Quantum Foods Inc.

Quantum Foods Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Los Angeles, California, supplies institutional subsistence food products to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau of Prisons) as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides, with 100 percent of its recent award footprint structured as firm fixed-price purchase orders. The company operates as a Subchapter S Corporation and competes exclusively within small business set-aside vehicles—all 109 awards in the source carry total small business set-aside designations.

Quantum Foods' customer base is highly concentrated within the Bureau of Prisons system. The top five correctional facilities account for 72 percent of awards by count and 82 percent of combined potential value by dollar magnitude. The Federal Detention Center Honolulu dominates both rankings with 26 awards and $1.6 million in combined potential value, followed by the Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island (16 awards, $1 million), Metropolitan Detention Center Los Angeles (14 awards, $634 thousand), United States Penitentiary Atwater (15 awards, $369 thousand), and Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix (8 awards, $383 thousand). Quantum Foods also works with the Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, Federal Correctional Institution Mendota, Federal Correctional Complex Victorville, Federal Correctional Complex Lompoc, and Metropolitan Correctional Center San Diego. All customer agencies are sub-offices of the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons, indicating near-total vertical concentration.

Quantum Foods' capability portfolio centers on quarterly and rolling subsistence food procurement for federal correctional facilities under NAICS 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing) and PSC 8945 (Food, Oils and Fats). Procurements include raw and frozen meats, dairy products, canned goods, dry goods including beans, rice, and pasta, produce, specialized kosher and halal certified meal components, and related disposable service items, all compliant with Bureau of Prisons National Menu Specifications. Representative awards include a $91,032.28 firm fixed-price purchase order from Federal Correctional Complex Victorville (June 2026) for fourth-quarter FY26 subsistence supplies covering approximately 82,600 pounds of raw meats and 95 line items; a $184,551.38 order from Federal Detention Center Honolulu (January 2026) for assorted subsistence food items to support inmate food service operations; and a $106,680.43 purchase order from Federal Detention Center Honolulu (March 2022) for third-quarter FY22 food subsistence items.

Recent activity has contracted significantly after 2023. The vendor received 21 awards in 2023, declining to 7 in 2024, 6 in 2025, and 9 in 2026 through early October. Combined potential value across the entire 109-award footprint is $4.9 million, with $4.8 million obligated (97 percent execution rate). Only 2 awards with combined potential value of $31 thousand face recompete within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The vendor carries no subcontract relationships in the source data; all 109 awards are prime contracts. Quantum Foods does not hold positions on GWACs, IDIQs, or agency-wide BPAs; all awards are direct purchase orders issued by individual correctional facilities under simplified acquisition procedures. The vendor's footprint reflects sustained but narrowly concentrated small business food supply work to the federal prison system, with performance concentrated in western U.S. facilities (primarily California and Hawaii) and performance locations typically at the vendor's Los Angeles headquarters or subunit facilities in Fayetteville, Arkansas.