Bassett Dairy Products Inc.

Bassett Dairy Products Inc., doing business as Bassett's Dairy, supplies pasteurized milk, cottage cheese, sour cream, and other dairy products to the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor on a recurring quarterly basis under Total Small Business set-asides. The company is a community development corporation–owned Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Loogootee, Indiana, with operations in Perry, Florida, and operates exclusively in the federal corrections food-service supply chain with no subcontractor footprint.

Bassett Dairy's customer base is hyperconcentrated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons system. The top five correctional facilities account for 74% of awards by count and 67% of combined potential value: Federal Correctional Institution Jesup leads in potential value at $1.3 million across 25 awards, followed by Federal Correctional Institution Edgefield and Federal Correctional Institution Bennettsville at $1.2 million each, Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg at $1.1 million across 26 awards, and Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg at $1.1 million. Of the 15 distinct customer agencies in the source, all are Bureau of Prisons facilities. Work is primarily categorized under NAICS 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing, 67 awards) and NAICS 311511 (Fluid Milk Manufacturing, 45 awards), with PSC Dairy Foods and Eggs dominating at 123 awards.

Recent representative contracts include a $172,920 purchase order from Federal Correctional Complex Yazoo City for quarterly milk subsistence (Q4 FY26), an $82,053.23 award from Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg for pasteurized whole milk in pint and 5-gallon containers (Q4 FY26), a $143,000 contract from Federal Correctional Complex Yazoo City for subsistence supplies including dairy products (Q3 FY26), and a $192,927.15 purchase order from Federal Correctional Complex Coleman for dairy products supporting food service operations (Q2 FY25). All awards are firm fixed-price purchase orders with delivery on a free-on-board destination basis; pricing is evaluated alongside past performance, with most awards carrying Total Small Business set-aside designations, though some recent awards (notably Yazoo City and Tallahassee) carry no set-aside.

Activity has been variable year over year—25 awards in 2022, declining to 15 in 2024, then recovering to 21 in 2025 and 18 in the first half of 2026. The recompete window across the next twenty-four months includes six awards with combined potential value of $485 thousand, presenting modest exposure but reflecting the vendor's quarterly contract cycle. Combined potential value across all 144 awards stands at $8.8 million, with $8.4 million already obligated. The vendor has not held a federal contract vehicle, IDIQ, GWAC, BPA, or GSA Schedule seat; all awards are direct purchase orders from individual correctional facilities. Bassett Dairy operates as a pure prime contractor with no subcontract relationships reported in the source data.