Galliker Dairy Company

Galliker Dairy Company, doing business as Galliker's Quality Chekd, is a third-generation family-owned small business dairy manufacturer headquartered in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, that supplies fresh fluid milk and complementary dairy products to federal correctional institutions, Veterans Affairs medical centers, and the Department of Agriculture's food assistance programs exclusively as a prime contractor. The company is a Subchapter S corporation and woman-owned business with no federal contract vehicles, IDIQs, or parent vehicles in the traditional sense—it wins individual purchase orders and definitive contracts directly from federal agencies.

Galliker's federal footprint spans 16 distinct customer agencies across 352 prime awards with a combined potential value of $18.6 million. The company's capability portfolio centers on fresh fluid milk in multiple variants (whole, 2%, 1%, skim, nonfat), packaged in container sizes ranging from individual half-pint servings to five-gallon institutional dispensers, plus complementary dairy items including cottage cheese, sour cream, and eggs. Representative work includes a $2.03 million Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service definitive contract (April 2026) for 2% and whole milk in 64 fl oz and 128 fl oz containers to support USG food donations through December 2026; a $923 thousand USDA contract (December 2024) for 1%, 2%, and skim milk to support domestic food assistance programs; and recurring quarterly purchase orders with the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution system (FCI McKean, FCI Gilmer, FCI Cumberland, USP Lewisburg, and others) in the $25,000 to $160,000 range, many designated as total small business set-asides and spanning weekly delivery schedules.

Customer concentration is notable. The top five customer locations by award count—FCI McKean (42 awards, $1.2 million), FCI McDowell (34 awards, $985 thousand), Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (33 awards, $2.8 million), FCI Gilmer (30 awards, $1.1 million), and FCI Cumberland (28 awards, $655 thousand)—account for 47% of all awards. By dollar value, the Department of Agriculture's Washington Office (8 awards, $5.3 million) dominates the portfolio, followed by Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 ($2.8 million across 33 awards) and VISN 5 ($1.5 million across 13 awards). The Bureau of Prisons and Veterans Health Administration together represent the vast majority of awards, with the remaining customer spread thin across other federal facilities. Galliker operates primarily under total small business set-asides for Bureau of Prisons work (most awards carry this designation), while Department of Agriculture contracts carry no set-aside designation and compete full-and-open.

Activity has remained steady at roughly 17 awards per year for the past two years (2024–2026), with earlier years tracking at 6–12 awards annually. Nine awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $2.6 million, representing modest recompete exposure. Galliker does not subcontract; all 352 awards are direct prime performance. The company's NAICS footprint skews heavily to fluid milk manufacturing (122 awards) and dairy product merchant wholesaling (60 awards), with PSC 8910 (Dairy Foods and Eggs) dominating the classification at 277 awards. Deliveries typically occur weekly on a firm fixed-price basis with strict temperature control and food safety compliance requirements—hallmarks of federal institutional food service procurement. The vendor's competitive advantage rests on regional logistics proximity to multiple federal correctional facilities and VA medical centers throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland, combined with its status as a woman-owned small business and consistent track record meeting stringent government procurement and delivery standards for perishable dairy products.

More than 100 years ago, Galliker Dairy Company first started with the Ice Cream company before expanding into the milk business in 1925. We have been one of Pennsylvania's largest dairy enterprises, processing and distributing ice cream, milk, iced tea, juice, and drinks.