Cold Jet, LLC

Cold Jet, LLC, a Loveland, Ohio-based manufacturer of dry ice blasting and pelletizing equipment, secures prime federal contracts (95% of recent awards) selling specialized industrial cleaning machinery to defense, civilian, and civilian preservation agencies, with no set-aside designation and a small business posture on total small business set-asides where applicable.

Cold Jet is a for-profit limited liability company structured as a manufacturer of goods. The vendor's federal footprint spans forty-three awards since 1989, with recent activity concentrated in 2022–2026 at a volume of one to two awards per year. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $2.3 million, though obligated dollars total $5.5 million (240% of potential value), indicating that prior-year awards have run above their initial ceiling estimates. The vendor serves twenty-eight distinct customer agencies, with no single customer dominating the portfolio — the top five customers by award count account for only 37% of awards.

Cold Jet's capability portfolio centers on dry ice blasting systems, pelletizers, and related industrial cleaning equipment. Representative recent prime work includes a $29,915 sole-source purchase order from the National Transportation Safety Board (October 2026) for one Cold Jet i3 MicroClean CO2 dry ice blaster, specified for precision removal of Parylene conformal coating from printed circuit boards recovered in aviation accident investigations; a $163,402 total small business set-aside definitive contract from TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (February 2026) for two Cold Jet AERO 2 Ultra PCS dry ice blasters and one PE80 pelletizer for industrial cleaning at Texarkana, Texas; a $92,243 purchase order from Air Forces Europe and Africa (November 2024) for MXMG dry ice blasters; and a $105,215 total small business purchase order from Air National Guard (September 2023) for a PR120H pelletizer at Scott Air Force Base. The vendor also holds work under the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F0535V, with four task orders valued at $129 thousand combined. Smithsonian Institution procured two dry ice blasting systems (December 2022 and September 2022) totaling $99 thousand in combined value.

Customer concentration by potential value diverges sharply from award count: GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors the portfolio with $875 thousand on a single award (likely the GS schedule vehicle), while Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, TACOM, Air National Guard, and Smithsonian account for most of the remaining concentration. The Marine Corps leads by award count (five awards, $54 thousand combined) but trails in dollars. The vendor subcontracts under two national-security facility primes — Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (National Security Campus management and operation sub, July 2025) and Pantexas Deterrence (Pantex Plant management and operation sub, February 2025) — supplying capital equipment to those facilities. Two awards (combined potential value $122 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunity. The vendor's NAICS footprint concentrates in industrial machinery manufacturing (All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing, and related categories), with primary PSC coding in miscellaneous maintenance and repair shop specialized equipment.