Bimbo Bakeries Usa, Inc.

Bimbo Bakeries Usa, Inc., doing business as Sara Lee, supplies fresh bread and bakery products to federal agencies as a prime contractor on a full-and-open (non-set-aside) basis, with a customer footprint dominated by the Defense Logistics Agency's Troop Support Subsistence division. The company is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Irving, Texas, with operations spanning multiple locations including Anthony, Texas; Horsham, Pennsylvania; and support for VA medical centers nationwide. Bimbo competes under standard commercial procurement without SBA set-aside designations.

The vendor's federal portfolio centers on fresh bakery items — white, whole wheat, multi-grain, and specialty bread varieties; rolls including hamburger, hot dog, dinner, Parker House, Hawaiian, Artesano, and sourdough; bagels; and English muffins. Products meet USDA commercial item description specifications and strict freshness, temperature, and shelf-life requirements. Recent prime work includes a $21.375 million single-award indefinite delivery contract awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs on April 6, 2026, with performance through April 7, 2029, serving Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 locations nationwide; a $21.345 million purchase order from Federal Medical Center Rochester for fresh bread and bakery products (award date July 1, 2026, completion September 30, 2026); and a $18.654 million purchase order from Federal Prison Camp Alderson through the Federal Bureau of Prisons (award date July 1, 2026, completion September 30, 2026, covering whole wheat hamburger buns, hot dog buns, and sandwich bread delivered weekly).

Customer concentration is extreme and mirrors award volume. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division accounts for 71,559 awards (99% of recent award count) with $240 million in combined potential value out of $276.6 million total portfolio value. The Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Complex Beaumont (52 awards, $4.4 million), Federal Correctional Complex Florence (115 awards, $2.8 million), Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 (34 awards, $2.6 million), and Federal Correctional Institution Fort Worth (40 awards, $2 million) represent the only other material customers. The vendor's footprint is almost entirely subsistence delivery orders under DLA parent vehicles — five lead IDIQs (SPE30020DW637 with 7,726 task orders; SPE30020DW633 with 6,615 task orders; SPE30023DW007 with 6,183 task orders; SPE30024DW001 with 5,993 task orders; and SPE30020DW629 with 5,568 task orders) carry combined values in the $3 million to $6.3 million range per vehicle.

Activity has contracted year over year — from 12,377 awards in 2022 to 3,225 in 2026 year-to-date — indicating either seasonal ordering patterns or portfolio attrition. Only 16 awards face completion within the next twenty-four months with combined recompete potential value of $764 thousand, suggesting most active work extends beyond the near-term recompete window. Across all 72,830 awards in the source data, the vendor operates as a pure prime with zero subcontract relationships. Work is performed directly from Irving, Texas, with nationwide delivery to military installations, federal correctional facilities, and VA medical centers. The portfolio is entirely commercial bakery (NAICS 311811) and bakery product procurement (PSC Bakery And Cereal Products code 89-1), with no IT, professional services, or advisory roles present.