Cartridge Savers Inc.

Cartridge Savers Inc., a Hispanic American-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, supplies office consumables, facility goods, and IT equipment to federal agencies primarily as a prime contractor through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and related vehicles, with recent activity concentrated in delivery orders and blanket purchase agreements for toner cartridges, paper products, toilet tissue, shredding machines, and office furniture across civilian and defense agencies.

The company operates as a Subchapter S Corporation and self-certifies as a small disadvantaged business; it competes predominantly full-and-open (no set-aside restrictions on most awards) but receives some Total Small Business set-aside designations on select delivery orders. Cartridge Savers has maintained continuous federal vendor registration since 2002 and holds a Department of Transportation-certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise designation.

The vendor's customer base spans 372 distinct agencies, but concentration is acute. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 35% of recent awards: the GSA Federal Acquisition Service dominates with 552 awards valued at $1.46 billion combined potential value, followed by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment (365 awards, $2.2 million combined potential), the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (209 awards, $217 thousand), the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 (135 awards, $2.2 million), and the Department of the Army (125 awards, $448 thousand). Potential-value ranking diverges from award-count ranking only slightly; GSA maintains both volume and dollar dominance, while the Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service places 30 awards valued at $16.9 million, indicating higher contract ceilings in that relationship.

Cartridge Savers sits on three core parent vehicles. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract 47QSEA19D0037 anchors the portfolio, with 3,320 task orders generating $1.39 billion in combined potential value — predominantly office supplies, toner, paper products, and facility goods (toilet tissue, restroom supplies) issued to federal agencies nationwide. The vendor also holds task orders against the Office Products, Supplies Services and Technology vehicle (636 task orders, $12 million combined potential value) and two indefinite delivery contracts under Defense Logistics Agency framework (SPE8EN16D5001 with 176 task orders valued at $115 thousand and SPE8EN16D5002 with 89 task orders valued at $42 thousand). A recently awarded SEWP VI GWAC (November 1, 2026, $20 billion ceiling through October 31, 2036, partial small business set-aside) positions the vendor to compete for IT product and service solutions across civilian agencies, marking a strategic expansion beyond its traditional office-supply and facility-goods footprint.

Activity has contracted materially. Awards per year fell from 246 in 2022 to 228 in 2023, 169 in 2024, 76 in 2025, and 33 through mid-2026 — an 86% decline in two years. Only 7 awards (combined potential value $1 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months; recompete exposure is minimal by dollar magnitude but reflects the vendor's shallow forward pipeline on legacy vehicles. The portfolio's 3,996 prime awards carry combined potential value of $21.54 billion but only $47.7 million in obligated spend, indicating widespread low-dollar call orders against standing IDVs rather than large task orders or new competitive wins.

Representative work reflects the vendor's core competencies: a $727.5 million delivery order from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (September 2025) for lockbox supplies supporting the Office of Intake and Production; a $440 thousand order from the Office of Acquisitions and Grants for self-seal padded mailers (March 2025); a $134.6 thousand purchase order from the Department of State Bureau of African Affairs for printer toner cartridges (September 2025); and recurring delivery orders under GSA MAS for high-security paper shredders, toner cartridges, paper products, and facility supplies to Navy installations, Army commands, and civilian agencies. A BPA with the National Archives and Records Administration (April 2025, $50 thousand ceiling, Total Small Business set-aside) covers printer consumables through April 2027. The vendor holds a BPA with the Office of Personnel Management for RS brand printer paper (awarded June 5, 2024, $19.1 thousand ceiling through September 30, 2028).

NAICS concentration is dominated by Office Supplies and Stationery Stores (1,961 awards) and Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing (1,325 awards), with secondary exposure in Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (212 awards) and Computer Terminal and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (135 awards). PSC codes reflect the same commodity focus: Office Supplies (2,731 awards), Information Technology Supplies (500 awards), Miscellaneous Office Machines (221 awards), and Toiletry Paper Products (76 awards). The vendor operates no significant subcontract footprint; all 3,996 awards are prime awards. Cartridge Savers does not report subsidiary operations beyond its own entity listing.

A full line of office supplies

New OEM printer supplies including toner cartridges, ink jet cartridges, drum kits and

maintenance kits

High quality, environmentally sensitive, TAA Compliant, remanufactured toner cartridges

Computer supplies and accessories including magnetic media and tape back-up cartridges

Specialized laser jet and ink jet paper

HSM DoD rated high security shredders

Safety products, personal protective safety equipment and First Aid supplies

Janitorial-Sanitation (Jan-San) products including toilet paper, toothpaste, paper towels

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