Acorn Services Inc.
Merion Station, PA Doing business as Acorn Food Services
- UEI
- C9MYNNGAGTL1
- CAGE
- 01ZN5
- Primary NAICS
- 722310 Food Service Contractors
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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- GB6RFAKUKER2
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 519 Revere Rd, Merion Station, PA 19066, USA
- Website
- acornfood.com
- Employees
- 1-10
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
- Restaurants
- SIC code
- 58 Eating & Drinking Places
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $3,240,050 |
| FY2025 | $8,819,586 |
| FY2024 | $12,597,249 |
| FY2023 | $9,984,342 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Homeland Security | $3,240,050 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Acorn Services Inc., doing business as Acorn Food Services, operates as a woman-owned small disadvantaged business prime contractor specializing in full food services, dining facility attendant services, and related housekeeping support to federal military and civilian agencies. The company competes predominantly under woman-owned small business (WOSB) set-asides on its highest-value work and full-and-open competition on supplemental orders, with all 129 recent awards held as prime contracts and no subcontractor role in the award footprint.
Acorn is headquartered in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, and operates a named subsidiary, Xcel Management Solutions LLC, a woman-owned small business. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on institutional dining operations, food preparation, DFA services, and facility housekeeping at military installations and federal training academies. Primary work involves delivery orders under two large single-award indefinite delivery contracts: a $36.7 million USCG Academy full food services IDV (woman-owned small business set-aside, running through August 2026) and a $1.9 million Army Sustainment Command DFA services IDV in Hawaii (running through May 2024). Representative recent work includes Option Year 4 of the Coast Guard Academy contract ($8.4 million, awarded April 2025, performing through March 2026), DFA services at Schofield Barracks and Fort Shafter in Hawaii ($2.9 million combined, June 2024), and housekeeping and food services at Schofield Barracks ($1.2 million, February 2023).
Customer concentration is sharp and split between two agencies. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard anchors 14 awards worth $69.8 million combined potential value (57% of the total), driven almost entirely by the single-award Academy IDV and its recurring delivery orders. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Sustainment Command holds 39 awards worth $36.9 million, sourced from multiple small delivery orders under the Hawaii DFA IDV and scattered full-and-open housekeeping orders at Schofield Barracks dating to 2021. Together these two customers account for 97% of combined potential value across the portfolio. The remaining 17 customer agencies represent sporadic, sub-million-dollar transactions — including NASA Glenn Research Center (13 awards, $60 thousand), the Department of the Air Force (2 awards, $6.6 million), and the Department of the Navy ($4.3 million).
Vehicle position centers on two IDVs: the Coast Guard's single-award contract (IDIQ 70Z08421DAA151500) with 5 task orders totaling $27.6 million in potential value, and the Army's single-award DFA contract (DAPC4901D0009) generating 30 task orders. A secondary Army single-award IDV (W912CN17D0021) carries 29 task orders worth $9.1 million. Acorn does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts, blanket purchase agreements, or multi-award vehicles — all work flows through single-award IDVs where the vendor is the sole provider.
Activity has declined sharply in recent years. The vendor recorded nine awards in 2022, eight in 2023, three in 2024, one in 2025, and four in 2026 year-to-date, reflecting a shift from smaller supplemental orders to fewer, larger annual delivery orders under the two primary IDVs. The recompete cliff is minimal: only one award ($25 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, meaning most of Acorn's revenue stream remains protected under existing contract vehicles through 2026.
SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold grew sharply from $287 thousand in FY2022 across 3.2 FTEs to $16 million in FY2024 across 103 FTEs, reflecting acceleration of the Coast Guard Academy contract. Median government-paid hourly rates on prime SCI-reportable contracts ran $59.45/hour, with rates ranging from $38.81/hour at the 10th percentile to $78.57/hour at the 90th percentile. The vendor self-performed all reported SCI hours with zero subcontractor engagement across its prime contract footprint. The NAICS concentration is pure institutional food services: 98 of 119 awards fall under NAICS 722320 (Food Service Contractors), with 17 classified as Facilities Support Services and the remainder scattered across catering and specialty food categories. PSC coding mirrors that pattern — 114 awards carry PSC S203 (Housekeeping-Food) designation.
SBA capabilities narrative
FULL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS INCLUDING CAFETERIA, PRIVATE DINING, CATERING & VENDING. CURRENT CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY CLIENTS, GSA & MILITARY. OPERATING PRIVATE INDUSTRY CONTRACTS IN JANITORIAL & SECURITY GUARDS.
Quick answers
Is Acorn Services Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Acorn Services Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through February 10, 2027.
How much has Acorn Services Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $8,819,586 to Acorn Services Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $34,641,227 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Acorn Services Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Acorn Services Inc. ranked #15 in PSC S203, #32 in NAICS 722 and #36 in NAICS 72 in FY2025.
What is Acorn Services Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Acorn Services Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Option 5 for full food services at (70Z08426FDL950030), from Coast Guard, on June 1, 2026.
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