Churchfield Trading Co

Churchfield Trading Co, Churchfield Trading Company Division, a woman-owned small business based in Santa Ynez, California, supplies food and subsistence products to federal correctional facilities operated by the Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor on 373 purchase orders, operating exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor competes in a narrow, specialized market: quarterly food procurement for inmate nutrition across the federal prison system, with all work classified under NAICS codes in food manufacturing and wholesale distribution (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing, General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers, Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing) and PSC code 8945 (Food, Oils and Fats).

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on bulk canned goods, produce, meats, dairy, baking ingredients, and specialized meal components including kosher and halal provisions. Representative recent awards include a $51,677 purchase order from Federal Correctional Complex Victorville in June 2024 for canned goods; a $62,242.88 delivery order to Federal Correctional Institution La Tuna in December 2023 for canned food items; and a $53,737.25 award from FCC Victorville in September 2023 for first-quarter food items. All work is performed at the vendor's Santa Ynez, California location, with delivery to correctional facilities nationwide. Purchase orders are firm fixed-price contracts with quarterly cycles (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) and completion dates typically 30–90 days after award.

Customer concentration is extreme and facility-specific rather than agency-level. The top five recipient facilities account for 18% of all awards but drive visibility and repeat-business momentum. FCC Victorville leads with 17 awards totaling $407 thousand combined potential value, followed by FCI Herlong (16 awards, $267 thousand), FCI Elkton (12 awards, $86 thousand), FCC Butner (11 awards, $140 thousand), and FCI Terminal Island (11 awards, $61 thousand). The top five customers by potential value—FCC Victorville, FCI Herlong, FCC Florence, USP Atwater, and FCC Lompoc—represent 34% of combined potential value. All customer agencies are Bureau of Prisons facilities within the Department of Justice. The vendor has worked with 82 distinct facilities over the source period, indicating broad geographic reach across the federal prison system but concentrated within a single customer (DOJ-BOP).

Churchfield Trading Co operates as a pure prime contractor; the source lists zero subcontract awards. The vendor holds no named seats on GWACs, agency-wide IDIQs, or BPAs. Each award is a standalone purchase order issued directly by a BOP facility.

Activity trajectory shows growth from a low base. The vendor recorded 5 awards in 2022, 30 in 2023, 55 in 2024, 49 in 2025, and 17 year-to-date in 2026 (through October 9). Combined potential value across all 373 awards stands at $3.8 million, with 99% already obligated. The recompete cliff is negligible: only 2 awards (combined potential value $16 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next 24 months, indicating most active contracts are recent and carry multi-year runway despite quarterly cycle structure.

Churchfield Trading Co registered in SAM.gov in October 2005 and has maintained continuous work with the Bureau of Prisons since that date, establishing itself as a recurring supplier to a highly standardized market. The vendor's specialization—commodity food procurement for correctional nutrition at scale—operates at low margin on high transaction volume and heavy logistics. Competition is restricted to small business set-asides; no full-and-open awards appear in the source. The woman-owned small business designation is the primary gateway to these awards.