US Foods Inc.

US Foods Inc., operating through its Salem Division under the doing-business-as name U S Foodservice, delivers frozen, refrigerated, and dry foodservice products to the Defense Department as a prime contractor under a single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division. The company competes in full-and-open procurement with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

US Foods is a subsidiary of US Foods Inc., the Illinois-based parent corporation. The Salem Division operates from Salem, Missouri, and serves as the prime on a $245 million indefinite delivery contract (4610074185) awarded September 24, 2021, and running through September 19, 2026. The contract authorizes the company to provide institutional feeding division services and subsistence supply across a multi-state service area in the central United States, covering frozen meats, poultry, seafood, dairy, produce, prepared foods, beverages, and dry goods. Work is performed at the US Foods Salem Division distribution facility in Salem, Missouri, with delivery to Defense Department installations primarily in Missouri, Kansas, and surrounding regions.

Capability focus is narrow and concrete: the company supplies institutional foodservice subsistence items exclusively under the DLA Troop Support parent contract. The recent award footprint in the source reflects delivery orders issued April through May 2026 for specific food categories—beef fajita strips (the plurality of orders), salmon portions, chicken breast fillets, frozen vegetables, snack bars, sandwiches, sports drink base, and specialty proteins including catfish, shrimp, and halibut. Order values range from under $500 to roughly $63,000, with typical completion cycles of two to seven days, reflecting the rapid supply-chain requirements of military dining. Representative delivery orders include $57,829 for frozen beef fajita strips (April 6, 2026), $63,015 for frozen boneless beef loin strip steaks (April 6, 2026), and $53,270 for frozen chicken breast fillets (April 13, 2026).

Customer concentration is extreme. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division accounts for approximately 98% of the award count (39,383 of 40,360 awards) and 93% of combined potential value ($1.13 billion of $1.21 billion). The broader DLA entity contributes an additional 886 awards valued at $18.7 million. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Bureau of Prisons United States Penitentiary Leavenworth, and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Job Corps account for the remaining awards in negligible volume. This vendor is a specialized DLA Subsistence supplier with no meaningful diversification.

Activity is high-volume and consistent. The source carries 40,360 total awards spanning from 1996 to present, with annual output of roughly 3,200 to 3,360 awards per year in 2022–2025, declining to 1,108 awards in the partial year 2026 (data current as of April 15, 2026). The combined potential value across all awards is $1.21 billion, with $557.4 million (46%) obligated to date. The top parent vehicles are all DLA IDCs: SPE30021D3317 carries 15,045 task orders worth $163.9 million; SPE30015D3118 carries 11,779 task orders worth $116.1 million; and SPE30020D3243 carries 3,041 task orders worth $28.1 million. These are the vehicles through which DLA Subsistence issues its standing delivery orders for foodservice.

The vendor's NAICS concentration reflects bakery and miscellaneous food manufacturing (18,990 and 17,994 awards respectively) alongside wholesale grocery distribution (2,722 awards). PSC concentration mirrors the product footprint: Meat, Poultry, and Fish dominates at 17,717 awards; Dairy Foods and Eggs account for 11,162 awards; and Bakery and Cereal Products comprise 2,653 awards. The company operates as a 100% prime-contractor footprint with no subcontract work reflected in the source.

US Foods' federal posture is a single-customer, single-contract, high-volume commodity supplier to military subsistence. The $245 million IDC was awarded in late September 2021 and expires mid-September 2026, placing the vendor's core vehicle on a recompete cliff within the next six months from the source's current date. Competitive exposure is full-and-open with no set-aside protection. The vendor's strategy centers on rapid, reliable execution of small-value delivery orders for perishable and frozen proteins to support Defense Department dining facilities across a defined geographic footprint.