Black & Decker (U.s.) Inc.

Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., operating as the SWS Vidmarlista division, manufactures and supplies industrial storage cabinets, workbenches, and specialized furniture to federal agencies as a prime contractor (97% of awards) competing predominantly in full-and-open competition across the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule. A subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., Black & Decker US Inc. is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania and competes without SBA set-aside designations; the overwhelming majority of recent awards carry no set-aside designation.

Black & Decker's federal work centers on Vidmar cabinets, Lista mobile storage units, workstations, shelving systems, and cabinet installation services. Representative prime awards include a $392 thousand Maritime Administration purchase order for Vidmar cabinet outfitting of the Cape Sable, Cape San Juan, and Cape Starr vessels (August 2024), a $173.8 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command contract for MiniMezz storage cabinet installation at Dahlgren, Virginia (September 2021), a $126.4 thousand Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center delivery order for Lista furniture at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, New Hampshire (April 2024), and a $97.3 thousand Shared Services Center delivery order for Vidmar preconfigured cabinets and workbenches (December 2023). The vendor also holds a $574 thousand National Science Foundation definitive contract for research on economically sustainable polypropylene recycled plastics enabled by compatibilizer additives, running through December 2025 (December 2022 award).

Customer concentration is driven by the GSA Federal Acquisition Service, which accounts for 32 awards and $81.6 million in combined potential value — substantially larger than the second-ranked customer. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (75 awards, $1.3 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (72 awards, $1.1 million combined potential value) dominate award volume but carry significantly lower dollar values, reflecting the routine procurement of individual storage units through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicle. These three customers account for 48% of recent awards. Black & Decker's footprint spans 85 distinct customer agencies, though concentration is steep: the top five customers account for 91% of combined potential value.

Black & Decker places 231 task orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, its primary vehicle, with additional work flowing through the Indefinite Delivery Contract W9098S14D0050 (4 task orders, $1.6 million combined potential value) and minimal exposure to other IDVs. Award volume has remained steady across the past five years (24 awards in 2022 to 28 in 2024, with 27 in 2025); only one award is positioned to complete in the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete pressure in that window.

In its subcontractor role, Black & Decker delivers cabinet and furniture components to Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (CVN 80 and DDG 51 class ship construction furniture), Lockheed Martin Corporation (USASOAC AC services Vidmar workstations and cabinets), Chugach Technical Solutions LLC (USCG engineering services Vidmar cabinet), and Peraton Enterprise Solutions LLC (DC3 TABO support). Sub-award work typically involves provision of cabinetry and workstations supporting prime-contractor-led shipbuilding, engineering, and logistics programs.

Black & Decker's capability portfolio concentrates on Institutional Furniture Manufacturing (281 awards across NAICS), with secondary exposure to Other Metal Container Manufacturing (39 awards) and Office Furniture Manufacturing (21 awards). PSC-code concentration mirrors this: Cabinets, Lockers, Bins, and Shelving (194 awards) and Office Furniture (78 awards) account for the preponderance of work. The vendor competes in full-and-open competition as a manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf industrial storage solutions, with no recurring presence in set-aside categories. Activity across recent years has been consistent; the recent award portfolio shows awards obligated at approximately 15% of combined potential value, indicating substantial backlog or deferred delivery.