Yecheskel S Gotlib

Yecheskel S Gotlib, a self-certified small disadvantaged business sole proprietorship based in Spring Valley, New York, supplies kosher and religiously compliant food products to federal correctional facilities as a 100% prime contractor competing exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor specializes in subsistence items including kosher meats, frozen eggs, dairy products, pastries, and specialty juices for inmate dietary and religious observance needs across the Bureau of Prisons system.

Gotlib's customer base concentrates within the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons. Twenty of thirty recent awards (67% of the portfolio by count) went to five federal correctional facilities, accounting for $305 thousand of the $426 thousand combined potential value. The top-dollar customer is Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix, which issued three awards carrying $122 thousand in combined potential value for weekly dairy and kosher subsistence deliveries. Federal Correctional Complex Lompoc ranks second with four awards and $93 thousand (supplemental food orders and frozen eggs), while Federal Correctional Complex Coleman anchors the volume side with seven awards and $67 thousand combined potential value for kosher and national menu items. Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix and Federal Correctional Complex Forrest City round out the top five by dollars. The portfolio spans twelve distinct facilities and regions, but the concentration at Fort Dix, Lompoc, and Coleman accounts for 82% of combined potential value.

Awards are concentrated in NAICS 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing), which covers 23 of 30 awards, with secondary activity in Fluid Milk Manufacturing, Spice and Extract Manufacturing, and Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing. PSC coding splits between Special Dietary Foods and Food Specialty Preparations (11 awards), Food, Oils and Fats (10 awards), and Dairy Foods and Eggs (7 awards), reflecting the vendor's portfolio of kosher-certified items, frozen liquid eggs, powdered sugar, lime juice, and dairy products delivered to support facility food-service operations.

Activity spiked in 2023 with 21 awards, dropped to three in 2024 and two in 2025, then one in 2026. Recent purchase orders are small-dollar, quarterly or sub-quarterly subsistence buys ranging from $258 to $99 thousand. The vendor obligated $410 thousand of $426 thousand in combined potential value (96% execution rate). Gotlib carries no parent vehicles, parent contracts, or subcontract relationships; all work is direct-award purchase orders from individual facilities. The vendor does not serve as a subcontractor and reports no team relationships.