Blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to purchase all types abrasives, cutting tools, carbide, coolant, machinery, etc. Carbide tooling: carboloy, valenite & wesson, grease, special tooling per DWG

Blanchard Industrial Supplies, Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Troy, New York, holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command valued at $4.99 million with an ultimate completion date of July 4, 2026. Awarded on July 5, 2021, this indefinite delivery vehicle authorizes procurement of industrial consumables and specialized tooling essential to Army equipment sustainment operations, including abrasives, cutting tools, carbide tooling (Carboloy, Valenite, and Wesson branded products), coolants, machinery, and specialized tooling manufactured per engineering drawings. The BPA enables TACOM to acquire mission-critical industrial products on an as-needed basis through task order calls without requiring individual formal competitive solicitations for each requirement. Performance is conducted at the contractor's facility in Troy, New York, under firm fixed-price pricing arrangements. No set-aside restriction was applied to the overall BPA vehicle, though the contractor's woman-owned small business status qualifies it for set-aside task orders, with approximately 40 to 50 percent of calls historically designated as total small business set-asides.

Since the BPA award, TACOM has issued numerous task order calls spanning from February 2025 through December 2025, with individual call values ranging from $143 to $119,400, supporting critical maintenance and repair operations at major Army facilities including Watervliet Arsenal. Deliverables under these task orders encompass the full spectrum of industrial consumables required for ground combat vehicle maintenance, including precision cutting tools, carbide inserts, end mills, drill bits, reamers, milling cutters, grinding wheels, grinding stones, adapters, specialized fixtures, HSK tooling components, abrasives, honing stones, protective materials, and machine tool components from manufacturers such as SECO, Ingersoll, Mitsubishi, and other precision tooling suppliers. The task orders support Army equipment sustainment across multiple maintenance programs and installations, providing rapid procurement capability for consumable items essential to sustaining the operational readiness of the Army's extensive ground combat equipment fleet. This procurement structure demonstrates TACOM's utilization of the BPA as a flexible, efficient mechanism for acquiring industrial products critical to military equipment maintenance logistics while maintaining small business contracting objectives.