Gossner Foods, Inc.

Gossner Foods, Inc., doing business as Gossner Cheese Co., is a woman-owned dairy manufacturer based in Logan, Utah that supplies shelf-stable milk and cheese products to federal agencies as a prime contractor in the full-and-open federal marketplace, competing without set-aside designations across a $405.3 million award portfolio spanning over 2,790 recent prime contracts.

Gossner Foods manufactures and distributes ultra-high temperature processed milk, low-fat milk, natural Swiss cheese, and evaporated dairy products for military subsistence and domestic food assistance programs. The company operates from its Logan, Utah facility, which serves as the sole place of performance across all federal work. With over 120 years of dairy industry experience, Gossner Foods holds the market position of critical supplier to the Department of Defense and USDA, delivering shelf-stable dairy commodities that support military readiness and federal nutrition initiatives. Representative work includes a $30.5 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence running through July 31, 2029 (awarded August 1, 2024) for low-fat milk supply to U.S. military forces domestically and internationally; a $8.96 million definitive contract from USDA for natural Swiss cheese slices in 6/24 ounce packages to support domestic food assistance programs (awarded April 15, 2026); and a $5.27 million contract from USDA Food and Nutrition Service for 1% milkfat UHT milk in 1,500 box packages of 12/32 fluid ounces (awarded August 28, 2024).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward defense and agriculture. Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence accounts for 2,226 awards (79% of the portfolio) with $157.5 million combined potential value, driven by a high-volume delivery-order execution model under the single-award IDC. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service holds 127 awards ($216.8 million potential value, 53% of total dollars), anchoring the second-largest customer concentration through large definitive contracts for commodity milk and cheese products. The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office places 6 awards worth $31 million. By dollars, USDA Food and Nutrition Service leads (53%), followed by DLA Troop Support Subsistence (39%). The divergence between volume and value reflects DLA's model of many small-to-medium delivery orders ($21,800 to $154,600 typical range) against larger USDA definitive contracts ($1.4 million to $8.96 million per award).

Gossner Foods operates under five primary parent vehicle IDCs: Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM3S109DZ186 (628 task orders, $14.3 million), SPE3S114DZ201 (618 task orders, $14.2 million), SPM30004DZ211 (468 task orders, $5.6 million), SPE3S119DZ210 (419 task orders, $14.8 million, the primary DLA Troop Support vehicle), and SPE3S124DZ205 (95 task orders, $4.2 million). These vehicles enable rapid delivery-order execution for military subsistence and reflect DLA's Prime Vendor Program model, where Gossner Foods fulfills standing demand with firm fixed-price orders issued on 7- to 90-day completion cycles.

Activity has remained relatively flat year over year—62 awards in 2022, 57 in 2023, 65 in 2024, 60 in 2025, and 22 awards in 2026 (partial year)—indicating stable, recurring demand. Only three awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $11.2 million, representing minimal recompete cliff exposure given the single-award IDC structure and the evergreen nature of recurring USDA and DLA demand.

Gossner Foods competes exclusively in the open federal marketplace without set-aside designations, positioning itself as a full-and-open competitor despite its woman-owned business status. The firm operates as a 100% prime contractor with no identified subcontractors across its federal work, performing all manufacturing and distribution in-house at its Logan facility. This vertical integration and demonstrated capacity to scale production and accelerate delivery under contingency requirements—explicitly referenced in DLA market research from March 2024—position Gossner Foods as a sole-source or primary-vendor alternative for shelf-stable dairy supply to military and civilian food assistance programs.

GOSSNER FOODS, INCORPORATED SPECIALIZES IN PRODUCING SWISS & MUENSTER CHEESE BUT PRODUCES AND PACKAGES A FULL LINE OF NATURAL CHEESES. GOSSNER FOODS ALSO PACKAGES A VARIETY OF SHELF-STABLE MILK AND WATER. CO-PACKING IN BOTH AREAS OF EXPERTISE IS AVALABLE.