Kilmer Derek L

Kilmer Derek L, a sole proprietorship and self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Inwood, West Virginia, supplies fresh fruits and vegetables to the federal government as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides and unrestricted procurements. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint, holding neither an IDC seat nor a government-wide vehicle — all work flows through direct purchase orders from end-use agencies.

The vendor's federal customer base is highly concentrated. Nine of eleven awards (92% of recent contract volume, $161 thousand combined potential value) flow from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 5, specifically to supply fresh produce to the Martinsburg VA Medical Center on recurring seasonal basis. Award cycles run June through August annually, with purchase order ceilings ranging from $16,800 to $24,000 per cycle. The two remaining awards are formula grants from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service for CCC operational funds passed through to TEFAP state agencies (Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program); these grants completed in 2024 and do not anchor ongoing work. The vendor's primary NAICS framing across the footprint is 311991 (Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing) and PSC 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables), with secondary activity under Other Vegetable and Melon Farming.

Activity is sparse and flat. The vendor has received twelve federal awards since 2009, with one award per year across 2023–2026 (the most recent, a $19.2 thousand VA purchase order, issued June 3, 2026, with performance due August 25, 2026). Only one award—the current $19.2 thousand Martinsburg produce order—faces completion in the next twenty-four months and represents recompete exposure. Combined potential value across all recent awards totals $165 thousand, though combined dollars obligated (reflecting repeat seasonal cycles) reaches $702 thousand. The vendor holds no position on parent vehicles, GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs and competes for work through open solicitations rather than standing seats. The VA's recurring procurement pattern — same vendor, same site, same seasonal window, comparable dollar ceiling — represents the core of the vendor's federal footprint and the primary recompete risk.