Black Box Corporation Of Pennsylvania

Black Box Corporation of Pennsylvania, doing business as Black Box Network Services, manufactures and supplies proprietary audio-visual equipment, KVM systems, cabling assemblies, and related computer hardware to federal agencies and defense prime contractors as a prime vendor, with minimal subcontract exposure. The company competes full-and-open with no small business set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

Black Box is a for-profit corporate manufacturer headquartered in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, operating across electronic computer manufacturing (primary NAICS), computer peripheral equipment manufacturing, and communication equipment repair and maintenance. The vendor's federal award portfolio spans 3,184 awards since 1987, with combined potential value of $563.6 million and $80.2 million in obligated dollars (14% realization). Recent prime awards include a $22.3 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from the Office of Cuba Broadcasting in April 2026 for primary node replacement services, a $120.5 thousand sole-source award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in March 2022 for purchase and configuration of Black Box audio-video equipment, and a $22.3 thousand purchase order from Voice of America in April 2022 for hardware and software maintenance of Black Box Agility equipment at VOA's technical facilities. The vendor's reputation anchors on proprietary Black Box–branded equipment; NOAA awarded sole-source status because Black Box is the only vendor that manufactures and distributes the software required to configure systems already deployed at the weather forecast office.

Customer concentration is extreme and skewed toward DHS procurement. The Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer dominates potential value (91% coverage at agency level), accounting for $500.2 million combined potential value across 21 awards, while Army and Navy subcomponents (Army, Naval Sea Systems Command, Information Warfare Systems Command, Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command) lead by award count with 639 awards combined but carry modest individual values. This concentration pattern — massive dollars through DHS against many small-dollar DoD orders — reflects Black Box's position as a GSA Federal Supply Schedule vendor.

Black Box's primary vehicle is Federal Supply Schedule GS35F0158J, which anchors 2,176 task orders valued at $553.4 million (98% of combined potential value). The vendor also holds positions on GSA schedule GS00K92AGS6095 (10 task orders), GSA schedule GS35F3035D (9 task orders), and an indefinite delivery contract DAAE0701AL500 under the Department of the Army (23 task orders). Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is negligible (one award valued at $22 thousand).

Black Box's subcontract footprint is minimal (9 sub-awards, less than 1% of awards). Recent subcontract work includes cable and communications equipment supplied to Raytheon on a $22.3 thousand depot-level support delivery order for the Command and Control Switch System, communication racks supplied to HII Mission Technologies on the Logistics Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance and NextGen Technology program, power strip components supplied to Lockheed Martin on KSA Phase II rack assemblies, and multiple cable patch assemblies supplied to L3Harris Global Communications for foreign military sales support (Taiwan). The subcontract portfolio emphasizes component supply — cabling, racks, power distribution, and proprietary Black Box equipment — to defense systems integrators rather than prime defense work.

By category, the portfolio concentrates on electronic computer manufacturing (2,200 awards), other computer peripheral equipment (198 awards), communication equipment repair and maintenance (40 awards), and cable, cord, and wire assemblies (205 awards by PSC). Activity has been sparse in recent years (one award in 2021, two in 2022, seven in 2025), consistent with a mature GSA Schedule vendor with a deep backlog of small orders rather than new prime vehicle wins.