Matthew Coppage

Matthew Coppage serves as a Procurement and Property Specialist at the Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, operating under the Bureau of Prisons within the Department of Justice. In this role, he manages the acquisition and lifecycle management of essential operational assets and services critical to institutional stability, with a primary focus on food service systems and related life-sustaining supplies. His responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts in compliance with FAR guidelines, ensuring that procurement activities align with the agency’s mission to provide safe, secure, and humane detention operations. He routinely handles simplified acquisitions and sealed bid procurements for specialized food manufacturing and distribution services that meet federal dietary and nutritional standards for incarcerated populations. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, Coppage maintains consistent vendor partnerships with food manufacturers and distributors capable of meeting stringent federal food safety and logistical requirements. His working relationships emphasize reliability, compliance with USDA and FDA regulations, and the ability to deliver perishable and non-perishable goods at scale under secure institutional constraints. He collaborates closely with facility operations and dietary services teams to align procurement outcomes with operational needs. Coppage demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with approximately one-third of his acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. While the majority of his procurements remain open to all competitors, his consistent use of small business set-asides reflects a deliberate strategy to foster economic opportunity and expand the vendor base for mission-critical supplies. His procurement focus is exclusively concentrated on NAICS 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing, reflecting deep expertise in procuring specialized food products tailored to institutional feeding programs. This includes value-added meals, dietary-restricted formulations, bulk-packaged commodities, and nutritionally compliant prepared foods—requiring technical knowledge of federal nutrition standards, shelf-life protocols, and cold-chain logistics.