American Rock Salt Company LLC

American Rock Salt Company LLC, doing business as American Rock Salt Co LLC, is a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods headquartered in Retsof, New York, where it operates the largest salt mine in the United States. The company is an established and critical supplier of bulk and treated deicing materials to federal agencies throughout the northeastern United States, specializing in providing road salt and winter maintenance products to support safe access to roads, walkways, and facilities during winter months at various federal installations. American Rock Salt Company LLC has been registered in SAM.gov since October 19, 2006, and maintains an active federal contracting presence with multiple indefinite delivery vehicle agreements and ongoing delivery orders from several federal agencies.

American Rock Salt Company LLC has provided bulk rock salt, bulk road salt, and treated road salt to federal agencies through a consistent stream of firm fixed-price delivery orders and purchase orders spanning from 2021 through December 2025. The company's primary customer has been the Department of Veterans Affairs, specifically Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (VISN 2), which has awarded the majority of the company's federal contract actions, including numerous delivery orders valued between approximately $8,500 and $38,000 for treated bulk road salt and bulk road salt. Additional federal customers include the Air Force Materiel Command, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, and the Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood. The company has also received a small business set-aside purchase order from the VA VISN 2 in December 2025 valued at $20,300 for bulk rock salt with completion targeted for July 31, 2026. All delivery orders and purchase orders identified in the company's award history reflect firm fixed-price pricing structures with no set-aside designations except for the most recent award. Delivery locations have primarily been at VA medical facilities throughout upstate New York, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, and federal correctional facilities.

American Rock Salt Company LLC currently holds five active or recently completed indefinite delivery contracts, all awarded as single-award vehicles with no set-aside designations except for one. The most recent IDV, awarded by VA VISN 2 on November 1, 2024, carries a ceiling value of $99,440 for the delivery of bulk road salt through April 30, 2025, with specifications requiring ASTM D632-12 compliance and treatment with yellow prussiate of soda as an anti-caking agent. An earlier VA VISN 2 IDV awarded November 2, 2023, had a ceiling value of $106,390 for treated road salt services through April 19, 2024. A third VA VISN 2 contract awarded November 1, 2022, was designated as a Total Small Business set-aside with an $81,870 ceiling value for treated road salt through April 21, 2023. The Air Force Materiel Command awarded a substantial single-award IDV on August 9, 2022, valued at $384,741 for road salt procurement at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base through August 11, 2024, from which at least two delivery orders were issued. An additional VA VISN 2 IDV awarded November 18, 2021, carried a ceiling value of $99,280 for treated bulk road salt through April 30, 2022. These indefinite delivery contracts have served as vehicles from which federal agencies issued periodic delivery orders to address seasonal winter maintenance requirements at their respective facilities.