Sodexo Operations, LLC

Sodexo Operations, LLC (doing business as Sodexo, Inc. And Affiliates), a subsidiary of the Paris-based global Sodexo group, provides food service, facilities management, and conference and event services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 52 of 69 recent awards (75%) and as a sub-recipient on nutrition programs under state-administered federal grants. The vendor operates as a for-profit corporate entity from North Bethesda, Maryland, and does not hold SBA set-aside certifications; all awards are full-and-open competitive or sole-source procurements.

Sodexo's federal capability footprint splits across three distinct lines of business. Food service and nutrition operations dominate by award count: Sodexo serves as a sub-recipient on National School Lunch, Child and Adult Care Food, and Fresh Fruits and Vegetables programs under District of Columbia grants funded by the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (17 awards, the largest single customer by volume). The vendor also delivers on-site food service to military installations and federal research facilities. Conference and facilities management represents the second capability stream, anchored by a $9.2 million firm fixed-price purchase order from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (award date October 1, 2025, extending through September 30, 2030) for conference scheduling, administrative support, technical and audio-visual production across 75 conference spaces with 22,000 annual bookings, justified by Sodexo's sole-source integration with proprietary booking software (Accruent EMS, Reach Media, Social Tables) holding historical data since May 2014. Facilities support services and equipment maintenance round out the portfolio. Recent work includes a $12,350 conference services purchase order from the U.S. Attorney's Offices for mission-critical training and operational collaboration (November 5, 2026, completion November 6, 2026) and meal services to the FBI Headquarters Division (16 awards, $479 thousand combined potential value).

Customer concentration skews heavily toward USPTO on potential value: USPTO accounts for $26.4 million (80% of combined potential value) across three awards, while the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service leads by award volume (17 awards). The Department of Justice FBI Headquarters Division and the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service maintain secondary positions. Across the top five customers by potential value, coverage sits at 99%, reflecting concentration in a narrow set of standing relationships. The two-year recompete cliff carries minimal exposure: only two awards (combined potential value $36 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue totaled $2.5 million in FY2022 across approximately 19 FTEs on a single prime contract; no SCI-reportable invoicing appears in FY2023–FY2025 records, likely reflecting the shift toward purchase-order food service work and the USPTO conference contract's firm fixed-price structure not requiring periodic invoicing detail in the SCI dataset. Government-paid hourly rates on the FY2022 SCI prime contract averaged $63.45 per hour. Award activity has accelerated in the most recent twelve months (11 awards in 2026, five in 2025, one each in 2023 and 2022), driven by the USPTO conference renewal and a cluster of District of Columbia sub-awards under federal meal programs. Sodexo operates as a prime on 75% of recent awards but engages no named subcontractors in the source material; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, sub-hours share registered at zero percent, indicating the vendor builds its own delivery teams for services work rather than layering subcontractor labor.