Van Natta Funeral Home

Van Natta Funeral Home, a for-profit sole proprietorship based in Herrin, Illinois, provides funeral and end-of-life services to the federal government as a prime contractor exclusively under full-and-open and Total Small Business set-aside purchase orders. The vendor operates in a highly specialized niche — comprehensive funeral and burial services, cremation, autopsy reports, and funeral card services — for incarcerated individuals at federal correctional facilities.

Van Natta's customer footprint is entirely concentrated with a single agency. The Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons at United States Penitentiary Marion accounts for 35 of the vendor's 41 total awards and $183 thousand of the combined potential value, representing 85% of award volume and 92% of combined potential value. All work is performed in Herrin, Illinois, with service delivery at USP Marion. The vendor operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract activity.

Recent representative awards include a $8,100 Total Small Business purchase order from USP Marion awarded July 1, 2026 for funeral and related end-of-life services (ultimate completion July 31, 2026); a $3,000 Firm Fixed Price order awarded November 14, 2024 for comprehensive funeral, burial, cremation, and autopsy services; a $7,850 Total Small Business purchase order awarded September 12, 2024 for funeral card services; and an $8,965 order awarded May 16, 2024 for funeral and burial services. Ceiling values across the vendor's awards range from $2,100 (autopsy reports) to just under $9,000 (comprehensive funeral services). Van Natta places task orders under two indefinite delivery contracts: DJB40904BPA013 (3 task orders, $10 thousand combined potential value) and DJBP040900000035 (2 task orders, $13 thousand combined potential value).

Activity has been sporadic, with 41 awards over a nineteen-year window (first award October 2007) — five awards in 2020, four in 2021, one in 2023, six in 2024, and one in 2026. The vendor's $199 thousand combined potential value reflects the narrow, low-dollar nature of individual funeral services procurements. Award classification splits between Funeral Homes and Funeral Services (NAICS, 41 awards) and Social Care of Remains and/or Funeral (PSC, 37 awards), with four awards under Specialized Shipping and Storage Containers. The vendor has established a long-standing, recurring relationship with USP Marion's death-care procurement, with no geographic, customer, or capability diversification into other federal agencies or mission areas.