Blue Force Gear Inc.

Blue Force Gear Inc., a small business Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Pooler, Georgia, manufactures and supplies small arms slings, pistol holsters, buttstock adapters, and related tactical equipment to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) under small business set-asides and full-and-open competitions. The company competes predominantly on Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) vehicles without set-aside designation, though it holds a $5.65 million single-award Total Small Business set-aside IDC with DLA Land and Maritime running through March 2030 for small arms slings, awarded March 31, 2025.

Blue Force Gear's customer base is heavily concentrated with DLA Land and Maritime, which accounts for 60 awards and $21.8 million in combined potential value across 88% of the firm's recent award footprint. The remaining customer exposure is minimal: the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center Security Forces Center placed one $1.3 million award, and scattered orders came from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command ($73 thousand across three awards), the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration ($29 thousand across two awards), the US Marshals Service ($11.5 thousand), and the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security ($13 thousand). This concentration reflects DLA Land and Maritime's role as the primary federal procurement hub for small arms accessories.

Blue Force Gear's capability portfolio centers on small arms slings and tactical equipment accessories, characterized by firm fixed-price delivery orders typically valued between $2 thousand and $200 thousand. Representative recent work includes a $186,342.75 delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime for small arms slings awarded October 27, 2025 (completion November 26, 2025), a $176,962.50 order placed June 25, 2025, and a $125,730 order placed June 24, 2025, all under the newly awarded $5.65 million IDC. Earlier awards span a $24,921.50 purchase order from the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration for trauma kits and first responder supplies (August 28, 2023), a $38,600 purchase order from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command for individual equipment (May 5, 2023), and numerous DLA delivery orders for holsters, buttstock adapters, and slings dating to at least 2021.

Blue Force Gear holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, structured as follows: the newly awarded $5.65 million single-award Total Small Business IDC (March 31, 2025 through March 30, 2030) for small arms slings (NSN 4610120180); a $250,000 single-award Total Small Business IDC for pistol holsters (awarded November 18, 2022, expired November 18, 2023); and a $250,000 single-award Total Small Business IDC for small arms slings (awarded December 28, 2021, expired December 28, 2022). The source references additional indefinite-delivery vehicles with ceilings of $5.8 million and $5.7 million for small arms slings and buttstock adapters respectively; three named IDC vehicle numbers (SPE7LX20D5013, SPE7LX20D0108, SPE7LX25D5019) carry 39 combined task orders worth approximately $3.2 million. Blue Force Gear places task orders under these vehicles; the largest single delivery order identified was $197,687.30 for small arms slings (October 14, 2021).

Activity shows contraction in recent years. Blue Force Gear received 18 awards in 2022, 10 in 2023, 12 in 2024, 4 in 2025, and 2 in the first quarter of 2026. Combined potential value across all 84 awards in the source footprint reaches $23.5 million, with $7.1 million obligated (30% of potential value). The firm's recompete risk is concentrated in the newly awarded $5.65 million IDC, which runs through March 2030 and therefore does not face recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months; earlier set-aside IDCs have expired.

Blue Force Gear operates as a subcontractor to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., which placed orders for belt kits and tactical pouches carrying Blue Force Gear branding (MOLLE Minus Belt Kit Combo, Air Force Model Defender Kit, Tenspeed Triple M4 Magazine Pouch with Flap) on October 2, 2024 and January 11, 2024. These sub placements represent tactical equipment integration and are consistent with Blue Force Gear's capability footprint.

The source characterizes Blue Force Gear as a veteran supplier of tactical equipment, particularly known for the Vickers Sling brand product. Primary NAICS coding is Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing (64 awards); primary PSC codes are Guns, Through 30Mm (45 awards), Miscellaneous Weapons (9 awards), and Individual Equipment (9 awards).