Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company

Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company, doing business as Belleville Boot Co., is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation that manufactures military combat, hot weather, cold weather, safety, and specialized tactical boots for the U.S. armed forces as a prime contractor. Headquartered in Swansea, Illinois, the company competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on the majority of its prime awards but also wins significant contracts in open competition; recent activity shows mixed set-aside usage across the prime footprint.

Belleville's federal footprint is almost entirely concentrated in military footwear manufacturing for direct government use. The company supplies combat boots, men's and women's safety boots, hot weather boots, cold weather boots, and flyers' boots across multiple categories and operational requirements. Recent representative contracts include a $4.65 million hot weather boots delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Clothing and Textiles (April 10, 2026, completion July 26, 2027), a $3.76 million men's safety boots definitive contract awarded by DLA without set-aside (March 13, 2026, completion May 26, 2027), a $2.59 million cold weather boots definitive contract (May 29, 2026, completion June 28, 2027), and an $11.34 million cold weather combat boots delivery order from the Army's Program Executive Office Soldier under Multiple Award Schedule (June 9, 2023, completion December 31, 2024).

Customer concentration is extreme. DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles accounts for 2,580 awards (54% of the total prime award count) valued at $931 million in combined potential value (41% of the combined total). The broader Defense Logistics Agency accounts for an additional 699 awards worth $164.9 million, and GSA Federal Acquisition Service adds 27 awards worth $833.4 million (primarily through Federal Supply Schedule GS07F9990H, which carries 1,273 task orders with $34.4 million in combined potential value). The Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center (PEO Soldier) represents 48 awards at $135.3 million. These five customer organizations cover 91% of combined potential value across the footprint. DLA Troop Support's dominance by both volume and dollars reflects Belleville's role as a dedicated supplier of routine military footwear replenishment.

Belleville holds multiple single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Troop Support. A June 2026 IDC (awarded Total Small Business set-aside) carries a $19.81 million ceiling through June 2029. An August 2025 IDC carries a $24.63 million ceiling through February 2029, also Total Small Business set-aside. An April 2024 IDC for men's and women's shoes carries a $16.91 million ceiling through April 2027, Total Small Business set-aside. These three vehicles alone represent $60.74 million in cumulative potential authority. The top parent vehicle by task-order count is Federal Supply Schedule GS07F9990H (1,273 task orders), which surfaces GSA as a contracting intermediary for Army purchasing. Indefinite delivery contracts SPE1C114D5024, SPE1C121D1485, and SP010097D0325 carry hundreds of task orders each, primarily for small-value boots and accessories orders.

Activity has declined significantly in recent years. Belleville recorded 290 awards in 2022, declining to 131 in 2023, 61 in 2024, 77 in 2025, and 21 in 2026 year-to-date. This contraction likely reflects consolidation of ordering patterns under the larger IDIQ vehicles and reduced transactional volume from the earlier period. In the next twenty-four months, 20 awards (combined potential value $33 million) reach ultimate completion, creating recompete exposure.

Belleville subcontracts to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., supplying military and tactical footwear manufacturing services under Booz Allen's Engineering Development Integration and Technology-Based Solutions (EDITS) program (sub-awards January 27, 2026, February 10, 2026, and July 10, 2026). These represent the only significant subcontract footprint in the source data; Belleville operates overwhelmingly as a prime rather than a sub.

Belleville's award distribution is dominated by footwear-specific NAICS codes and PSC categories: Footwear Manufacturing (2,300 awards), Men's Footwear (except Athletic) Manufacturing (1,618 awards), and Rubber and Plastics Footwear Manufacturing (243 awards) account for the vast majority. PSC coding shows Footwear, Men's (3,504 awards), Outerwear, Men's (972 awards), and Footwear, Women's (221 awards) as the primary procurement categories. The vendor is a pure-play military footwear manufacturer with no diversification into other product lines or service categories.