Department Of The Army United States

The Department of the Army, operating as the US Army Community / Family Support Center, is a federal government entity based in San Antonio, Texas, that receives federal contract awards and grant sub-awards for meal provisioning, event support, and child nutrition program administration. The entity operates as a sub-recipient on federal nutrition grants and as a direct contract awardee for small-dollar Army support services, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations.

The entity's award footprint is heavily weighted toward federal nutrition grant sub-awards routed through state education agencies. Of 125 total awards spanning 2006 to present, 113 (90%) are grant sub-awards rather than prime contract awards. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 98% of award count, all flowing through the Hawaii State Department of Education and Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as prime grantees under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Sub-award work includes CACFP sponsor administration, block grant management, and child and adult care food program delivery. The entity holds recent sub-grant awards dated as recently as August 2026 from both Hawaii's and Wisconsin's education departments, with monthly or bi-monthly award frequency indicating ongoing operational support to state-administered nutrition initiatives.

Smaller-volume direct contract work flows through the Department of the Army. Named prime contract examples include a $34.7 thousand definitive contract awarded April 2026 for meal provision (breakfast, bagged lunch, and dinner) to soldiers participating in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Advanced Awareness Tournament at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, concluding May 13, 2026; and a $6 thousand firm fixed-price contract awarded May 13, 2026 for a three-day event at Fort A.P. Hill running May 13–15, 2026. A 2022 purchase order for the Fort Hamilton Commanders Summer Reception was recorded with zero ceiling value due to a system correction. Combined potential value across all 125 awards stands at $209 thousand, though combined dollars obligated total $2 million, indicating significant variance between contract ceilings and actual invoiced performance.

Activity has accelerated materially in 2024–2026. The entity recorded one award in 2022, one in 2023, 34 in 2024, 50 in 2025, and 30 through mid-2026. This trajectory reflects expansion of nutrition grant sub-award throughput rather than new service lines. Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service represents 113 of 123 awards (92% by count, though only a fraction of the potential-value aggregate due to nutrition grant sub-awards carrying minimal individual values). The Department of the Army and its Installation Management Command represent the next tier, with 7 awards totaling $79 thousand combined potential value. The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center appears on two awards valued at $96 thousand combined.

The entity's parent is the Government of the United States, reflecting its status as a federal government agency rather than a commercial vendor. No contract vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs) appear in the footprint. The work encompasses catering (three awards under NAICS Caterers), general government support (four awards), and specialized event and meal support tied to Army installations and federal nutrition administration. As a government entity, the US Army Community / Family Support Center does not compete against commercial contractors in the traditional sense; rather, it receives direct awards and sub-awards for delivery of government-furnished meal and event services within the Army community and to federally funded nutrition programs operated through state partners.