Universal Poultry Products Inc.

Universal Poultry Products Inc., a small business based in Weston, Massachusetts, supplies frozen and refrigerated meat, poultry, fish, and subsistence food products exclusively to the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company operates entirely within the Department of Justice procurement footprint, competing on roughly 126 awards spanning the past five years, nearly all designated as small business set-asides.

The vendor's capability portfolio is narrow and specialized: frozen and refrigerated proteins (beef, chicken, pork, turkey, fish), processed poultry products (breaded and boneless chicken fillets, chicken patties), and institutional subsistence items (eggs, dairy, baked goods, frozen vegetables) meeting USDA Grade A quality standards, kosher and halal certifications where specified, and Bureau of Prisons National Menu Specifications. Representative recent work includes a $34.6 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from Federal Correctional Complex Lompoc (July 2026) for fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 frozen and refrigerated food products; a $43.6 thousand award from Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix (July 2026) for eggs, bread, milk, and dairy products during the same quarter; and a $57.8 thousand contract from Federal Correctional Complex Yazoo City (January 2026) for quarterly subsistence food to support inmate meal provision. All work is performed from Weston, Massachusetts with delivery to individual correctional facilities nationwide.

Customer concentration is distributed across the Bureau of Prisons facility network rather than anchored to a single agency. The top five Bureau of Prisons locations by award count account for 30% of recent awards: Federal Correctional Complex Oakdale leads with nine awards ($176 thousand combined potential value), followed by Federal Correctional Complex Florence (nine awards, $103 thousand), Metropolitan Detention Center Brooklyn (eight awards, $69 thousand), Federal Correctional Complex Lompoc (seven awards, $159 thousand), and Metropolitan Correctional Center Chicago (five awards, $51 thousand). The vendor serves 47 distinct correctional facilities across the Bureau of Prisons footprint, with no single facility exceeding nine awards. Small business set-asides account for the overwhelming majority of work; a small number of awards carry no set-aside designation (roughly 5–10% of visible awards), suggesting occasional full-and-open competition or awards below set-aside thresholds.

Activity has grown from eight awards in 2022 to 21 in 2026 year-to-date, reflecting expanded or more frequent quarterly procurement cycles across Bureau of Prisons facilities. The vendor's combined potential value across all 126 awards totals $2 million with $1.9 million obligated. Only two awards (combined potential value $23 thousand) carry completion dates within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure and suggesting that most awards are short-duration, quarterly purchase orders that renew or rebid annually within each facility's food service cycle rather than multi-year vehicles. The vendor does not participate in government-wide contract vehicles, IDIQs, or parent contracts; all awards are direct purchase orders issued by individual correctional facilities. Universal Poultry Products operates as a pure subsistence supplier to federal corrections, with no subcontract footprint, teaming relationships, or work outside the Bureau of Prisons mission.