American Polymers LLC

American Polymers LLC, operating division Ampo USA, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Vernon, California, manufactures military textile products and apparel — specifically combat uniforms, utility blouses, trousers, Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (ECWCS) parkas, and related military textile items — as a prime contractor exclusively to the Department of Defense through the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles division. The vendor holds a 100% prime footprint with no subcontract exposure and competes across both small business set-aside and full-and-open delivery orders.

American Polymers LLC is a for-profit limited liability company and sole proprietorship structured as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB). The vendor's recent contract work centers on manufacturing Marine Corps utility uniforms in woodland and desert camouflage patterns, Navy working uniforms, extreme cold weather clothing systems, and working trousers under firm fixed-price delivery orders. Representative recent awards include a $2.462 million delivery order (March 20, 2026) for woodland camouflage working trousers, a $983,644.80 delivery order (April 15, 2026) for woodland and desert camouflage Marine Corps utility uniform blouses, and a $442,960.20 delivery order (November 20, 2025) for desert trousers under a Total Small Business set-aside. The vendor also holds a $225 thousand GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract for Medical Equipment and Supplies and has delivered medical-equipment items such as a modular ramp through the Veterans Integrated Service Network.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles division accounts for 80 awards and $145.4 million of the vendor's $145.7 million combined potential value across 85 awards — 100% coverage by count and dollars. Two awards each from the Naval Sea Systems Command (plastic bags, $67 thousand combined) and Veterans Integrated Service Network (medical equipment and syringes, $12 thousand combined) round out the customer set. The vendor serves four distinct federal agencies in total.

American Polymers LLC holds five parent indefinite delivery vehicles. The largest is Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE1C123D0001, a $37.2 million Total Small Business set-aside for Marine Corps utility uniforms through September 2026 (later extended), from which 53 task orders totaling $26.2 million have been issued. The second-largest is Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE1C124D0049, a $30.75 million Total Small Business single-award IDC for U.S. Navy Working Uniforms through April 2029, generating 17 delivery orders worth $13.7 million. The vendor also holds a $25.82 million SDVOSB set-aside IDC for Extended Cold Weather Clothing System parkas and Marine Corps utility uniforms through November 2028 (IDC SPE1C124D0009, 4 task orders, $2.9 million), an $8.35 million SDVOSB set-aside IDC for Gen III Layer 7 Extreme Cold Weather Trousers through August 2029 awarded August 22, 2025, and a single-award GSA Federal Supply Schedule for medical equipment. Delivery orders under these vehicles carry firm fixed-price structures with production lead times of 120 to 150 days.

Activity has grown steadily — seven awards in 2022, eighteen in 2023, nineteen in 2024, and thirty in 2025 — before leveling at eleven awards through April 2026. Nine awards (combined potential value $7.2 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The vendor's recent obligated spend stands at $43.3 million, or 30% of combined potential value, indicating substantial ongoing contract execution. The vendor's primary NAICS footprint is Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors (72 awards), with secondary work in Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing except Contractors (8 awards) and Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (3 awards). The PSC coding mirrors this: Clothing, Special Purpose (62 awards) and Outerwear, Men's (18 awards) dominate the portfolio.

American Polymers LLC manufactures all work at its Vernon, California facility with direct delivery to DLA distribution points including Lansing, Michigan, Pendergrass Distribution Center in Georgia, and Travis Association for the Blind in Austin, Texas, per contract specifications. The vendor's set-aside posture splits between Total Small Business designations (characteristic on the $37.2 million Marine Corps utility uniforms IDC and numerous delivery orders) and SDVOSB set-asides (the $8.345 million extreme cold weather trousers IDC and $25.82 million ECWCS parkas IDC), with some full-and-open delivery orders against these parent vehicles.