Sunshine Services

Sunshine Services, doing business as Knox County Arc, is a tax-exempt non-profit AbilityOne agency based in Knoxville, Tennessee, that manufactures precision mechanical components for the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor, with secondary federal grant work as a sub-recipient under state grantees. The organization operates across 193 awards totaling $1.01 billion in combined potential value, with 98% positioned as prime awards and 2% as sub-awards. AbilityOne status and non-profit mission — supporting individuals with developmental disabilities while delivering manufacturing and logistics support to federal agencies — anchor the vendor's identity and federal positioning; Sunshine Services competes in full-and-open procurement without set-aside designations.

Sunshine Services' concrete capability is the manufacture of mechanical components for military applications, particularly mast sections and related hardware used in equipment maintenance and logistics. The vendor's federal contract portfolio consists almost entirely of delivery orders placed against Defense Logistics Agency indefinite delivery vehicles. Representative work includes a $49,749 delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime (April 2026) for mast section manufacturing with performance through August 2027, a $48,058.50 DLA delivery order (December 2025) for mast sections completing April 2027, a $117,600 delivery order (November 2023) for mast sections, and a $145,530 delivery order (May 2023) for mast sections completing August 2024. All recent prime contract awards are firm fixed-price delivery orders with no set-aside applied.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Defense Logistics Agency and its subordinate commands. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 82 awards valued at $9.2 million combined potential value; DLA Aviation for 20 awards worth $1.6 million; and DLA general for 49 awards worth $427 thousand. These three entities represent 81% of award count and nearly all measurable contract dollars. Secondary customers include the General Services Administration (3 awards), the Department of the Army (3 awards), and the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (2 awards carrying $15 thousand combined potential value). The divergence between award count and dollar value reflects a pattern of consistent but modest delivery orders across a sustained vendor relationship rather than large program contracts.

Sunshine Services places task orders under five DLA indefinite delivery vehicles, with primary concentration on Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE7MX15D0115 (54 task orders, $2.4 million combined potential value), SPM92005DP001 (17 task orders, $1.3 million), SP049002D0114 (11 task orders, $427 thousand), SPE4A614D0299 (10 task orders, $95 thousand), and SPM44106D0319 (4 task orders, $438 thousand). These vehicles serve as the primary channel for recurring manufacturing and component supply work.

Activity has been flat to modest in recent years — one award in 2022, seven in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025, and two in the first portion of 2026 — reflecting steady-state delivery order placement rather than growth trajectory. Only three awards carry ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $98 thousand), indicating low recompete pressure in the near term. The vendor's grant sub-award footprint includes provision of Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act early intervention services for children with developmental disabilities through awards from the State of Tennessee (fiscal 2024, 2025, 2026) and community mental health services through the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (fiscal 2024, CFDA 93.958 Community Mental Health Services Block Grant). These grants support the organization's mission-based service delivery in addition to federal contracting revenue.