Central Lake Armor Express Inc.
Eden, NC
- UEI
- JCWBXRQCL8K7
- CAGE
- 4ERV9
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 750 Fieldcrest Rd, Eden, NC 27288, USA
- Website
- armorexpress.com
- Founded
- 2005
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Health Care
- Health Care Equipment & Services
- Health Care Providers & Services
- SIC code
- 59 Miscellaneous Retail
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $16,592,807 |
| FY2025 | $16,622,051 |
| FY2024 | $4,496,588 |
| FY2023 | $40,133,117 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Logistics Agency | $16,156,857 | |
| 2 | Department of Justice | $696,714 | |
| 3 | Department of the Interior | $54,847 |
Contract vehicles
Expired vehicles (1)
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Central Lake Armor Express Inc., doing business as Armor Express, manufactures body armor systems, ballistic plates, tactical helmets, and armor carriers for federal law enforcement, corrections, and defense agencies as a prime contractor across full-and-open federal procurements with no documented subcontracting. The Eden, North Carolina-based for-profit company competes predominantly outside set-aside categories—only two awards among 1,514 identified carry small business or HUBZone designations—and operates across 266 federal customer agencies with $1.88 billion in combined potential contract value and $286.5 million in obligated dollars.
Armor Express dominates the federal ballistic protection market through three anchor vehicles: the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (655 task orders, $103.2 million), the Department of Defense Clothing and Textiles Indefinite Delivery Contract ($148.9 million ceiling through November 2028), and the CBP Level IIIA Body Armor 2016-2023 IDIQ (110 task orders, $104.3 million). Recent representative work includes a $27.9 million delivery order from the Army's Program Executive Office Soldier for 59,600 Modular Scalable Vest Generation II systems (awarded September 2023), a $18 million delivery order from PEO Soldier for MSV carrier assemblies (September 2025), and a $4.7 million delivery order from Customs and Border Protection for ballistic plates for CBP officers (June 2022). The company also holds a $30 million blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Secret Service and a $500,000 small-business-set-aside BPA with the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (awarded March 2026).
Customer concentration skews heavily toward Army modernization and DHS border protection. The top five funding agencies by potential value—the Army PEO Soldier ($889.4 million across 17 awards), Customs and Border Protection ($265.4 million), Bureau of Prisons Central Office ($110.5 million), Secret Service ($59.2 million), and Federal Correctional Complex Yazoo City ($31.9 million)—account for 72 percent of combined potential value. By award count, the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Complex Yazoo City (83 awards), Drug Enforcement Administration (71), and US Marshals Service Training Academy (61) rank highest, but their individual order values are modest (ranging from sub-$50,000 to mid-six figures), whereas Army and CBP orders regularly exceed $1 million and frequently reach $15 million to $27 million.
Award trajectory shows sustained volume through 2023 (112 awards) followed by declining frequency: 28 awards in 2024, 29 in 2025, and 14 in 2026 year-to-date. Six awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months represent $17.6 million in recompete exposure. The company's award footprint is entirely prime—zero sub-award activity in the source—positioning Armor Express as a direct federal supplier with no documented teaming arrangements. Work is performed in Eden, North Carolina, with subordinate delivery to customer locations nationwide. Armor Express categorizes primarily under NAICS 315 (Apparel Manufacturing, 728 awards) and PSC 8465 (Armor, Personal, 758 awards), reflecting its core business as a manufacturer rather than a reseller or service integrator. The GSA MAS remains the highest-activity vehicle by task order count but delivers lower average order values; the Army MSV IDIQ and CBP Level IIIA IDIQ anchor the dollar concentration.
SBA capabilities narrative
Armor Express manufactures and markets a full line of NIJ certified ballistic and puncture resistant concealable and tactical body armor, K-9 armor, ballistic blankets, and accessories.
Quick answers
Is Central Lake Armor Express Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Central Lake Armor Express Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through February 26, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Central Lake Armor Express Inc. hold?
Central Lake Armor Express Inc. holds a place on 4 federal contract vehicles, including FSS-84, MSV and MAS.
How much has Central Lake Armor Express Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $16,622,051 to Central Lake Armor Express Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $77,844,563 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Central Lake Armor Express Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Central Lake Armor Express Inc. ranked #3 in NAICS 315999, #14 in PSC 8470 and #15 in NAICS 3159 in FY2025.
What is Central Lake Armor Express Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Central Lake Armor Express Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Ballistic kits for unicor yazoo city (15UYAZ26F00000421), from Federal Correctional Complex Yazoo City (BOP), on September 23, 2026.
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