Black Rhino Recycling Inc.

Black Rhino Recycling Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Clairton, Pennsylvania, manufactures recycled plastic lumber and non-wood construction materials for the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements, though it qualifies for and receives total small business set-asides on a subset of awards — approximately one-third of the 518 recent awards in the source carry small business set-aside designations.

Black Rhino Recycling's customer base is heavily concentrated with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division, which accounts for 384 awards (74% of the portfolio) and $6.3 million in combined potential value. The company serves 43 distinct federal agencies total, but the DLA relationship dominates the award count substantially. When ranked by potential value rather than award count, the General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service surfaces as the top-dollar customer with $6.4 million across three awards — a difference driven by larger delivery order values under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. The Department of the Air Force (including Air National Guard, Air Mobility Command, and Pacific Air Forces components) places 40 awards across the portfolio. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Louisville, the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (Air Force) round out the active customer set.

Representative work includes a $184.4 million purchase order with DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment for non-wood timber materials (set aside for small businesses, January 2023); a $154.5 thousand delivery order with the Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command for cribbing under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (August 2022); and a $154.2 thousand delivery order with the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 for boardwalk recycled lumber to Mingo National Wildlife Refuge in Missouri under MAS (February 2022). Recent activity in 2026 includes multiple purchase orders for non-wood dimensional lumber from DLA Troop Support, with values ranging from $1,845 to $75,151 and completion dates in February and March 2026.

Black Rhino Recycling holds seats on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and participates in multiple DLA Troop Support indefinite delivery contracts (SPE8E614D5001 with 42 task orders worth $132 thousand, and SPE8E614D5003 with 28 task orders worth $146 thousand). The company has also secured a Federal Supply Schedule position (GS07F5526P) with 34 task orders valued at $219 thousand combined. These vehicles serve as the primary procurement pathways for both DLA and other Department of Defense and civilian agency customers.

Activity has contracted significantly in recent years — 50 awards in 2023, declining to 31 in 2024, 22 in 2025, and 5 awards so far in 2026 (a five-month period). The combined potential value across all awards stands at $15 million, with $8.4 million obligated to date, representing 56% spend. Black Rhino Recycling's award portfolio skews toward very small orders — the source notes award values typically ranging from under $1,000 to approximately $195,000 — which translates to high transaction volume and operational demand management across DLA's construction materials supply chain. Primary NAICS classification centers on All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (124 awards) and Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (35 awards), though the source tags 200 awards under "Ship Building and Repairing," likely a data classification artifact. The dominant Product Service Code is Nonwood Construction Lumber and Related Materials (411 awards).

We supply green building materials for exterior construction used as an alternative to chemically treated lumber. Our plastic dunnage is used by air mobility forces needing to limit their use of wood dunnage due to new wood export limitations