EMA Foods Co LLC

EMA Foods Co LLC, a sole proprietorship based in Tupelo, Mississippi, supplies food subsistence items—meats, poultry, dairy, frozen vegetables, baked goods, pasta, cereals, canned goods, condiments, and specialized dietary items including kosher and halal products—exclusively to the federal Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates across 100% of its footprint as a prime, with no subcontract activity, and competes exclusively under small business set-aside designations across the full small business federal food procurement landscape.

EMA Foods' customer base is hyperconcentrated within the Bureau of Prisons. The top five customer facilities—Federal Correctional Complex Coleman (42 awards, $1.7 million combined potential value), Federal Correctional Complex Beaumont (44 awards, $1.5 million), Federal Correctional Complex Pollock (25 awards, $626 thousand), Federal Correctional Complex Victorville (25 awards, $587 thousand), and Federal Correctional Complex Tucson (28 awards, $501 thousand)—account for 22% of all awards and 38% of combined potential value. All 86 named customer agencies are Bureau of Prisons facilities; no work flows to other federal departments. Representative recent awards include a $54,819 purchase order from FCC Beaumont for boneless, skinless chicken thighs (July 2026, small business set-aside), a $108,813 order from FCC Coleman for national menu subsistence items (October 2025, small business set-aside), and a $117,760 contract from FCC Forrest City for meat items (April 2024, small business set-aside).

The vendor's activity trajectory has remained stable. Awards per year tracked 36 (2022), 52 (2023), 44 (2024), 50 (2025), and 20 (2026 year-to-date through July 15). Most recent award dates cluster in July 2026 reflecting FY26 quarterly cycles. Combined potential value across all 759 awards stands at $13.2 million, with $13 million obligated (99% realization). The recompete cliff in the next twenty-four months carries five awards worth $126 thousand in combined potential value.

The vendor's work aligns tightly to NAICS codes 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing, 324 awards), 311412 (Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing, 96 awards), 311615 (Poultry Processing, 63 awards), 311513 (Cheese Manufacturing, 62 awards), and 424410 (General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers, 61 awards). Primary PSC coding is Meat, Poultry, And Fish (391 awards) and Food, Oils And Fats (234 awards). EMA Foods established its federal contracting relationship with Bureau of Prisons in 2011 and has sustained it continuously across quarterly subsistence cycles at 27+ federal correctional facilities nationwide. The vendor does not pursue IDIQs, GWACs, or parent vehicles; all work comprises firm fixed-price purchase orders awarded individually under competitive small business set-asides.