Capital Shredder Corp

Capital Shredder Corp, a Subchapter S Corporation based in Rockville (with administrative operations in North Bethesda), Maryland, manufactures NSA- and Department of Defense-specification high-security document and media destruction equipment, competing as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal procurements without set-aside designations. The company's recent award footprint centers almost entirely on GSA's Multiple Award Schedule vehicle—1,306 task orders across 1,276 total prime awards carrying combined potential value of $29.6 million and obligated dollars of $17.1 million (58% realization rate).

Capital Shredder's capability portfolio is narrowly focused: cross-cut paper shredders, optical media shredders (K-series and M-series models for CD/DVD/BD destruction), and solid-state multimedia disintegrators (MX-series for memory cards, drives, and tablets) meeting NSA Evaluated Products List (EPL) standards and DoD specifications for classified material destruction. Representative work includes a $180,660 BPA call from GSA's Federal Acquisition Service for high-security shredders (October 2025); a $120,510 purchase order from US Special Operations Command for an SS-16X shredder under Total Small Business set-aside (September 2024); a $62,300 delivery order from the Air Force for a solid-state disintegrator (August 2024); and a $65,000 Air Combat Command delivery order for capital shredder delivery and installation (July 2024). Order volumes range from under $1,200 to over $180,000, with most individual calls between $1,881 and $14,588.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward GSA Federal Acquisition Service (263 awards, $16.7 million, 37% of award count). The next tier—Department of Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (68 awards, $829 thousand), Department of Army (67 awards, $350 thousand), Department of Air Force (40 awards, $607 thousand), and US Marine Corps (35 awards, $505 thousand)—collectively represent only 27% of awards. That concentration gap reflects Capital Shredder's positioning as a primary GSA MAS vendor for the High Security Shredders program rather than a deep supplier to specific DoD commands. The vendor holds a single $562,684 single-award BPA with GSA's Federal Acquisition Service specifically for high-security shredders in the National Capital Region, active through September 2026, and operates under GSA's core $6 million Multiple Award Schedule contract (April 2020–April 2025, with a successor vehicle implied in the 2026 awards).

Award activity peaked at 92 in 2024, declining to 62 in 2025 and 22 year-to-date in 2026 (as of July 15). The sharp drop aligns with the April 2025 expiration of the original $6 million MAS contract; the company continues to receive task orders, suggesting a renewal or modified vehicle, but without explicit confirmation of a new ceiling. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal—only one award ($15 thousand) with completion by July 2026.

Capital Shredder carries a minimal subcontract footprint: three named subs appear in the source—Marvin Engineering Co, Inc. (MIT Lincoln Laboratory R&D support, July 2024), Lockheed Martin Corporation (SS-16X shredder supply with funding augmentation, December 2023), and Serco Inc. (IUSS logistics support, November 2023). The balance of sub-engagement is negligible; Capital Shredder functions almost exclusively as a prime.

The vendor does not qualify for SBA set-asides (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB); award history shows no set-aside designations on the vast majority of prime contracts, though scattered Total Small Business set-aside delivery orders from Air Force, Air National Guard, and other DoD components suggest the vendor may satisfy small-business size standards under NAICS 333996 (All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing). The company competes full-and-open on GSA MAS and competes selectively when customer agencies (Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps) issue set-aside orders under the same MAS vehicle. No evidence of subcontracting to larger primes or consortia participation appears in the award record.

Capital Shredder's market position is specialized and venue-dependent: it dominates the GSA High Security Shredders program across civilian agencies and has established recurring order relationships with Navy, Army, and Air Force logistics and security functions. The business model relies on steady BPA calls and delivery orders (average order size $12,000–$14,000) rather than large integration contracts. The transition from the expiring 2020–2025 MAS to a successor vehicle is the material risk; if the company does not maintain GSA schedule status or if the High Security Shredders program contracts, near-term pipeline would face significant compression.

Capital Shredder sells and services paper shredders, disintegrators, degaussers and supplies. We carry a large selection of High Security DOD Approved, GSA Contract, HIPAA and Facta compliant paper shredders.