Clark's Trading CO.

Clark's Trading Co., doing business as Clarks Trading Co., a small business Subchapter S corporation based in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, operates as a pure prime contractor supplying meats, dairy, baked goods, canned and dry goods, frozen items, and specialty dietary products certified as kosher and halal to the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons nationwide under firm fixed-price quarterly purchase orders. The vendor holds no subcontract awards and competes exclusively under total small business set-asides across its 7,822 awards.

The company's federal footprint is entirely dedicated to Bureau of Prisons food service procurement. The top five funding locations by award count—Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland (182 awards, $5.3 million combined potential value), Federal Correctional Complex Coleman (85 awards, $3.9 million), United States Penitentiary Hazleton (176 awards, $2.8 million), Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix (89 awards, $2.5 million), and Federal Correctional Institution Elkton (101 awards, $2.3 million)—account for only 11% of the total award count, reflecting a highly distributed customer base across 99 Bureau of Prisons facilities. The top customer concentration by dollar value tracks similarly: Cumberland, Coleman, Hazleton, Fort Dix, and Elkton represent the same 11% of combined potential value. The concentration is shallow because Clark's competes in a fragmented market where each facility issues quarterly purchase orders for subsistence goods under small business set-asides, resulting in hundreds of individual awards across the system rather than consolidation into larger contract vehicles.

Recent procurement activity shows sustained but declining volume. The vendor received 355 awards in 2022, declining to 36 in 2026 (through October 15). This trajectory reflects broader consolidation in federal prison food service contracting rather than vendor-specific performance issues; the vendor's combined obligated dollars ($166.6 million) exceed combined potential value ($154.2 million) by 8%, indicating routine contract modifications and adjustments typical of high-frequency purchase order environments. Four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $111 thousand—minimal recompete exposure given the quarterly award cycle.

The vendor's category concentration is narrow and deep. All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311999) accounts for 2,266 of the 7,822 awards; Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (NAICS 424470) for 1,093; and General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers (NAICS 424410) for 982. Under PSC, Meat, Poultry, and Fish (PSC 8905) dominates with 3,842 awards, followed by Food, Oils and Fats (2,983 awards). Clark's Trading operates as a specialized food distributor to correctional institutions, not as a diversified supplier. Place of performance is consistently Wales, Wisconsin, where the vendor maintains its registered distribution location; delivery occurs to individual Bureau of Prisons facilities nationwide.

The award record spans 1991 to the present, with the highest historical volume in 2022–2024. Clark's Trading competes exclusively as a prime contractor on total small business set-asides; it does not pursue unrestricted or other set-aside categories and carries no teaming relationships in the source data. Recent quarterly awards shown in the source (October 2026 through April 2026) range from $5,150 to $88,419 per purchase order, with performance windows typically 21–90 days and delivery requirements aligned to facility warehouse hours and perishable food temperature controls.