ATC Shades LLC

ATC Shades LLC, a small business based in Absecon, New Jersey, manufactures and installs transparent plastic window shades for federal air traffic control tower cabs, operating as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-aside awards and full-and-open delivery orders issued against its own $5 million Indefinite Delivery Contract with the FAA.

ATC Shades is a for-profit limited liability company structured as a sole proprietorship. The vendor competes in PSC Draperies, Awnings, and Shades and NAICS 337920 (Office Furniture and Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Manufacturing). All 18 awards in recent source data are prime awards; the vendor does not sub. The majority of work carries total small business set-aside designations, though recent delivery orders under the FAA IDC also include full-and-open awards at identical pricing and scope.

The vendor's customer base is heavily concentrated on the Federal Aviation Administration. FAA Headquarters and the FAA Southwestern Region together account for 100% of combined potential value across 13 awards totaling $5.57 million. Secondary customers include the Department of the Air Force, the Air Mobility Command, and the Air National Guard, which have placed five awards totaling $80 thousand for similar window shade replacement services at military air traffic control facilities. The top-customer ranking splits across administrative regions — FAA Headquarters carries the larger ceiling ($5.3 million) while FAA Southwestern Region has executed more individual delivery orders (seven awards). This reflects the structure of the underlying $5 million IDC: a single-award contract held by ATC Shades with FAA Headquarters as the issuing agent, but with delivery orders placed by regional offices and other federal aviation customers.

ATC Shades holds a single parent vehicle: the $5 million single-award FAA Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded November 28, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of December 3, 2026. Nine task orders have been issued under this IDC since April 2024, valued at $445 thousand combined potential value, covering cab shade procurement, fabrication, and installation across multiple FAA tower locations nationwide. Representative delivery orders include a $171,222 central cab shade replacement order (April 2025) for 15 tower locations across Texas, Illinois, Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Wisconsin; an $86,365 order (March 2026) for nine sites in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia; a $72,979 purchase order (April 2024) for five New England tower locations under total small business set-aside; and a $46,871 order (April 2024) for five Michigan and Wisconsin towers. Secondary customers have placed purchase orders for similar services: the Air Force awarded a $21,600 total small business set-aside purchase order (April 2024) for Shaw Air Traffic Control Tower window shade replacement, and Air Mobility Command issued a $16,500 total small business set-aside purchase order (May 2024) for FAA-compliant tower window shades.

Activity has grown from one award in 2022 to six awards in both 2024 and 2025. One award (combined potential value $86 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor has obligated $693 thousand against $5.7 million in combined potential value, indicating early-stage execution on the FAA IDC with substantial pipeline remaining.

Fabrication and installation of FAA-Compliant window shades in Air Traffic Control Towers.