$242,136
Federal NAICS Codes
NAICS 311512: Creamery Butter Manufacturing
Explore obligations, trends, recent awards, and incumbent contractors for NAICS 311512.
NAICS 311512 federal market metrics
- Total obligations
- $582.8M
- Total awards
- 620 awards
- Active obligations
- $141.1M
- Size standard
- 750 employees
What this NAICS covers
NAICS 311512 covers establishments that manufacture butter from cream or milk, including churning, salting, culturing for flavored or cultured butter, packaging, and bulk butter production operations.
Federal opportunities under 311512 typically involve production contracts for packaged or bulk butter, sanitary processing and packaging, lot traceability, cold storage logistics, shelf-life testing, and delivery of food-grade dairy product batches.
FY2026 snapshot
- Obligations
- $71.5M
- Awards
- 9
- Average award
- $7.9M
- Change from FY2025
- +6,197.5%
Federal obligation trend
FY2022
$816.1K · 7 awards
FY2023
$870K · 8 awards
FY2024
$1.2M · 7 awards
FY2025
$1.1M · 11 awards
FY2026
$71.5M · 9 awards
Recent awards
$0
APEX FOOD GROUP, LLC
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B50226P00000284
- PSC
- 8910 - DAIRY FOODS AND EGGS
$8,566
APEX FOOD GROUP, LLC
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B50226P00000226
- PSC
- 8910 - DAIRY FOODS AND EGGS
$21,757
SHAVER FOODS LLC
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B50226P00000220
- PSC
- 8910 - DAIRY FOODS AND EGGS
$18,345
A. F. WENDLING, INC
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B10726P00000127
- PSC
- 8910 - DAIRY FOODS AND EGGS
$70,556,713
CALIFORNIA DAIRIES INC
Agricultural Marketing Service
- PIID
- 123J1426C0923
- PSC
- 8910 - DAIRY FOODS AND EGGS
$51,116
PUEBLO TRADING CO INC
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B50226P00000160
- PSC
- 8910 - DAIRY FOODS AND EGGS
$110,906
AMS CONSULTANT
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- PIID
- 15B50226P00000141
- PSC
- 8910 - DAIRY FOODS AND EGGS
FAQ
What work fits NAICS 311512?
- Operate batch or continuous churn lines to produce salted, unsalted, or cultured butter and package into retail tubs or bulk bricks.
- Supply bulk butter in food-service or ingredient packaging with lot coding, certificates of analysis, and specified shelf-life.
- Implement dairy sanitary controls and HACCP-aligned procedures for cream receipt, pasteurization documentation, and plant sanitation tied to butter production.
- Produce flavored or specialty cultured butter by controlled fermentation, blending, and packaging under food-grade processing conditions.
When is NAICS 311512 a weak fit?
- Dairy farming and raw milk production - supplies raw milk but does not perform churning, culturing, or finished butter packaging operations.
- Fluid milk bottling and liquid dairy processing - focuses on liquid milk thermal processing and packaging rather than solid butter churning and finished butter production.
- Dairy product wholesale and distribution - handles storage, transportation, or resale of butter but does not conduct onsite butter manufacturing or churning.
What solicitation language points to NAICS 311512?
- Requirements specify sanitary processing controls, pasteurized cream receipt records, and facility food-safety certification or audit access.
- Deliverables require lot traceability, certificates of analysis for fat content and microbiological testing, and shelf-life specifications for butter batches.
- Packaging specifications list retail or bulk formats, cold-chain temperature controls, and scheduled perishable delivery windows.
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