1538687 Ontario Inc.

1538687 Ontario Inc., doing business as Inventory Exchange, is a woman-owned Canadian corporation based in Etobicoke, Ontario, that supplies subsistence and food inventory to federal correctional facilities and detention centers as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of awards) and competes entirely under the small business set-aside category across its federal footprint.

Inventory Exchange's capability portfolio centers on procurement and delivery of subsistence commodities, prepared foods, frozen meats, dairy, produce, pantry staples, and breakfast cereals to Bureau of Prisons facilities. Representative recent work includes a $45.6 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order awarded September 14, 2026, by Federal Correctional Complex Victorville for first-quarter subsistence supplies (76,000 pounds of chicken leg quarters, 22,000 pounds of ground beef patties, 649,740 half-pint containers of milk, and 115 additional line items) with performance in Etobicoke and delivery to Victorville, California; a $42.4 thousand purchase order from Federal Detention Center Honolulu on October 1, 2026, for first and second quarter subsistence; and a $41.25 thousand meat procurement order from Federal Correctional Complex Butner on July 20, 2026, covering July through September 2026 under simplified acquisition procedures.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons. The top five customer facilities account for 21% of combined potential value, led by Federal Correctional Complex Victorville ($46 thousand), Federal Detention Center Honolulu ($42 thousand), and Federal Correctional Complex Butner ($41 thousand). The vendor serves eight distinct customer agencies, but the portfolio is dominated by individual federal correctional complexes and detention centers rather than consolidated procurement by a single bureau office. The vendor holds no seats on government-wide contract vehicles, IDIQs, or blanket purchase agreements; all work flows through individual purchase orders under total small business set-asides issued by discrete facility contracting offices.

Inventory Exchange's activity profile shows cyclical ordering aligned with federal fiscal-year quarters. The source data spans from 2004 to 2026 and includes 74 awards totaling $899 thousand in combined potential value, with $841 thousand obligated (94% of ceiling). Recent activity includes seven awards in 2026 alone, concentrated in July through October 2026. Awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months total $58 thousand in combined potential value. The vendor's product mix tracks to General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers (NAICS 11 awards), Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers (8 awards), Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing (7 awards), and related food manufacturing categories; top PSC codes are Bakery and Cereal Products and Food, Oils and Fats (22 awards each).