NC Manufacturing LLC

NC Manufacturing LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Graham, North Carolina, manufactures and supplies food products to federal correctional facilities as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The company is a for-profit limited liability corporation specializing in perishable and prepared foods including breads, boxed meals, kosher items, lockdown meals, beef and hamburger patties, and frozen storage services for the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons network.

NC Manufacturing's customer base is highly concentrated within the Bureau of Prisons system. The top five facilities account for 71% of combined potential value across recent awards, led by Federal Correctional Complex Butner (19 awards, $224 thousand), Federal Correctional Institution Otisville (6 awards, $138 thousand), Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood (5 awards, $124 thousand), United States Penitentiary Lee County (2 awards, $103 thousand), and Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg (1 award, $77 thousand). Across 49 awards tracked in the source, NC Manufacturing has worked with 20 distinct Bureau of Prisons facilities spanning twenty states, from Maryland and West Virginia to Texas, Mississippi, and South Carolina. All awards are total small business set-asides under firm fixed-price purchase-order contracts with quarterly or seasonal performance periods.

Recent work includes a $77,168 purchase order from FCI Williamsburg (July 2026) for fourth-quarter boxed meals and food supplies compliant with BOP National Menu Specifications; a $52,711 award from United States Penitentiary Lee County (July 2025) for sliced bread, hamburger buns, and hot dog buns with a 48-hour post-bake delivery requirement; a $42,886 contract from FCI Gilmer (July 2024) for assorted bread products including kosher meals and lockdown meals; and recurring bread, lockdown meal, and kosher-certified food contracts with FCC Butner spanning multiple quarters at values ranging from $2,404 to $28,097. Activity peaked in 2024 with 29 awards but has contracted to 7 awards in 2025 and 1 award in 2026, signaling potential softening in recurring quarterly demand or recompete exposure.

NC Manufacturing operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no identified subcontractors. The vendor's NAICS profile centers on All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing (25 awards) and Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (10 awards), with smaller concentrations in Commercial Bakeries (5 awards) and Meat Processed from Carcasses (2 awards). Product and Service Code work splits across Food, Oils and Fats (26 awards), Bakery and Cereal Products (8 awards), and Special Dietary Foods and Food Specialty Preparations (5 awards). Combined potential value across all 49 awards totals $942 thousand, with $893 thousand obligated, reflecting 95% execution across the portfolio. The vendor's performance location is consistently Graham, North Carolina, with delivery to correctional facilities nationwide, and the company carries a long-standing pattern of winning competitive small business set-asides for recurring food service requirements at Bureau of Prisons installations.