Chef's Depot Inc.

Chef's Depot Inc., doing business as Culinary Depot Inc., supplies commercial foodservice equipment to federal government agencies as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competitions, with a woman-owned small business designation that anchors the majority of its federal contracting posture.

Chef's Depot operates from Spring Valley, New York, and competes in NAICS 333310 (Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing) and related food equipment classifications. The company is a woman-owned, for-profit organization that has built its federal presence almost entirely through the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence. Across 477 prime awards totaling $34.5 million in combined potential value, 92% of the dollars have been obligated, reflecting consistent execution.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on supplying and delivering commercial kitchen equipment to military dining facilities and federal food service operations. Representative work includes a $985.7 million total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Troop Support for equipment IST (NSN 7310GM5022323) awarded April 5, 2024; a $892.2 million small business set-aside order awarded March 20, 2025 for similar equipment; a $763.8 million total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Troop Support awarded September 8, 2023; a $660.7 million total small business set-aside order from DLA awarded September 22, 2023; and a $649.3 million total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA awarded January 8, 2024. Equipment supplied includes ice making machines, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, steam kettles, dishwashers, coffee makers, and related food preparation and serving appliances. Chef's Depot also holds a General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract and has served Department of Veterans Affairs, Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Coast Guard, Indian Health Service, and state National Guard units.

Customer concentration is extreme and represents both opportunity and risk. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence accounts for 435 of 477 awards (91%) and $31.8 million (92%) of combined potential value. The remaining customer base is fragmented: the Department of the Air Force placed two awards worth $328 thousand; the Indiana Army National Guard placed one order for $191 thousand; the Army Materiel Command Sustainment Command placed five awards worth $120 thousand; and the Navy Installations Command placed five awards totaling $115 thousand. This near-total dependence on DLA Troop Support creates significant vulnerability to shifts in that customer's procurement patterns or vehicle strategy.

Chef's Depot holds position on five named IDCs with DLA Troop Support, all serving as the primary vehicles for placing delivery orders. Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE3SE24D5022, awarded April 11, 2024, carries a $250,000 ceiling with a completion date of April 11, 2025 and supports 32 task orders totaling $249 thousand in potential value. Earlier-year IDCs (SPE3SE21D5571, SPE3SE21D5540, SPE3SE21D5570, SPE3SE21D5576) collectively anchor 73 task orders valued at approximately $261 thousand combined, though individual order values on these vehicles are small. The company does not appear to hold position on broader government-wide acquisition contracts or multi-agency IDIQs outside the DLA footprint.

Activity has been volatile. The vendor received 59 awards in 2022, 31 in 2023, 58 in 2024, 27 in 2025, and three in 2026 through mid-July. This pattern suggests either cyclical procurement by DLA or variability in the solicitation calendar. The recompete window over the next twenty-four months shows only one award ($276 thousand) with an ultimate completion date inside that period, indicating most existing delivery orders are already expiring or have been completed. The SPE3SE24D5022 IDC itself expires April 11, 2025, creating immediate recompete exposure if DLA continues to procure through this vehicle.

The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-asides, reflecting its woman-owned small business status. A subset of orders carry no set-aside designation, indicating Chef's Depot also competes full-and-open against unrestricted sources on individual delivery orders, though the parent company's SBA certification gives it access to set-aside vehicles and likely influences competitive positioning.

Chef's Depot maintains no named subcontractor footprint in the source data; all 477 awards are recorded as prime contracts, indicating the company performs all delivery and installation work directly rather than routing work through established teaming relationships.

Culinary Depot, has been furnishing, installing and servicing commercial kitchens - for Hospitals, Schools, Hotels, Restaurants, Health Care etc. since 1998