William George Produce Co., Inc.

William George Produce Co., Inc., doing business as William George Company, Inc., is a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) located in Lufkin, Texas that supplies fresh produce and processed food items to the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor operating almost exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides. The company competes 100% as a prime — no subcontract activity — and has been registered with SAM.gov since 2002, with 1,074 federal awards dating back to 2004 and a combined potential value of $10.8 million.

William George's capability footprint centers on weekly and monthly produce deliveries to Bureau of Prisons correctional facilities. The vendor supplies fresh fruits (apples, bananas), vegetables (carrots, green onions, russet potatoes), eggs, dairy products, applesauce, and canned vegetables in quantities calibrated to inmate meal requirements. Recent representative contracts include a $107,751.86 purchase order from Federal Correctional Institution Texarkana (October 1, 2025) for FY2026 third-quarter weekly produce; a $131,751.45 order from Federal Correctional Complex Beaumont (January 27, 2025) for FY2025 second-quarter produce spanning over 123,000 individual apples and 205,000 eggs; and a $129,587.27 order from Federal Correctional Complex Beaumont (April 29, 2025) for 550,000 individual applesauce servings and 280 cases of canned applesauce. The vendor performs all work directly from its Lufkin distribution center without major subcontractors, maintaining quality control over fresh deliveries.

Customer concentration is extreme and agency-specific. The top five Bureau of Prisons facilities account for 78% of awards and 86% of combined potential value. Federal Correctional Complex Beaumont dominates the portfolio at 380 awards with $5.9 million combined potential value, followed by Federal Correctional Complex Pollock (145 awards, $1.2 million), Federal Correctional Institution Texarkana (135 awards, $937 thousand), Federal Correctional Institution Oakdale (97 awards, $692 thousand), and Federal Correctional Complex Oakdale (85 awards, $470 thousand). The vendor's entire federal footprint is routed through the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons and eight distinct Bureau of Prisons facilities across Texas and Louisiana; no other agencies appear in the award history. NAICS concentration reflects this specialization: Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (465 awards), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (220 awards), and Fruit and Vegetable Canning (100 awards) dominate, with 934 of 1,074 awards classified under PSC code "Fruits and Vegetables."

Activity has declined substantially. The vendor recorded 48 awards in 2022, 27 in 2023, 21 in 2024, and only 7 in 2025, with 1 award in 2026 to date. This downward trajectory reflects either reduced facility demand, competitive displacement, or shift to larger contract vehicles not captured in the weekly purchase-order cadence that historically drove volume. Of the 1,074 total awards, only 2 with combined potential value of $136 thousand carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure but also sparse active pipeline. The vendor received a $15,355 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service in January 2022 under the COVID-19 Food Assistance Program to support pandemic-related operational and workplace safety costs incurred through December 2021.

William George's positioning is highly specialized and geographically concentrated. The vendor operates exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides, competes only for Bureau of Prisons food service, and executes recurring weekly and monthly produce purchase orders averaging $14,000 to $25,000 per task. Parent contract vehicles carry minimal visibility; IDIQs SPM30006AFA16, SPM30005AFA16, and SPM30008AFA16 account for only 13 task orders combined, suggesting most awards flow as direct purchase orders rather than task-order vehicles. The business model — high-volume, low-dollar, set-aside-only, single-customer dependency, and declining award frequency — signals a mature incumbent supplier role with shrinking transaction counts, not a growth-oriented or diversified federal contractor.