Acuity Specialty Products, Inc.

Acuity Specialty Products, Inc., doing business as Zep Sales & Service, is a for-profit manufacturer of specialty cleaning compounds and chemical products headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, competing as a prime contractor in full-and-open federal procurement with no SBA set-aside designations across its footprint. The vendor manufactures and supplies heavy-duty degreasers, floor strippers, toilet bowl cleaners, all-purpose concentrated detergents, and deicers—primarily VOC-compliant formulations for facilities maintenance, vehicle fleet operations, and equipment cleaning across federal agencies.

Over the past five years, Acuity has generated more than 11,400 awards with combined potential value of $63.2 million, though activity has remained steady to slightly declining year over year (52 awards in 2022, 69 in 2024, 20 in 2026 year-to-date). The vendor is almost exclusively a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), with zero sub-award activity in the source. Award values are typically small, ranging from $68 to approximately $33,400, with firm fixed-price purchase orders dominating the contract type. Recent concrete examples include a $32,319.54 order from GSA's Federal Acquisition Service in January 2026 for one 55-gallon drum of concentrated all-purpose cleaner and degreaser, a $6,420 Department of Defense Aviation parts-washer order in September 2025, and a $1,104 GSA purchase order in March 2026 for ZEP 50CA heavy-duty foaming engine degreaser in twelve-can boxes.

Customer concentration is anchored to two high-volume domestic purchasers. The GSA Federal Acquisition Service dominates both award count (1,461 orders, 42% of recent awards) and dollar value ($50.5 million, 80% of combined potential value)—far exceeding other agencies in both rankings. The Department of the Army is second by volume (1,550 awards) but represents only $644 thousand in combined value, reflecting the small per-order nature of military supply-chain buys. Other significant customers include the Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (826 awards, $289 thousand), the Air Force Air National Guard (634 awards, $93 thousand), the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (58 awards, $809 thousand), and the United States Marine Corps (77 awards, $175 thousand). These five customers account for 42% of award count and 83% of combined potential value.

Acuity sits on a deep bench of GSA blanket purchase agreements and schedule vehicles. The largest parent vehicle is the Food Service, Hospitality, Cleaning, Equipment and Supplies, Chemicals and Services vehicle, which carries 5,894 task orders and $18.3 million in combined potential value. Supporting BPAs include Blanket Purchase Agreement GS07FBPAAS (1,641 task orders, $135 thousand), GS07FBPAZP (1,129 task orders, $10 thousand), GS07FQZEPM (992 task orders), and GS07FBPZEP (675 task orders, $209 thousand)—all GSA-anchored procurement paths that enable federal agencies to order cleaning products on a routine basis. The vendor's SAM registration has remained active since 2002, and source material notes a $6 million GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract and a $140,155 blanket purchase agreement for specialty chemical products supporting federal food service operations.

The product mix is tightly concentrated. Across NAICS coding, Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing accounts for 8,871 of the 11,408 awards, with All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing representing 1,660. By PSC code, Cleaning and Polishing Compounds and Preparations account for 10,493 awards—97% of the portfolio. The vendor has not diversified into other chemical specialties or cleaning equipment; rather, the portfolio reflects a pure-play detergent and degreaser supplier model executing high-volume, low-dollar commodity orders through GSA and defense logistics channels.