Calidad Industries, Inc.

Calidad Industries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit AbilityOne agency and division of Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, Inc., operates as a prime contractor delivering custodial services, food service operations, and base operations support to federal agencies exclusively through open competition with no set-aside designations.

Calidad is headquartered in Alameda, California, and competes full-and-open across federal buyers without leveraging any SBA certifications or set-aside categories. The vendor is entirely self-performing — 144 prime awards with zero subcontract activity — and maintains a concentrated geographic and service footprint in Northern California. The company's capability portfolio centers on three service categories: food service operations (51 awards), custodial and janitorial services (38 awards), and facilities support and base operations (30 awards). Concrete recent work includes a $7.548 million Coast Guard mess attendant definitive contract at USCG Base Alameda (March 2024, ultimate completion February 2029), a $22.495 million Army Southwest Region public works and base operations support IDC (November 2021, ultimate completion September 2026), a $12.843 million GSA Public Buildings Service custodial IDIQ for the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland (July 2024, ultimate completion January 2029), and a $2.549 million Naval Facilities Engineering Command custodial IDC covering Alameda and San Jose (May 2026, ultimate completion October 2031).

Customer concentration is heavy across defense and civilian facilities operators. The top five buying organizations account for 73% of awards by count and 96% by combined potential value. The Department of the Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region leads by dollar value ($62.9 million across 11 awards), anchored by the $22.5 million public works IDC. The U.S. Coast Guard holds the largest award count (59 awards, $43.8 million combined potential), primarily mess attendant and food service delivery orders across its Alameda base. The General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 9 places 15 awards ($43.2 million) for custodial and cleaning services at the Dellums building. The Department of the Army Training and Doctrine Command contributes 9 awards ($21.5 million), and the Defense Commissary Agency places 11 awards. Across all customer agencies, Calidad has served 15 distinct federal buyers.

The vendor's principal parent vehicles are five Army and Coast Guard IDCs: the $22.495 million Army Southwest Region public works IDC (15 task orders, $21.1 million outstanding), the Coast Guard Alameda food service IDC valued at $858 thousand (closed September 2023), the Naval Facilities Engineering Command custodial IDC ($2.549 million, May 2026 through October 2031), and the GSA Dellums custodial IDIQ ($12.843 million, July 2024 through January 2029). Two additional Coast Guard IDCs have generated 41 combined task orders with $6.9 million in remaining potential value.

Activity declined year over year from a peak of 11 awards in 2023 to 6 awards in 2026 (most recent). Only two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, with combined potential value of $318 thousand — a minimal recompete cliff, as the vendor's largest contracts (the $22.5 million Army IDC, $12.843 million GSA IDIQ, $2.549 million Navy IDC) all extend into 2028–2031.

SCI-reportable invoicing captures a narrow slice of federal service-contract activity. The vendor invoiced $2.9 million in SCI-reportable labor across four fiscal years (FY2022–FY2025), with peaks of $1.5 million in both FY2023 and FY2025. FTE deployment tracked at 13.0 FTEs in FY2023 and 14.2 FTEs in FY2025, concentrated on the Coast Guard mess attendant contract. Government-paid hourly rates on food service and custodial work median around $54.10 per hour, with rates ranging from $51.45 at the tenth percentile to $56.74 at the ninetieth percentile. The vendor performs zero subcontractor labor across all SCI-reportable prime contracts — all delivery is internal to Calidad or its parent organization.

Calidad operates as a mission-driven subsidiary focused on creating employment and training opportunities for individuals with disabilities. The parent, Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, structures the vendor as a child division to integrate federal contracting revenue into its broader workforce development mission. The vendor competes in undifferentiated federal facilities and food service markets against both for-profit competitors and other non-profit AbilityOne agencies, without differentiation via set-asides or vehicles reserved for small business.