Taylor Boys Produce, Inc.

Taylor Boys Produce, Inc., based in Enoree, South Carolina, supplies fresh produce and food products to the Federal Correctional Complex Butner as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides, with ancillary federal grant work through the Department of Agriculture. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation classified under NAICS 311991 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing) and PSC 8420 (Fruits and Vegetables), competing exclusively under the Total Small Business set-aside category across a highly concentrated customer base.

Taylor Boys Produce's federal footprint is dominated by weekly produce delivery purchase orders to the Federal Correctional Complex Butner, which accounts for 47 of 51 total awards (92% by count) and $934 thousand in combined potential value. The company executes recurring small-dollar purchase orders—typically $14,745 to $28,134 per order—to support the Bureau of Prisons' food service operations at the Butner facility. Representative contracts include a $28,134 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded April 24, 2026, for weekly produce delivery through April 29, 2026, and similar awards in the $17,000–$22,000 range issued every one to two weeks throughout 2023, 2024, and the first three quarters of 2026. All place of performance occurs in Enoree, South Carolina.

Beyond routine prison commissary work, Taylor Boys Produce holds material federal grant experience through the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. The company received a $1.1 million prime grant award from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crops Program in January 2022 to support COVID-19 pandemic response, covering workplace safety, market pivots, facility retrofitting, transportation, worker housing, and medical expenses incurred between January 27, 2020, and December 31, 2021. The company also acts as a sub-recipient under a separate South Carolina Department of Agriculture grant award (February 2023) to purchase food from socially disadvantaged farmers for distribution to underserved communities. These grants underscore the vendor's capacity to manage large-scale federal food distribution operations beyond its core weekly produce supply relationship.

Activity has grown from two awards in 2020 to a spike of 30 awards in 2026, driven almost entirely by the compressed award cycle of the Butner purchase order stream. The combined potential value across all awards stands at $2.1 million, though obligated dollars total $2.8 million—a 134% ratio indicating downward revisions or close-out modifications typical of short-term commodity procurement. The vendor operates as a prime in 98% of awards; one sub-award appears under the South Carolina Department of Agriculture grant. No parent contract vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs) appear in the portfolio; all awards are direct purchase orders or grants, reflecting direct-buy procurement posture by the Bureau of Prisons rather than blanket-contract positioning.