Bimbo Bakeries Usa, Inc.

Bimbo Bakeries Usa, Inc., doing business as Sara Lee, supplies fresh bread and bakery products to federal agencies as a pure prime contractor on a full-and-open basis without SBA set-aside designations, operating from its headquarters in Irving, Texas. The company is a for-profit manufacturer competing exclusively in the commercial bakery space (NAICS 311811, PSC 8910) with no subcontract footprint across its federal portfolio.

Bimbo's federal business centers on perishable goods procurement — white bread, whole wheat loaves, sandwich rolls, hamburger and hot dog buns, dinner rolls, bagels, artesano rolls, and specialty varieties. Recent representative work includes a $37,681 purchase order from Federal Correctional Institution McKean for enriched whole wheat finger rolls, sandwich rolls, and certified kosher loaves with biweekly delivery through December 2026; a $34,642 total small business set-aside purchase order from Federal Correctional Institution El Reno for fresh bread through September 2026; and a $165,568 single-award indefinite-delivery contract from Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 running through September 2031 for bread delivery to Salisbury VAMC and Fayetteville VAMC in North Carolina, comprising a base period plus four option years. The company also holds multiple delivery orders from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division for individual bread and roll items, ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars per order, with completion dates typically one to two weeks from award.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division accounts for 74,331 awards (99% of award count) and $242.6 million in combined potential value (87% of total dollars). The second-tier customer set — the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Complex network (Beaumont, Florence, Forrest City, Butner) and the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration — collectively represent fewer than 300 awards and less than $15 million combined potential value. The company serves 71 distinct federal agencies overall, but DLA Subsistence dominance is near-total.

Bimbo places task orders against five DLA Troop Support Subsistence indefinite-delivery contracts, with the top vehicle (SPE30020DW637) carrying 7,726 task orders and $3.1 million in combined potential value. The remaining four top vehicles range from 5,568 to 6,615 task orders each and $3.1 million to $6.3 million in combined potential value. All vehicles are single-award IDIQs issued by DLA.

Activity has declined: the company placed 12,377 awards in 2022, declining to 6,007 in 2026 year-to-date. Ten awards (combined potential value $608 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The source does not identify any recompete pressure on the company's portfolio, as the vast majority of Bimbo's awards are short-cycle delivery orders expiring within days to weeks of award, rather than long-term contracts with defined option periods. The company's one identified multi-year vehicle — the Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 indefinite-delivery contract — does not expire until September 2031.

Combined potential value across all 75,612 prime awards stands at $279.7 million, with $72.3 million obligated (26%). The portfolio spans work back to October 2006, but the recent award stream is dominated by high-volume, low-value DLA Troop Support Subsistence delivery orders.