Almar Valet Inc.

Almar Valet Inc., doing business as Caroline Cleaners, is a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Fredericksburg, Virginia that provides uniform laundry, dry cleaning, and minor alteration services to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor on total small business set-aside and open delivery orders. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation and Black American-owned enterprise that competes across both set-aside and full-and-open vehicles, with set-aside work dominating its Bureau of Engraving and Printing portfolio but open competition characterizing its Secret Service task orders.

Caroline Cleaners' customer base concentrates heavily on two agencies. The Department of Homeland Security US Secret Service represents the largest dollar exposure, accounting for 22 awards valued at $9.4 million in combined potential value across its $4 million single-award indefinite delivery contract (70US0921D70090015) and related delivery orders; recent Secret Service work includes a $94,000 delivery order for uniform laundry and dry cleaning (July 2026) and a $102,256 firm fixed-price delivery order for laundering, dry cleaning, minor alterations, and repairs of uniform items (January 2022). The Department of the Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Printing anchors the award count with 83 predominantly small-dollar BPA calls totaling $421 thousand in combined potential value; recent BEP work includes a $12,455.55 BPA call for laundry services (March 2026) and a $2,566.80 BPA call for dry cleaning and laundry (April 2026) against the company's existing $140,000 BPA. The Department of Homeland Security Office of Procurement Operations places 6 awards valued at $981 thousand, the Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command holds 5 awards for $106 thousand, and the Department of the Air Force carries 1 award for $29 thousand, together rounding out a five-agency customer set that accounts for 100% of awards. The divergence between award count and dollar rankings reflects BEP's high-volume, low-value call pattern (83 awards averaging roughly $5,000 each) versus Secret Service's lower-volume, high-value task-order structure (22 awards averaging roughly $427,000 each).

Caroline Cleaners operates under three primary parent vehicles: the BEP Blanket Purchase Agreement (TEPC1668092, 47 task orders for $72 thousand combined potential value), the BEP Blanket Purchase Agreement (2031ZA21A00012, 33 task orders for $57 thousand), and the Secret Service Indefinite Delivery Contract (70US0921D70090015, 12 task orders for $553 thousand). Two secondary vehicles include the DHS Office of Procurement Operations Indefinite Delivery Contract (70RFP220DEC000003, 5 task orders for $98 thousand) and the Air Force Air Combat Command Blanket Purchase Agreement (FA480020A0004, 4 task orders for $106 thousand). The company holds no subcontract awards in the source data and operates entirely as a prime contractor.

Activity has been uneven year-to-year, with 13 awards in 2022, 11 in 2023, 14 in 2024, declining to 5 in 2025, and 4 in 2026. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $87 thousand, presenting minimal recompete exposure in that window. The company's award footprint is entirely concentrated in NAICS 727910 (Drycleaning and Laundry Services except Coin-Operated), with nine additional awards under NAICS 812310 (Industrial Launderers), and aligns to PSC code 7351 (Housekeeping—Laundry/Drycleaning) for the overwhelming majority of its work. Across 117 total awards carrying $10.9 million in combined potential value, Caroline Cleaners has invoiced $1.9 million to date (17% of ceiling value), indicating moderate utilization of contract ceilings relative to available obligation authority.

Dry Cleaning and Laundry services

Pickup and Delivery