Blind Enterprises Of Oregon

Blind Enterprises of Oregon, an AbilityOne nonprofit organization, manufactures and delivers name and service tapes and related textile components to the Department of Defense as a single-award prime contractor on an indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Clothing and Textiles division. The organization operates from Portland, Oregon, and holds no secondary set-aside designations beyond its AbilityOne nonprofit agency status, which positions it to receive federal contracts specifically designed to create employment for individuals who are blind or have severe disabilities.

Blind Enterprises of Oregon's federal footprint is wholly concentrated in military textile manufacturing. The vendor holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract (SPE1C124DB022) with DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles valued at $8.062 million through October 2029, awarded October 25, 2024, which succeeds a prior $5.21 million IDC that ran from October 2019 through October 2024. Under the current vehicle, the vendor has received 61 delivery orders as of April 2026, with individual order values ranging from under $100 to approximately $35,000 and typical performance periods of two to four weeks. Representative recent awards include a $10,960.44 delivery order for name and service tapes issued April 9, 2026; a $12,104.76 delivery order issued December 17, 2025; and a $32,046 delivery order issued August 12, 2024 — all for production of military uniform textile components. All work is performed entirely at the vendor's Portland facility with no subcontractors identified across the award record.

Customer concentration is extreme and monolithic. The DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles division accounts for 1,798 of 1,834 total awards (98% of volume) and $28.2 million of $29.6 million combined potential value (95% of dollars). The United States Marine Corps represents 27 awards worth $173 thousand, and the Defense Logistics Agency (undifferentiated) carries 3 awards. This concentration reflects the vendor's singular focus: name and service tapes (National Stock Number 4610050955) and related organizational clothing textile components for the military supply chain. The vendor does not compete for work outside this narrow textile manufacturing niche.

Blind Enterprises operates exclusively as a prime contractor under a single indefinite delivery contract vehicle. Historical records show predecessor IDC SPE1C120DB072 (October 2019–October 2024, $5.21 million) generated 220 delivery orders worth $2 million, and prior vehicles SPE1C117DB002 and SPM1C111DB016 each generated hundreds of orders over their lifespans, indicating sustained DLA confidence in the vendor's reliability and precision. The vendor's award distribution across NAICS 339910 (Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing, capturing 1,074 awards) and PSC 8305 (Badges and Insignia, covering 1,811 awards) reflects the technical classification of name tapes as insignia-related textile components rather than apparel manufacturing.

Award velocity has remained stable year over year (41–48 awards per year 2022–2025), consistent with DLA's practice of issuing frequent small delivery orders against a standing IDC to manage just-in-time inventory for military uniform production. The vendor faces no recompete cliff; its current IDC runs through October 2029 with no competing alternatives identified in the source. Blind Enterprises of Oregon functions as a specialized, mission-driven supplier to a single federal customer, executing a repetitive, high-volume manufacturing process for which it has demonstrated uninterrupted capability since at least 2004.