US Foods Inc.

US Foods Inc., through its Salem Division operating as U S Foodservice, supplies frozen, refrigerated, and dry institutional foodservice subsistence items to the Defense Department as a prime contractor on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations. The company is a for-profit, privately held corporation headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois, with the Salem Division distribution facility located in Salem, Missouri, serving military dining facilities across Missouri, Kansas, and surrounding regions.

US Foods' federal footprint is overwhelmingly concentrated in a single customer relationship. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence division accounts for 40,428 awards (approximately 98% of the vendor's total prime award count) with $1.14 billion in combined potential value (approximately 93% of total portfolio value). The remaining customer base—the Defense Logistics Agency (non-Subsistence), the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons United States Penitentiary Leavenworth, and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Job Corps—collectively represents less than 5% of the vendor's portfolio by count and value. This extreme concentration means US Foods' business model depends entirely on its relationship with DLA Subsistence and the indefinite delivery contracts that vehicle carries.

The vendor operates under five primary indefinite delivery contracts, all awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency. The largest two vehicles drive the majority of volume: Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE30021D3317 carries 16,090 task orders valued at $177.6 million in combined potential value, and Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE30015D3118 carries 11,779 task orders valued at $116.1 million. Three additional IDCs—SPE30020D3243, SPM30010D3333, and SPM30011D3498—collectively add another 5,685 task orders. A $245 million single-award indefinite delivery contract (4610074185) awarded September 24, 2021, and expiring September 19, 2026, appears to be the parent vehicle for the Salem Division's work; recent delivery orders traced in the source are issued against this vehicle. US Foods executes approximately 3,200 to 3,360 delivery orders annually across these contracts, with individual order values ranging from under $100 to approximately $75,000, completion cycles typically spanning two to seven days to meet rapid military dining facility resupply requirements.

The vendor's product portfolio centers on commodity frozen proteins (beef, chicken, pork, salmon, shrimp, cod, pollock), poultry products, frozen seafood, dairy items, prepared foods (sandwiches, breakfast items, entrées), beverages (juices, sports drinks, tea bases), and dry goods (cereals, snacks, oils). Primary NAICS codes reflect this mix: All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing (19,039 awards) and Commercial Bakeries (18,990 awards), with secondary categories including Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers. Top PSC codes are Meat, Poultry, And Fish (18,352 awards) and Dairy Foods And Eggs (11,180 awards).

Award activity has remained relatively flat year over year—3,363 awards in 2022, declining to 3,194 in 2024, then recovering to 3,280 in 2025—with 2,153 awards recorded in the first half of 2026. The vendor faces a significant recompete cliff: its largest parent vehicle (SPE30021D3317) carries 16,090 task orders with $177.6 million in combined potential value, and the $245 million contract 4610074185 expires September 19, 2026, representing an immediate recompete risk. Total recompete exposure through the next twelve months likely exceeds several hundred million dollars given the vendor's concentrated customer base and single-vehicle dependency.

US Foods operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint and no meaningful diversification beyond its DLA Subsistence relationship. The company competes in full-and-open procurement across all five DLA vehicles and represents a specialized, high-volume commodity supplier model focused on rapid execution of standing orders for military dining facility operations. This posture—single customer, no set-aside certifications, 100% prime role, commodity-driven supply—positions the vendor as highly vulnerable to contract recompete outcomes and offers limited opportunity for teaming arrangements or cross-agency expansion.