Sysco Western Minnesota, Inc.

Sysco Western Minnesota, Inc., doing business as Appert's Foodservice, delivers bulk food supplies, operational rations, and meal components to the Minnesota National Guard, Air Force, and Air National Guard as a prime contractor on a full-and-open competitive basis, with no SBA set-aside designations across its federal footprint. The vendor is a subsidiary of Sysco Corporation, a global broadline foodservice distributor headquartered in Houston, Texas, and operates from St. Cloud, Minnesota, registered as a Department of Transportation-certified disadvantaged business enterprise.

Sysco Western Minnesota's federal work centers entirely on food service provisioning for military operations and readiness. The vendor holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC W912LM22D0002) valued at $5.49 million with the Minnesota Army National Guard, running July 2022 through June 2027, which serves as the master vehicle for procuring chilled, frozen, and dry food products and related consumables. Recent representative delivery orders under this IDC include a $190.5 thousand order awarded April 1, 2026 for food supply and subsistence items, a $217.5 thousand order in January 2026 for bulk food supplies and operational rations, and a $354.5 thousand order in June 2025 for bulk food, operational rations, and meal components to support approximately 77 military facilities statewide. The vendor also operates under two additional IDCs with the Minnesota National Guard (W912LM17D0002 valued at $6.6 million and W912LM12D0001 valued at $6.5 million), which together with the 2022 award vehicle account for 203 task orders representing $21 million in combined potential value.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Minnesota Army National Guard accounts for 158 awards (75% of the award count) and $39.6 million of the $41.3 million combined potential value. The Air National Guard and the Air Force together represent 54 awards and $1.67 million. This concentration reflects the vendor's exclusive positioning as the food service prime for Minnesota-based National Guard and Air Force drill weekend operations, training exercises, and deployments across the state. Activity remained stable from 2022 through 2024 (16, 16, and 18 awards per year respectively) before declining to 13 awards in 2025 and 5 awards in the first quarter of 2026; the recompete cliff shows minimal near-term pressure, with only one award (potential value $72 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor's work is delivered entirely in Minnesota locations including St. Cloud, Little Falls, and Hermantown, supporting approximately 77 military facilities statewide through Sysco Corporation's logistics network. Sysco Western Minnesota operates under primary NAICS codes 722330 (Food Service Contractors) and 424410 (General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers), with all procurements classified under PSC Food, Oils and Fats or related food specialty categories.