Santiago Rosa I

Santiago Rosa I, doing business as Restaurante La Barkita, is a woman-owned, Hispanic American-owned small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Salinas, Puerto Rico, that provides prepared packaged meals and catering services to Department of Defense units conducting training and operations at military installations in Puerto Rico. The vendor competes exclusively under total small business set-asides and operates 100% as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders.

Restaurante La Barkita's capability portfolio centers on meal preparation for military training exercises, annual training events, inactive duty training, and specialized military operations. The vendor delivers pre-packaged breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals meeting Army Technical Bulletin MED 530 nutritional standards and USDA ingredient specifications, with performance at Camp Santiago, Fort Allen, and other Puerto Rico military training centers. Representative recent work includes a $218,021.50 purchase order from the Marine Corps (awarded September 2025) for approximately 8,964 breakfast and dinner meals to support the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Santiago from September through October 2025, with 95% on-time delivery and 100% food safety compliance required; a $50,238 award from the Department of the Army (May 2024) for pre-packaged breakfast and dinner meals to the 1011th and 215th Engineer Companies during annual training at Camp Santiago from June 1–20, 2024; and a $45,900.80 purchase order from the Puerto Rico National Guard (March 2026) for prepared packaged meals for a training event at Juana Diaz from March 25 through April 16, 2026.

Customer concentration sits exclusively with Army components and the Marine Corps. The Department of the Army accounts for 55 awards and $946 thousand in combined potential value; the Department of the Army Puerto Rico Army National Guard accounts for 34 awards and $667 thousand; the Marine Corps holds one award for $218 thousand; the Department of the Army Reserve Command holds two awards for $51 thousand; and the Rhode Island National Guard holds one award for $27 thousand. This concentration reflects the vendor's geographic positioning and specialization in supporting Puerto Rico-based military units. Activity has fluctuated year over year—20 awards in 2022, 14 in 2023, 17 in 2024, 9 in 2025, and 1 in 2026 to date—with a combined portfolio of 93 total awards carrying $1.9 million in potential value, all of which has been obligated. The vendor holds no vehicle positions on GWACs, IDIQs, or agency-wide BPAs; all work flows through individual purchase orders under simplified acquisition procedures. Restaurante La Barkita does not subcontract and carries no sub-award footprint. The vendor has been registered in SAM.gov since 2014, with award activity spanning the past twelve years and primary NAICS classification as Food Service Contractors (66 awards), supported by secondary classifications in Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing and Caterers.

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