Colonial Equipment Company
Monrovia, MD
- UEI
- GM8XBU5APGU4
- CAGE
- 1B5X5
- Primary NAICS
- 336211 Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
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
- 5171 Intercoastal Ct, Monrovia, MD 21770, USA
- Website
- colonialbus.com
- Founded
- 1982
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- SIC code
- 75 Auto Repair, Services, & Parking
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 | $4,956,172 |
| FY2025 | $659,960 |
| FY2024 | $753,729 |
| FY2023 | $4,021,814 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Services Administration | $4,956,172 |
Contract vehicles
No active vehicles.
1 expired vehicle
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Colonial Equipment Company, doing business as Colonial Equipment Co, manufactures adult shuttle buses for the General Services Administration as a prime contractor exclusively under full-and-open competition, holding no SBA set-aside certifications. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Monrovia, Maryland, competing across NAICS 311012 (Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing) and 336111 (Automobile Manufacturing) with primary PSC coding in Passenger Motor Vehicles. Colonial Equipment operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint and holds two single-award indefinite delivery contracts with GSA Federal Acquisition Service worth combined $121.3 million through 2029.
Colonial Equipment's customer concentration is extreme: GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for 485 awards (58% of the prime portfolio) and $593 million in combined potential value (86% of total portfolio), with all other federal customers representing residual activity. The top five agencies account for 87% of combined potential value, but this concentration masks a one-customer business — GSA dominates both award count and dollar value by an order of magnitude. The vendor's secondary customers include the Department of the Air Force (20 awards, $1.5 million), the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (13 awards, $2.8 million), and the United States Marine Corps (18 awards, $1.4 million), all trailing far behind GSA. The Air Force and Marine Corps activity consists of small repair and minor procurement orders; the real business runs through GSA.
Colonial Equipment's primary vehicle is the GSA Vehicle Buying-2025 Main Bus Program, a $120 million single-award indefinite delivery contract running through November 24, 2029, awarded November 25, 2024. Under this IDIQ, the vendor delivers light-duty (90–98 inches wide), medium-duty (100–102 inches wide), and heavy-duty shuttle buses to federal agencies. The contract has generated 335 task orders since award totaling $39.7 million in combined potential value. A second single-award IDC, the GSA Automotive – MHWC Program ($1.31 million ceiling through January 22, 2028), supplies medium and heavy transit buses across diesel, compressed natural gas, diesel-hybrid, and battery-electric powertrains. Colonial Equipment also holds three legacy GSA IDCs (GS30FS0013, GS30FX0052, GS30FL0004) that collectively account for 652 task orders ($75.3 million combined potential value), though these vehicles have expired or are in wind-down status. Recent representative prime work includes a September 16, 2026 delivery order for 24 adult light-duty shuttle buses ($154,755), a September 10, 2026 order for 36 medium-duty buses ($308,291), and a May 27, 2026 order for 24 light-duty buses ($150,845), all under firm fixed-price GSA delivery orders with no set-asides.
Activity has accelerated sharply: the vendor received 27 awards in 2026 (as of mid-September) compared to five in 2024 and four in 2025, driven almost entirely by high-volume delivery orders against the newly awarded 2025 Main Bus Program IDIQ. Awards-per-year counts mask velocity — 2026 activity reflects routine call-down execution rather than new business capture. Thirty-one awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $5.6 million, presenting limited recompete exposure at the prime level; the real recompete risk sits at the IDIQ ceiling level with the Vehicle Buying-2025 Main Bus Program facing potential recompete in late 2029. Colonial Equipment manufactures all work in-house at its Monrovia facility with no named subcontractors across the visible award footprint, positioning the company as a dedicated GSA shuttle-bus vendor rather than a systems integrator or platform prime.
SBA capabilities narrative
SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS: BUSES, VANS, AND CUSTOM CONVERSIONS FOR TRANSIT, SHUTTLE, VAN POOL, HANDICAPPED, SCHOOL, AND SPECIAL APPLICATION CONVERSIONS, SUCH AS: SURVEILLANCE, TESTING, MOBILE TRAINING, SECURITY TRANSPORT, SPECIAL EQUIPMENT HAN
Quick answers
Is Colonial Equipment Company registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Colonial Equipment Company's SAM.gov registration is active through January 13, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Colonial Equipment Company hold?
Colonial Equipment Company holds a place on 1 federal contract vehicle: GSA Main Bus Program 2017.
How much has Colonial Equipment Company received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $659,960 to Colonial Equipment Company in fiscal year 2025 and $10,391,676 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Colonial Equipment Company rank among federal contractors?
Colonial Equipment Company ranked #33 in NAICS 336211, #54 in NAICS 3362 and #64 in PSC 2310 in FY2025.
What is Colonial Equipment Company's most recent federal award?
Colonial Equipment Company's most recent federal contract award is 24 adult, 90-98 inch wide, light-duty, shuttle bus (47QMCA26F1P36), from Federal Acquisition Service, on September 16, 2026.
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