Bell And Howell, LLC
Durham, NC Doing business as Bell & Howell Mail And Messaging Technologies Co
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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- Bell And Howell, LLC HJWWVLNJB9J6
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 3791 S Alston Ave, Durham, NC 27713, USA
- Website
- bellhowell.net
- Founded
- 1907
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $500M-$1B
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Industrial Conglomerates
- Industrials & Manufacturing
- SIC code
- 38 Instruments & Related Products
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $8,309,320 |
| FY2025 | $7,791,898 |
| FY2024 | $5,935,389 |
| FY2023 | $5,646,469 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Treasury | $8,115,302 | |
| 2 | Department of Veterans Affairs | $148,372 | |
| 3 | Department of Justice | $29,282 | |
| 4 | Selective Service System | $16,365 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. | 70SBUR26F00000121 | $46,800 | |
| General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. | 70SBUR25F00000086 | $97,854 | |
| General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. | 70SBUR25F00000086 | $97,854 | |
| General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. | 70SBUR25F00000086 | $154,785 | |
| General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. | 70SBUR24F00000309 | $106,080 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Bell And Howell, LLC, operating as Bell & Howell Mail And Messaging Technologies Co, is a Durham, North Carolina-based for-profit limited liability company that manufactures and maintains mail processing automation equipment and software for federal agencies as a prime contractor (82% of recent awards) and subcontractor. The vendor competes full-and-open across its prime footprint with no SBA set-aside designations at the prime contract level, though recent BPA calls have carried Total Small Business set-aside designations.
Bell & Howell's federal capability centers on hardware and software maintenance, parts supply, and technical support for specialized mail automation systems — inserters, sorters, and card personalization equipment — deployed across civilian agencies. Recent representative work includes a $28.5 million definitive contract awarded by the Internal Revenue Service on August 1, 2023 for hardware and software maintenance of mail inserters at Ogden, Utah and Detroit locations through January 31, 2028; an $8.1 million IRS maintenance contract for inserter operations at Detroit and Ogden sites from February 2022 through July 2023; a $1.03 million Department of Veterans Affairs definitive contract awarded October 1, 2022 for service, maintenance, and technical upgrades to Phillipsburg Mailstar mail handling equipment through September 30, 2027; and a $388,440 U.S. Census Bureau purchase order for Gunther Champion software support services through September 30, 2027. The vendor also holds a multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with an unnamed Headquarters Division (ceiling $27,888, through March 26, 2030), against which two task orders have been issued — a $27,888 Total Small Business set-aside maintenance call awarded March 27, 2025 and a $29,282 full-and-open equipment and software support call awarded March 27, 2026.
Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Internal Revenue Service, which accounts for 14 awards carrying $52 million in combined potential value — 96% of the vendor's total dollar pipeline. The Department of Commerce's U.S. Census Bureau places the second-largest order volume (18 awards) but carries only $795 thousand in combined value, reflecting a pattern of smaller parts and maintenance calls. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Selective Service System, and the Department of Veterans Affairs complete the active customer set, with USCIS and FBI driven by subcontract work rather than prime awards.
The vendor sits on three named indefinite delivery vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract 70SBUR24D00000002 (7 task orders), Blanket Purchase Agreement 15F06725A0000260 (2 task orders, $57 thousand), and Indefinite Delivery Contract 70SBUR19D00000001 (2 task orders). Awards per year show volatility — nine in 2022, declining to three in 2023, rebounding to nine in 2024, then softening to five in 2025 and three in 2026 — with five awards carrying $30 million in combined potential value completing within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete risk. In its subcontractor role, Bell & Howell performs maintenance, consumables supply, and optional testing for card personalization system equipment at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services production facilities in Corbin, Kentucky and Lee's Summit, Missouri under General Dynamics Information Technology as prime, with nine sub-awards issued between February 2024 and February 2026. Performance locations span Durham and North Chicago for the vendor's own operations and multiple federal sites (Ogden, Detroit, Holtsville, Memphis, Corbin, Lee's Summit, Hines) for customer-sited maintenance work.
SBA capabilities narrative
We provide mailing equipment, service and software solutions as well as service and software upgrades.
Quick answers
Is Bell And Howell, LLC registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Bell And Howell, LLC's SAM.gov registration is active through September 16, 2027.
How much has Bell And Howell, LLC received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $7,791,898 to Bell And Howell, LLC in fiscal year 2025 and $27,683,076 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Bell And Howell, LLC rank among federal contractors?
Bell And Howell, LLC ranked #13 in NAICS 8113, #17 in PSC 7B21 and #21 at the Selective Service System in FY2025.
What is Bell And Howell, LLC's most recent federal award?
Bell And Howell, LLC's most recent federal contract award is Services in accordance with equipment and software support schedule no. 44511 (15F06726F0000153), from Headquarters Division (FBI), on March 27, 2026.
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