Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.

Prairie Farms Dairy Inc., Division — doing business as Prairie Farms Dairy, supplies fresh fluid milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, and related dairy products to the Department of Defense and federal correctional facilities as a prime contractor under single-award and multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Subsistence division. The company operates from Louisville, Kentucky as a subsidiary of Prairie Farms Dairy Inc., headquartered in Edwardsville, Illinois, and competes on full-and-open delivery orders with no set-aside designations.

Prairie Farms Dairy holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract (SPE30114427, "Market Fresh Division") awarded by DLA on October 10, 2024, with a ceiling value of $912,838 and performance through December 11, 2027. This contract supplies fresh dairy products to military customers in the Fort Knox and Fort Campbell, Kentucky areas. The contract covers milk in multiple formulations (whole, low-fat, reduced-fat, chocolate, nonfat), cottage cheese (regular and low-fat), and yogurt in various flavors. Pricing is firm fixed price, and place of performance is Louisville, Kentucky.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-threaded. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division accounts for 7,852 awards (100% coverage) with a combined potential value of $13.6 million, all delivered as task orders against five primary indefinite delivery vehicles: IDC SPE30019DV318 (1,599 task orders, $434 thousand potential value), IDC SPE30022DV002 (1,384 task orders, $434 thousand), IDC SPE30019DV319 (1,060 task orders, $393 thousand), IDC SPE30022DV003 (1,009 task orders, $339 thousand), and IDC SPE30025DV001 (802 task orders, $194 thousand). The Defense Commissary Agency places 14 awards valued at $40 million combined potential value—a higher per-order magnitude but far fewer delivery events. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Complex Yazoo City accounts for one award.

Award volume has remained steady in the recent five-year window: 781 awards in 2022, 841 in 2023, 867 in 2024, 777 in 2025, and 534 in 2026 through mid-July (representing a partial-year count). Combined potential value across all awards in the source is $55.6 million, with $3.6 million obligated (6% realization rate), typical of indefinite delivery vehicle posture where task orders represent ceiling exposure rather than firm commitment. The product portfolio is overwhelmingly concentrated in Fluid Milk Manufacturing (NAICS 311511, 6,507 awards) and Dairy Foods and Eggs (PSC category, 7,554 awards), with minimal diversification into commercial bakeries, grocery wholesaling, and frozen desserts.

Prairie Farms Dairy operates exclusively as a prime contractor—no subcontract work appears in the source—and holds no position on government-wide acquisition contracts, schedule vehicles, or blanket purchase agreements outside the DLA Troop Support IDCs. The recompete exposure tied to the October 2024 IDC award is material; the contract runs through December 2027, positioning it for potential recompetition in late 2027 or early 2028. Recent delivery orders span June through July 2026 and carry individual ceiling values typically ranging from $48 to $1,335, reflecting granular, high-frequency fulfillment of military subsistence demand for fresh dairy products at two major installations and commissary distribution.