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. The firm operates as a Subchapter S Corporation and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides, winning 82 awards on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's $140,000 BPA alone through set-aside designations; however, it also holds larger full-and-open delivery orders against the Secret Service's $6 million indefinite delivery contract.

Caroline Cleaners' customer concentration is heavily skewed toward two DHS bureaus and one Treasury agency. The Department of Homeland Security US Secret Service accounts for 21 awards and $9.3 million in combined potential value—far exceeding the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's 82 awards but only $421 thousand in value. The spread reflects the nature of the work: small BPA calls for police uniform cleaning at BEP (with individual call orders under $5,000) versus larger delivery orders for operational uniform maintenance at Secret Service (ranging $12,000 to $102,000 per order). The DHS Office of Procurement Operations rounds out the top three with 6 awards and $981 thousand in potential value, while the Air Force Air Combat Command contributes 5 awards worth $106 thousand. Together, these five customer agencies account for 100 percent of recent awards.

Caroline Cleaners operates from three primary indefinite delivery vehicles. The Secret Service $6 million single-award IDC (contract 70US0921D70090015, awarded September 2021, expiring September 2026) has generated eleven delivery orders totaling $459 thousand in combined potential value, with the most recent order issued August 2025 for $50,000 in dry cleaning and laundry services through November 2025. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing $140,000 BPA (awarded September 2021, expiring August 2026) has generated 32 BPA calls under BPA 2031ZA21A00012 and 47 additional calls under BPA TEPC1668092, collectively carrying $128 thousand in combined potential value. The DHS Office of Procurement Operations manages separate delivery orders (contract 70RFP220DEC000003) totaling 5 task orders worth $98 thousand. Caroline Cleaners also holds a four-task-order position on the Air Force Air Combat Command multiple-award BPA FA480020A0004, valued at $106 thousand.

Activity has contracted sharply in the past two years—13 awards in 2022, declining to 2 awards in 2026 year-to-date—signaling either a pause in ordering or transition phase across the customer base. Five awards totaling $132 thousand in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure. The Secret Service contract 70US0921D70090015, the largest vehicle by dollar value, expires September 2026 and faces a September 2026 recompete deadline.

Caroline Cleaners' work is entirely concentrated in two NAICS categories: Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated) accounts for 106 of 115 awards, and Industrial Launderers for 9. The PSC profile mirrors this—103 awards under Housekeeping-Laundry/Drycleaning, 7 under Snow Removal/Salt, 4 under Laundry Equipment, and 1 miscellaneous. The vendor has no subcontract footprint; all 115 awards are primes. Work is performed in Washington, D.C. and Fredericksburg, Virginia, supporting police uniform maintenance, operational laundry for protective services, and currency-production support at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Combined potential value across the portfolio stands at $10.8 million, with $1.8 million obligated to date (16 percent realization).

Dry Cleaning and Laundry services

Pickup and Delivery