Active Gear Company Of Canada LIMITED

Active Gear Company Of Canada LIMITED, a Canadian manufacturer based in Concord (administrative address) and Ottawa (place of performance), Ontario, manufactures and supplies vehicular components and spare parts to the U.S. Department of Defense as a prime contractor on 1,146 awards (99% of activity) and as a subcontractor on seven awards. The company operates predominantly on full-and-open federal contracts without set-aside restrictions, though some individual IDCs carry Total Small Business designations.

Active Gear's customer base concentrates heavily on the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 680 awards valued at $17.3 million combined potential value, representing 92% of award count and 63% of combined potential value across all federal work. The next tier of customers—Department of the Army Pacific Command ($2.5 million across 16 awards), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment ($1.5 million across 97 awards), United States Marine Corps ($1.3 million across 18 awards), and DLA Aviation ($1 million across 129 awards)—collectively add significant but secondary depth. Active Gear has worked with 27 distinct federal agencies overall, but DLA dominance is pronounced.

The company's capability portfolio centers on manufacturing discrete vehicular and industrial components: vehicular heaters (including diesel oil heaters, coolant heaters, and space heaters), electronic control units and amplifiers, fuel fittings and pumps (including reciprocating pumps and electric fuel pumps), resistors (fixed and variable), radiators, protective shields, wiring harnesses, gaskets, hoses, clamps, circuit breakers, and temperature transmitters. Recent representative contracts include a $429 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (May 2024) for engine coolant heaters; a $216 thousand total small business set-aside order (April 2023) for 23 coolant heater units; a $152 thousand order (October 2024) for 15 coolant heater units; and a $63 thousand purchase order from the U.S. Marine Corps (September 2024) for vehicular heaters. The company also performs under multiple DLA IDCs with $250 thousand ceilings each, including contracts for amplifiers, reciprocating pump units, electronic control units, vehicular heaters, fuel fittings, and fixed-wire resistors, each authorizing rapid task order issuance over one-year periods.

Activity has declined significantly: 118 awards in 2022, 104 in 2023, 57 in 2024, 40 in 2025, and only 5 in 2026 (partial year). Combined potential value across all 1,153 awards totals $27.2 million, with $22.7 million (83%) obligated. The top five NAICS codes reflect the product mix: Heating Equipment Manufacturing (108 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (91 awards), Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (71 awards), Motor Vehicle Gasoline Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (69 awards), and Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing (63 awards).

In its subcontractor role, Active Gear supplies components and materials to General Dynamics Land Systems (for Stryker and optionally manned fighting vehicle development, October 2024–October 2025) and BAE Systems Land & Armaments (for Bradley system technical support and AMPV production support including Ukraine-related early order material, June–October 2025).

Active Gear holds a recent single-award IDC with DLA Land and Maritime worth $350 thousand (awarded March 2026, total small business set-aside) and maintains a portfolio of 16 other active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA components, each valued at $250 thousand, covering amplifiers, reciprocating pump units, electronic control units, vehicular heaters, fuel fittings, fixed-wire resistors, protective shields, and related vehicular components. The company has been registered in the System for Award Management and active in federal contracting since at least 2001.