Black Marlin LLC

Black Marlin LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in West Des Moines, Iowa, supplies commercial off-the-shelf IT equipment and specialized hardware to Department of Defense and federal supply agencies as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competition. The company operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint, competing primarily under small business set-asides across its named purchase orders while also holding a GSA Federal Supply Schedule position for broader commercial IT procurement.

Black Marlin LLC's capability footprint centers on commercial technology products and IT equipment procurement. Recent representative work includes a $77,950 total small business set-aside purchase order awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution in April 2026 for 50 units of aluminum oxygen shipping containers (NAICS 332439, Other Metal Container Manufacturing) complying with DOT31FP regulations and ATA 300 standards, with performance in West Des Moines and delivery to DLA Distribution Base Supply in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania; a $84,301 total small business set-aside purchase order from the Air Force in September 2024 for single-mode fiber optic transceivers enabling reduced fiber strand usage; and a $127,470 full-and-open delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command in February 2025 for unspecified goods or services supporting NAVSEA defense programs. The company also holds a $500,000 ceiling GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (47QTCA25D003C, awarded December 2024, running through December 2029) under Special Item Number 33411 with a price list covering over 200 commercial IT products, principally networking equipment such as switches, adapters, and network cards, with production points in California alongside its Iowa headquarters.

Customer concentration across the past three years (six total awards, $800 thousand combined potential value) splits between GSA, which anchors $500 thousand on the Federal Supply Schedule vehicle, and four DoD and defense-support agencies. Naval Sea Systems Command placed two awards ($128 thousand combined potential value); the Air Force, DLA Distribution, and Army RDECOM each placed one. Award volume remains light — two orders in 2024, three in 2025, one in early 2026 — with $286 thousand obligated against $800 thousand potential value (36% obligation rate). The company competes across multiple NAICS categories anchored by Electronic Computer Manufacturing and hardware supply, reflecting a transactional vendor posture oriented toward fill-rate commercial IT and specialty container procurement rather than systems integration or sustained service delivery.