Benchmark Connector Corporation

Benchmark Connector Corporation, doing business as Benchmark Connector, a for-profit electrical connector distributor and value-added assembly facility based in Sunrise, Florida, supplies military-specification electrical connectors, plugs, receptacles, backshells, cable clamps, and related electronic components to the federal government as a prime contractor competing under full and open conditions, with negligible sub-award activity.

The vendor's federal footprint is heavily concentrated with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime, which accounts for 5,670 of 5,923 total awards (98% by count) and $66.7 million of $69.3 million combined potential value (96% by dollars). Secondary customers include the Department of the Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command (57 awards, $1 million), the United States Penitentiary Marion (26 awards, $343 thousand), and DLA Aviation (44 awards, $74 thousand). Recent awards are predominantly purchase orders and delivery orders for connector plugs, receptacles, and electrical assemblies meeting qualified products list (QPL) and stringent military specifications. Representative prime contracts include a $40.8 million electrical connector plug order from DLA Land and Maritime (April 2026), a $32.4 million connector receptacle delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime (January 2026), a $23.9 million connector receptacle purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (February 2026), a $22.3 million connector receptacle purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (December 2025), and a $20.6 million electrical connectors and adapters purchase order from the United States Penitentiary Marion under a Total Small Business set-aside (January 2026). The vendor also holds eight single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each carrying a $350,000 ceiling and expiring between March 2027 and April 2027, covering electrical connector plugs, receptacles, backshells, and related accessories.

Award activity shows growth trajectory: 547 awards in 2022 rising to 848 in 2025, then moderating to 199 in the partial 2026 year. The vendor competes entirely under full and open conditions with no set-aside designations across the prime portfolio; two isolated Total Small Business set-aside awards from the United States Penitentiary Marion (February and January 2026) represent exceptions. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $69.3 million against $16.5 million in obligated dollars (24% rate), indicating substantial unfilled ceiling capacity. Nineteen awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $147 thousand, representing minimal recompete exposure. NAICS concentration centers on Electronic Connector Manufacturing (4,982 awards), Nonferrous Forging (462), and Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (168), with PSC codes dominated by Connectors, Electrical (5,812 awards). The vendor subcontracts minimally—only two sub-awards appear in the source, including a connector administrative modification under Laurel Technologies Partnership (November 2024)—positioning Benchmark Connector as a pure supplier of commodity electrical connector components rather than a systems integrator or prime systems contractor.

Circular electrical connectors. D38999 series I,II,III. MIL-C-26500, MIL-DTL-5015, Backshells,

FZH, FZ, FC, FH Connectors, MS3400 series, MIL-C-26482. Custom and special designs available.