Central States Wire Products Inc.

Central States Wire Products Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, supplies steel and polyester strapping, strapping equipment, and packaging materials to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies exclusively as a prime contractor. The vendor does not participate in SBA set-aside programs and competes on a full-and-open basis; however, a material subset of its awards — approximately 30 across the portfolio — carry Total Small Business or Competitive 8(a) designations despite the vendor's own non-small-business posture, suggesting these awards may reflect customer misclassifications or historical small-business certifications no longer reflected in current SAM registrations.

Central States Wire Products has operated in the federal marketplace since 2007 and maintains a focused, transactional relationship with defense logistics agencies. The Defense Logistics Agency Distribution anchors the vendor's footprint, accounting for 95 of 192 total awards (49% of award count) but only $626 thousand of combined potential value — a signal of high-velocity, low-dollar purchase orders for routine strapping stock replenishment. By contrast, the General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service holds 19 awards representing $1.5 million in combined potential value, driven by a single $39,312 delivery order for 3/4" x 0.023" steel strapping under the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), the vendor's most significant individual award. The vendor places work under two parent vehicles: the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (69 task orders, $444 thousand combined potential value) and a GSA Blanket Purchase Agreement (9 task orders, $2 thousand combined potential value). Across all federal sources, 36 distinct customer agencies have placed awards, but concentration with DLA Distribution and GSA represents 70% of recent award volume.

The vendor's primary capability set consists of steel strapping in various gauges (0.50" to 1.25" widths, 0.020" to 0.035" thicknesses, black and uncoated finishes), polyester cord strapping, strapping tool kits, steel strapping equipment (Sweed Model 300 strap choppers), stretch-wrap machinery, and aluminum sheet stock. Representative recent work includes a $25,671 Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Distribution for 3/4" x 0.023" steel strapping (April 2025), a $40,235 Total Small Business contract from the Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command for thirteen Sweed Model 300 strap choppers (February 2024), and recurring monthly purchase orders from DLA Distribution for various strapping specifications ranging from $496 to $18,060 per order. Work is performed at the vendor's St. Paul facility for domestic distribution and at overseas locations including Japan, Germany, and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Award activity has remained stable across recent years — 22 awards in 2022, 24 in 2023, 21 in 2024, 20 in 2025, and 5 recorded through March 2026 — with combined potential value of $2.7 million across 192 total awards. Obligated dollars total $1.3 million (47% of potential value), indicating a significant unfunded backlog characteristic of purchase-order-based supply relationships. The vendor holds no documented subcontract awards and does not serve as a sub to higher-tier primes in the source data; all 192 awards reflect direct prime relationships. Top NAICS categorization splits evenly between Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing and All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (82 awards each), with top PSC codes dominated by Packaging and Packing Bulk Materials (148 awards).

Distributor providing to commercial, federal, state and local government: steel and plastic strapping, machines, tools, baling wire, bale ties, baling wire, stretch wrap.