Camel Manufacturing Company LLC

Camel Manufacturing Company LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Pioneer, Tennessee, manufactures military-specification tents, tent components, uniforms, and lightweight maintenance textiles for the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor competing without set-aside designations across full-and-open procurements.

Camel Manufacturing operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), with minimal subcontract exposure — two sub-awards under Atlantic Diving Supply represent negligible volume. The vendor holds four active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency across Troop Support Clothing and Textiles, Clothing and Textiles, and Aviation divisions, valued at $44.6 million (lightweight maintenance uniforms, fabrics, and textiles through August 2026), $1.66 million (modular general-purpose tents and components through February 2028), $350 thousand (Aviation products through February 2027), and $250 thousand (Aviation products through January 2029). Representative delivery orders include a $2.81 million firm fixed-price order from DLA Clothing and Textiles (May 2024) for frame-type expandable tents under the modular tents IDC, a $1.02 million delivery order from DLA Clothing and Textiles (September 2024) for lightweight maintenance uniforms under the primary IDC, a $238,596 delivery order (September 2025) for modular general-purpose tents, and an $817,003 delivery order (September 2025) for lightweight maintenance uniforms. Recent smaller orders include a $7,667 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for power distribution bags (February 2026) and a $6,144 purchase order from DLA Aviation for fabricated wire products (October 2025).

Customer concentration is extreme and singular: DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles accounts for 285 awards and $360.4 million in combined potential value (77% of top-five customer coverage), with the broader Defense Logistics Agency ecosystem (including subordinate commands) representing 289 of 689 awards tracked in top-customer rankings. The top five customers by award count cover 77% of awards; the top five by potential value cover 86%. The Army appears as the third-largest customer by count (103 awards, $53 thousand combined value) but represents a different commodity stream — the Army Materiel Command Sustainment Command and Installation Management Command Northeast Region collectively show $54.8 million in potential value, suggesting larger tent-liner and shelter-related procurements outside the core DLA universe. This divergence signals that while DLA dominates by count, Army shelter and expeditionary programs anchor material contract value.

The vendor's activity footprint spans 895 total awards from 1980 to the present, with recent volume declining — 23 awards in 2023, 20 in 2024, 10 in 2025, and 2 in the first two months of 2026. Combined potential value sits at $744.7 million, with actual obligations at $762.2 million (102%), indicating task orders and modifications have tracked near or above ceiling values. The top parent vehicles are DLA Indefinite Delivery Contracts: DAAD1601D0013 (44 task orders), SPE1C119D1169 (38 task orders, $18.8 million), SP010003D6018 (27 task orders, $299.4 million), SPE4A615D5286 (24 task orders, $82 thousand), and DAAK0194D0030 (22 task orders). The SP010003D6018 vehicle alone—a $299.4 million IDC for lightweight maintenance uniforms and textiles—dominates the portfolio and underpins Camel Manufacturing's revenue scale.

Camel Manufacturing's product line concentrates on Canvas and Related Product Mills (194 awards), Textile Bag and Canvas Mills (191 awards), and Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing (85 awards) across NAICS categories. By Product Service Code, the vendor dominates Tents and Tarpaulins (573 awards), Prefabricated and Portable Buildings (104 awards), and Chain and Wire Rope (86 awards). This profile reflects a specialized manufacturer of soft-sided shelter and textile components for forward-deployed military operations, with ancillary fabricated-wire and equipment products filling DLA's broader supply requirements. All work is performed in Pioneer, Tennessee; the vendor does not maintain subordinate manufacturing or assembly locations.