Mendez & Co Inc.

Mendez & Co Inc. (Mendez And Company), a Puerto Rico-based Hispanic-American-owned for-profit business, supplies subsistence and food products to federal detention facilities and military commissaries as a prime contractor exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor operates from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, and concentrates its work in NAICS 311991 (Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing) and general grocery merchant wholesale (NAICS 424410 and 424450), delivering meat products, subsistence supplies, and composite food packages to federal facilities.

Mendez & Co's customer base is heavily concentrated with the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), which accounts for 37 awards valued at $71.2 million combined potential value — 96% of the vendor's recent award count and 94% of combined potential value. The Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Detention Center Guaynabo (3 awards, $265 thousand) and the Department of the Army Puerto Rico Army National Guard (4 awards, $747 thousand) represent the only other active federal customers. All three customers are geographically or operationally tied to Puerto Rico, indicating strong regional concentration.

The vendor holds two primary indefinite delivery vehicles: DECA0103G6092 (19 task orders, $70.5 million combined potential value) and HDEC0108G7297 (18 task orders, $728 thousand), plus a blanket purchase agreement with the Army for three task orders valued at $97 thousand. Representative work includes a $110,599 firm fixed-price purchase order (April 1, 2026) for third-quarter subsistence supplies to Metropolitan Detention Center Guaynabo; a $104,085 award (March 16, 2026) delivering approximately 41,100 pounds of meat products (ground beef, chicken, fish fillets, pork, turkey, and beef bologna) meeting BOP National Menu Specifications; and a $50,496 emergency procurement modification for first-quarter fiscal year 2026 subsistence support to the same detention facility.

Activity has been episodic. After establishment in 2002, the vendor received four awards in 2011, three in 2012, and four in 2014, then fell dormant until 2025, when one award was recorded, followed by two awards in 2026. The combined potential value across all 46 prime awards stands at $77.2 million, but only $1.5 million (2%) has been obligated, reflecting the nature of indefinite delivery vehicles with future task-order commitment uncertainty. The vendor does not serve as a subcontractor and has no subcontract footprint.