3M Company

Saint Paul, MN Doing business as 3M Government Markets

UEI
YLQMY5SGNE55
CAGE
76381
Primary NAICS
325520 Adhesive Manufacturing
SAM.gov registration
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Company facts

Self-certified in SAM.gov
  • For Profit Organization
Entity structure
Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
NAICS codes registered in SAM.gov
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Corporate family
SAM.gov registration date
Physical address
3m Center Dr, St Paul, MN 55144, USA
Website
3m.com
Founded
1902
Employees
50K-100K
Estimated annual revenue
$10B+
Industry
  1. Materials
  2. Chemicals
  3. Commodity Chemicals
SIC code
73 Business Services
Profiles

Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .

Recent federal awards

3M Company's 5 most recent federal contract and grant awards, newest first. Amounts are dollars obligated.
Award Agency Obligated Awarded
Monthly service plan for machine Contract · 15UCUM26F00000401 Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland $17,684
Monthly service plan for machine Contract · 15UCUM26F00000363 Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland $60,048
Vinyl for sign factory Contract · 15UCUM26F00000372 Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland $20,250
Monthly service plan for machine Contract · 15UCUM26F00000332 Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland $71,838
Pad, cleaning, aircraft: in accordance with 3M drawing 78-8133-8797-0 revision b, 12 inches long, 6 inches widee, sole… Contract · 47QSWA26F1RF0 Federal Acquisition Service $43,884

About 3M Company

Written by GovTribe AI ·

3M Company Government Markets Division, headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a large for-profit manufacturer and goods supplier that operates as a prime contractor across the federal government, delivering medical supplies, respiratory protection, dental materials, reflective safety products, adhesives, and industrial supplies to 338 distinct federal agencies with no SBA set-asides. 3M competes full-and-open across civilian and defense customers, with a portfolio skewed heavily toward goods and product delivery rather than services — the company holds 64,728 prime awards (100% of its recent prime footprint) and only 186 sub-awards, positioning it as a supplier rather than a systems integrator or service prime.

3M's customer concentration is dominated by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) subordinate commands. The top five funding agencies account for 67% of award count and include DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (16,980 awards, $54.8 million combined potential value), DLA Troop Support Medical (14,558 awards, $160.1 million), and DLA Aviation (9,679 awards, $407.3 million) — the latter anchoring the dollar rankings at $407.3 million despite representing only 15% of the top-five award count. GSA Federal Acquisition Service (1,240 awards, $224.4 million) is the only non-DLA customer in the top-five by dollars, concentrated in office and supply distribution. The split between volume and value signals that DLA Medical drives high unit volume on low-dollar line items (dental composites, adhesives, medical equipment consumables) while DLA Aviation concentrates dollar value into larger reflective sheeting, protective tape, and respirator orders.

3M's award portfolio reflects a goods-centric business model. The top NAICS categories are Books Printing (14,905 awards), Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (12,404 awards), and Nonwoven Fabric Mills (6,756 awards). Top PSC codes reinforce this: Miscellaneous Printed Matter (18,261 awards), Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (11,253 awards), and Medical and Surgical Instruments (6,047 awards). Recent prime contract work includes $343.5 thousand in safety SCBA cylinders to the Bureau of Prisons Southeast Regional Office (April 2026), $30 thousand in monthly machine maintenance service plans to Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland (May 2026), dental composites and adhesives to DLA Medical Supply Chain (April–June 2026, multiple $1–$6 thousand orders), reflective signs and protective tape to DoD Aviation ($1.2–$53.7 million range, April–June 2026), and air-filtration respirators to DoD Aviation ($2–$28.8 thousand, April–June 2026). A June 2026 cooperative agreement with the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funds development of ultra-low iridium-loading oxygen evolution reaction catalysts for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers, targeting 64x reduction in iridium loading versus current commercial technology.

3M holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract under the Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (OLAO) program for powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) systems, awarded June 25, 2026, running through June 24, 2028, with a zero-dollar contract ceiling (severable delivery-order basis). The company's five largest parent vehicles by task-order count are the IDC SPM50004D0262 (14,879 orders, $16.1 million), SPE2DE22D0033 (7,448 orders, $6.1 million), SPE4AX17D9407 (6,549 orders, $216.3 million), SPE2DE17D0016 (4,510 orders, $3.5 million), and Medical Equipment and Supplies (2,547 orders, $49.6 million) — these vehicles are DLA supply-chain mechanisms, reflecting 3M's role as a catalog supplier rather than a competitive-bid prime.

Activity has held steady year-over-year across the five-year window (3,127 awards in 2022 to 3,471 in 2024), with 1,007 awards placed through June 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $4.66 billion, with $1.9 billion obligated (41% execution rate), reflecting the high volume of small-dollar standing offers characteristic of DLA supply contracts. Only 13 awards reaching the $150,000 Service Contract Inventory reporting threshold appear in the federal services dataset (FY2022–FY2024), with SCI-reported invoicing of $5 million across three years (FY2022: $1.5 million, FY2023: $2 million, FY2024: $1.5 million) and a declining FTE footprint (16.6 FTEs in FY2022 to 5.6 in FY2024), indicating that 3M's federal revenue is predominantly product-driven and sits below SCI visibility. Where SCI data are captured, government-paid hourly rates ranged from $45.96/hr at the 10th percentile to $357.25/hr at the 90th percentile (median $106.42/hr), with zero reported subcontractor engagement. The recompete cliff shows 13 awards totaling $4 million completing within the next twenty-four months.

3M operates through 26 named subsidiaries, including Scott Technologies, Aearo Company, KCI USA, 3M Canada Company, and 3M Technical Ceramics, with no minority or set-aside designations across the parent or child entities. The company's sub-award footprint is minimal (186 sub-awards or 0.3% of the portfolio), positioning 3M as a direct prime to federal customers and DLA supply channels rather than as a teaming partner or subordinate performer on larger systems contracts.

Contract vehicles

3M Company holds a place on 12 federal contract vehicles. Active vehicles first.

Quick answers

What is 3M Company's UEI?

3M Company's Unique Entity ID (UEI) in SAM.gov is YLQMY5SGNE55.

What is 3M Company's CAGE code?

3M Company's CAGE code is 76381.

What is 3M Company's primary NAICS code?

3M Company's primary NAICS code is 325520 (Adhesive Manufacturing).

Where is 3M Company located?

3M Company's physical address in SAM.gov is 3m Center Dr, St Paul, MN 55144, USA.

Is 3M Company registered in SAM.gov?

Yes. 3M Company's SAM.gov registration is active through August 31, 2027.

Which contract vehicles does 3M Company hold?

3M Company holds a place on 12 federal contract vehicles, including IT-70, FSS-84 and FSS-65-II-A.

What is 3M Company's most recent federal award?

3M Company's most recent federal contract award is Monthly service plan for machine (15UCUM26F00000401), from Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland, on September 24, 2026.

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