A.f. Wendling, Inc.

A.f. Wendling, Inc., doing business as Wendlings Food Service, a for-profit small business based in Buckhannon, West Virginia, supplies frozen and raw meat products, dairy, produce, grains, and prepared meals to the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor on total small business set-asides. The vendor operates exclusively in the federal prison food service space, competing 100% under small business set-asides across 680 purchase orders spanning the past two decades.

Wendlings Food Service's federal footprint concentrates entirely within the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons. The top five customer facilities account for 67% of recent awards and include United States Penitentiary Hazleton (137 awards, $2.4 million combined potential value), Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland (142 awards, $1.3 million), Federal Prison Camp Alderson (68 awards, $1.1 million), Federal Correctional Institution McDowell (60 awards, $1 million), and Federal Correctional Institution Gilmer (51 awards, $751 thousand). These rankings remain stable across both volume and dollar metrics—Hazleton anchors most of the potential value while Cumberland leads in award count. The vendor has worked with fourteen distinct federal agencies in the source data, though 94% of its activity flows through BOP facilities in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia.

Representative work spans quarterly subsistence procurement across the facility network. A $75 thousand frozen and raw meat products award to United States Penitentiary Hazleton in July 2026 covered beef patties, ground beef, chicken leg quarters, boneless chicken fillets, tilapia fillets, Italian sausage links, pork shoulder roast, and turkey roasts meeting USDA Grade A and FSIS compliance requirements. A $56.3 million purchase order to Federal Correctional Institution Gilmer in July 2024 (with ultimate completion extended to March 2025) covered food service items including meats, dairy, produce, and specialty dietary items for kosher, halal, and standard categories. A $45.1 million order to Federal Correctional Institution McDowell in July 2023 procured fourth-quarter food bid items for the facility's subsistence program. All awards carry firm fixed-price terms and require delivery on specified schedules—typically Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM, with temperature-controlled logistics and proper labeling per BOP National Menu Specifications.

Activity has declined year over year from forty-nine awards in 2022 to fourteen in 2026. Over the same period, combined potential value has contracted from roughly $1.3 million annually (2022–2023) to approximately $200 thousand in 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying $75 thousand in combined potential value and representing minimal recompete exposure. The vendor supplies no identified parent vehicles; all work flows through direct purchase orders issued by individual facilities. Wendlings Food Service operates without subcontractors and holds no recorded sub-award activity.

The vendor's capability portfolio, grounded in NAICS 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing) and 425410 (Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers), centers on sourcing and delivering subsistence supplies—frozen meats, poultry, fish, dairy, produce, dry goods, grains, and prepared meals—to support general population, kosher, and halal dietary requirements across a network of federal correctional institutions. The company has maintained its SAM.gov registration since May 2001 and demonstrates consistent capacity to meet BOP's complex logistical and dietary specifications without major subcontractor engagement.