Sterling BV, Inc.

Sterling BV, Inc., doing business as Sterling Foods, is a San Antonio-based for-profit manufacturer of shelf-stable and military-grade bakery goods and ready-to-eat food products that operates exclusively as a prime contractor supplying the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence with cereal bars, toaster pastries, breakfast cakes, sweet rolls, tortillas, and performance nutrition bars. The company competes in full-and-open competition across all awards with no set-aside designations, holding five active indefinite delivery contracts collectively valued at approximately $251.4 million through 2030 and drawing 100 percent of its recent federal award volume from DLA Troop Support Subsistence.

Sterling Foods' capability portfolio centers on manufacturing military-grade bakery products and shelf-stable food items for federal subsistence programs. Recent representative work includes a $18.93 million single-award indefinite delivery contract awarded August 15, 2025, for Performance Readiness Bars in three fortified varieties (Chocolate, Tart Cherry Berry, and Salted Caramel) designed to support training operations at Fort Benning, Fort Jackson, Fort Sill, and Fort Leonard Wood through August 2030; a $49.99 million single-award IDC for polytray bakery items including breakfast cakes and sweet rolls in multiple flavors to support the Unitized Group Ration and Heat and Serve programs, extending through September 2027; and a $168.06 million single-award IDC for shelf-stable tortillas exclusively for Meals, Ready-to-Eat production, running through October 2026. Additional active vehicles include a $13.72 million IDC for cereal bars and Performance Readiness Bars (expired May 2025 but task orders remain active) and a $1.34 million IDC for tortillas in pouch format, extending through May 2027. Individual delivery orders under these vehicles range from under $10,000 to over $8.8 million, with firm fixed-price structures and typical three-to-six-month completion windows.

Customer concentration is absolute and narrow. DLA Troop Support Subsistence accounts for 212 of 214 awards (99 percent of awards) and $364.6 million of combined potential value (100 percent); the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command holds only two awards of minimal dollar value. The company's entire federal footprint is rooted in military food subsistence supply and operates without subcontractors across all reviewed awards. Over the past five award years, Sterling Foods has averaged approximately 31 delivery orders per year, with 2024 marking peak activity at 49 awards before declining to 39 in 2025 and 7 in the partial 2026 data. Obligated dollars total $77.9 million against potential value of $364.6 million, indicating approximately 21 percent draw-down on contract ceilings across the active portfolio. Recent activity (most recent award March 26, 2026) confirms sustained engagement against the Performance Readiness Bars and polytray bakery IDVs, with seventeen delivery orders totaling approximately $1.49 million issued between August and December 2025 alone. NAICS coding reflects Commercial Bakeries (172 awards) and All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing (40 awards); PSC 8915 (Bakery and Cereal Products) covers 212 awards. All performance occurs in-house at Sterling Foods' manufacturing facility at 1075 Arion Parkway, San Antonio, Texas 78216, with no identified subcontract partnerships.