Virginia Department Corrections

The Virginia Department of Corrections, doing business as Bland Correctional Center, is a U.S. state government entity that supplies dairy and food products to the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor under full-and-open competitive purchase orders with no set-aside designations. The vendor operates exclusively in the prime role (99% of awards) and competes on price, past performance, and technical acceptability across eight distinct Bureau of Prisons facilities.

The vendor's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated on milk and dairy delivery. The top five Bureau of Prisons customers account for 95% of awards: the Federal Correctional Complex Butner in North Carolina dominates with 56 awards and $5.9 million combined potential value; the United States Penitentiary Lee County follows with 42 awards and $869 thousand; the United States Penitentiary Hazleton accounts for 53 awards and $863 thousand; the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg holds 17 awards and $481 thousand; and the Federal Correctional Institution McDowel carries 10 awards and $74 thousand. The vendor's commodity mix is heavily skewed toward dairy: Fluid Milk Manufacturing accounts for 56 awards, Dairy Cattle and Milk Production for 46 awards, and Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing for 30 awards. Across the portfolio, 167 of 188 awards fall under PSC Dairy Foods and Eggs. Representative recent work includes firm fixed-price purchase orders from Federal Correctional Complex Butner for $150,000 (Q3 FY26, skim milk in half-pint pouches), $121,940 (Q2 FY26), $125,260 (Q1 FY26), and $118,356 (Q4 FY25), each requiring twice-weekly deliveries on Tuesdays and Thursdays with temperature control at 34–40 degrees Fahrenheit and compliance with Bureau of Prisons National Menu Specifications.

Activity has been declining in recent years: nine awards in 2022, eight in 2023, then five per year in both 2024 and 2025, with only two awards recorded in 2026 to date. The vendor holds combined potential value of $8.3 million across all 188 awards, with combined dollars obligated at $8.6 million, indicating that invoiced delivery has slightly exceeded contract ceilings. The vendor received two federal grant sub-awards in late 2024 and early 2025 under the Emergency Management Department of Virginia as the prime grantee, for Hurricane Helene recovery and generator procurement under disaster-assistance grant work. As a state correctional facility with agricultural infrastructure and established logistics capabilities, Bland Correctional Center has maintained a multi-year supply relationship with Bureau of Prisons regional facilities, but the declining award cadence and narrow commodity scope limit future pursuit opportunity outside the dairy and prepared-food categories.