee size standard. No incumbent contractors are identified in the solicitation documentation. The contract is structured as a firm fixed price procurement with an approximate period of performance from March 5 to March 31, 2026, and delivery is required by March 31, 2026, with two deliveries to be scheduled upon contract receipt and weekly deliveries thereafter. The place of performance is Beaumont, Texas at FCC Beaumont, 5980 Knauth Road. All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database with a valid Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), comply with DOJ security and personnel requirements including background investigations, and meet cybersecurity and privacy compliance obligations. The government reserves the right to request a product sample prior to award, and contractors who fail to deliver as awarded will be deemed non-responsible and removed from the bidder's list.