Virginia Department Corrections

Virginia Department of Corrections, doing business as Bland Correctional Center, is a U.S. state government entity that supplies dairy and perishable food products to federal correctional facilities operated by the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons, operating as a prime contractor on a full-and-open competitive basis with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

Bland Correctional Center specializes in fluid milk manufacturing and dairy product supply, delivering milk in half-pint and eight-ounce container formats (including skim, whole, kosher, and chocolate milk varieties) and supplementary perishable prepared foods to Bureau of Prisons facilities. Representative work includes a $188,305 firm fixed-price purchase order from Federal Correctional Complex Butner awarded October 1, 2026, for 697,426 half-pint units of kosher whole milk in plastic pouches conforming to CID A-A-20338A specifications, with twice-weekly Tuesday and Thursday deliveries between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. maintained at 34–40 degrees Fahrenheit; a $137,700 quarterly milk supply contract with the same facility for July–September 2026; and a $121,940 purchase order from Federal Correctional Complex Butner for January–March 2026 covering 600,000 half-pint containers of pasteurized nonfat skim milk delivered on the same schedule. All procurement routes through NAICS 311511 (Fluid Milk Manufacturing) or related dairy categories under PSC 8910 (Dairy Foods and Eggs), evaluated on price and past performance.

Customer concentration is extreme: the top five Bureau of Prisons facilities account for 95% of awards by count. Federal Correctional Complex Butner dominates the portfolio with 58 awards valued at $6.2 million combined potential value, followed by United States Penitentiary Lee County (42 awards, $869 thousand), United States Penitentiary Hazleton (53 awards, $863 thousand), Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg (17 awards, $481 thousand), and Federal Correctional Institution Mcdowell (10 awards, $74 thousand). The portfolio spans 190 total awards over the past five years, with only 1 award (combined potential value $188 thousand) facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Activity has flattened in recent years — from nine awards in 2022 to four in 2026 year-to-date — suggesting a mature, stable contract renewal cycle rather than growth trajectory. Combined potential value across all awards totals $8.6 million, with $8.7 million already obligated (101% of potential value), indicating invoicing is tracking at or slightly above ceiling values.

The vendor operates as a prime contractor on 188 of 190 awards (99%), with only two sub-awards on record — both grant-related sub-awards from the Emergency Management Department of Virginia for Hurricane Helene disaster assistance (December 2024) and generator procurement (February 2025), neither representing federal contracting operations. The category concentration across the prime footprint is entirely within food supply: Fluid Milk Manufacturing (58 awards), Dairy Cattle and Milk Production (46 awards), and Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (30 awards) comprise the operational portfolio. All procurement operates under full-and-open competition with no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other set-aside designation. Bland Correctional Center sits on no government-wide vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs) in the source data; awards flow through direct Bureau of Prisons purchase order solicitations.