Barbizon Capitol, Inc.

Barbizon Capitol, Inc., based in Alexandria, Virginia, supplies specialized lighting and rigging equipment to federal agencies as a prime contractor across 214 purchase orders and related awards. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) and competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides, though a significant portion of its work is awarded without set-aside designation.

Barbizon Capitol's capability portfolio centers on LED lighting fixtures, theater lighting systems, stage rigging, lighting controls, studio lighting packages, and related installation and maintenance services. Representative recent awards include a $100,890 Total Small Business purchase order from the Smithsonian Institution (June 2025) for lighting hardware to support the National Museum of American History, a $27,710 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the Social Security Administration (September 2024) for LED studio lights to replace aging equipment used in video production, and an $11,200 Total Small Business purchase order from NASA's Shared Services Center (August 2024) for an ARRI X21 soft and hard light package to support Kennedy Space Center operations. The vendor has also delivered a $228,010 purchase order for general improvements and shop supplies to the National Museum of American History and a $214,087 order to the Air Force for studio lighting equipment supporting the Air Force Band.

Customer concentration sits heavily with cultural and performing-arts institutions. The Smithsonian Institution leads by award count (33 awards, $730 thousand combined potential value), followed by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (20 awards, $1.4 million), and the United States Marine Corps (11 awards, $1.9 million). When ranked by potential value, Marine Corps and Kennedy Center anchor the top tier, reflecting higher-dollar parade deck and theater lighting contracts, while Smithsonian maintains substantial volume through smaller exhibit-support and maintenance orders. Across 61 distinct customer agencies, the top five customers represent 36% of award count and 50% of combined potential value. The vendor holds 18 task orders valued at $356 thousand under the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule.

Award activity has contracted sharply in recent years. The source records seven awards in 2021, nine in 2022, two in 2023, two in 2024, and one in 2025. Over the vendor's full award history (since 2005), combined potential value across all 214 awards totals $8.9 million, with $8.3 million obligated (93% realization). The vendor operates purely as a prime with no recorded subcontract footprint. Barbizon Capitol's primary NAICS categories reflect its core business: Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing (49 awards), Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (40 awards), and Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (21 awards). Primary PSC coding tracks to Indoor and Outdoor Electric Lighting Fixtures (37 awards) and Electric Lamps (15 awards).

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