Columbus Marble Works, Inc.

Columbus Marble Works, Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Columbus, Mississippi, supplies granite and marble memorial products to the federal government as a prime contractor under single-award indefinite-delivery contracts. The company operates entirely as a prime (100% of awards) and competes under total small business set-asides on roughly half of its active IDVs, with the remainder as unrestricted delivery orders issued against those vehicles.

The National Cemetery Administration dominates Columbus Marble Works' customer base. Of 350 recent awards reflected in the top-customer rankings, 244 awards (69% by count) flow from the NCA with $142.1 million in combined potential value, far outpacing other VA offices (104 awards, $11.2 million) and two single awards from the Department of the Interior and the Army (combined $16 thousand). The two rankings align tightly — NCA drives both volume and dollars — and the concentration reflects Columbus Marble Works' role as an established memorial-products manufacturer for the national cemetery system.

Columbus Marble Works holds five active IDVs with the NCA, all single-award vehicles with ultimate completion dates through September 2026 or later. The largest is Indefinite Delivery Contract V786P573 ($10.4 million ceiling, 32 delivery orders), covering manufacture, inscription, and nationwide delivery of V1/V5 granite markers under unrestricted competition. Three smaller vehicles carry total small business set-asides: V786P685 ($2.9 million ceiling, 75 delivery orders) for Georgia quarry marble niche covers and wall markers; V786P640 ($679,515 ceiling, 67 delivery orders) for unknown-veteran 6×6 marble markers; and an October 2025 award ($1.6 million ceiling) for Puerto Rico granite headstones at three island cemeteries (Morovis, Atlantic Gardens, Puerto Rico Island). A fifth IDV ($528,786 ceiling through January 2028) covers Young Adult marker manufacture and inscription under small business set-aside, with four delivery orders issued since February 2023. Two lower-volume vehicles carry ceilings under $300 thousand. Recent delivery orders span $9.8 thousand (July 2025 chaplain monument for Mississippi National Guard) to $5.6 million (October 2025 V1/V5 granite marker inscription and delivery). Performance is off-site manufacture and inscription at Columbus, Mississippi, with nationwide distribution to national, state veteran, and private cemeteries.

Activity has remained modest but steady — eight to fourteen awards per year over the past five years, with nine awards in 2025 and one as of February 2026. The recompete cliff is light: seven awards valued at $6.7 million reach completion within the next twenty-four months, predominantly expiring at September 30, 2026. No subcontract footprint is present in the source; all awards are prime. The vendor's award portfolio spans back to October 1986, and combined potential value across all 1,224 awards totals $257.9 million, with $142.9 million obligated (55% realization). NAICS classification is predominantly 327991 (Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing, 500-employee size standard), with 911 awards under that code; PSC coding reflects memorials and cemetery equipment (1,200 awards).