Personal Body Armor - Level IIIA 2011-2016

Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection established this Master IDIQ for Level IIIA personal body armor on November 15, 2011, with the last date to order on November 14, 2016—the vehicle is now closed and no longer accepting orders. The combined potential value across 238 task orders totals $63 million, with $41.5 million (66 percent) obligated to date.

KDH Defense Systems, Inc. dominates the vehicle with 219 orders representing $42.5 million combined potential value, capturing roughly 67 percent of all activity. Survival Armor, Inc. holds 18 orders worth $20.5 million, and a single micro vendor, Ibiley Manufacturing Corp, received one order for $3 thousand. The vehicle is heavily concentrated in the prime base—two firms account for approximately 99 percent of awarded potential value.

Ordering momentum peaked in the vehicle's final two years. In 2015, 82 orders were placed; in 2016 (the final ordering year), 107 orders were issued. Activity then dropped sharply: 6 orders in 2017, 1 in 2018, and 1 in 2019 (the most recent award on April 4, 2019). The tail of post-deadline ordering suggests late or trailing deliveries and administrative closures.

U.S. Coast Guard dominates customer concentration with 200 orders, though those orders carry only $2.6 million combined potential value—indicating small, frequent replenishment buys. By contrast, Customs and Border Protection placed only 14 orders but those total $50.8 million combined potential value, representing roughly 81 percent of all value under the vehicle. The Internal Revenue Service, Transportation Security Administration, and Bureau of Engraving and Printing round out the customer base with minimal activity.

About 94 percent of task orders (224 of 238) carried Total Small Business set-asides, with 12 orders unrestricted and 2 partial small business. Individual order values typically range from roughly $4 thousand to $15 thousand for routine resupply, though larger training-related and initial-deployment orders reached $228 thousand (IRS order in August 2016) and $86.8 thousand and $143 thousand respectively (Coast Guard training orders in August 2016 and July 2016). Orders specify delivery of concealable soft-armor vests, external carriers, ballistic vests, and related protective gear, predominantly to law enforcement and maritime security personnel.

Master IDIQ for personal body armor.