Government contracts for food services & catering in Virginia

Food services & catering contracts in Virginia typically cover dining-facility (DFAC) operations on DoD bases, cafeteria service at federal courthouses, vending operations under the Randolph-Sheppard program, and event catering. Federal posts in this category fall under NAICS 722310 (Food Service Contractors), and the bulk of the work flows to DoD bases, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the VA. Many cafeteria slots flow through Randolph-Sheppard or AbilityOne; remaining work runs as small-business set-asides.

Virginia currently has 13 open food services & catering contracts in our database, with 11 added in the last 30 days. That's a steady cadence — enough flow to make automated alerting worthwhile rather than manual portal-checking. The most active buyers are City of Portsmouth (2 open posts) and STATE, DEPARTMENT OF (2), with the rest spread across other federal civilian agencies, DoD components, and state and local departments active in Virginia.

Beyond federal opportunities, much of the food services & catering work in Virginia is posted through eVA (Virginia's eProcurement portal), with recurring buyers including VDOT, the Virginia public university system, and Fairfax / Loudoun / Prince William county governments. Virginia charges a small per-transaction eVA vendor fee but in exchange routes nearly all state and many local-government contracts through one portal. ContractRadar pulls federal postings from SAM.gov alongside state and local feeds so a food-services vendor doesn't have to monitor each portal manually.