Commonwealth Specialty Packaging, LLC

Commonwealth Specialty Packaging, LLC, a limited liability company based in Richmond, Virginia, manufactures and supplies archival packaging materials to the Smithsonian Institution as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations.

The vendor's federal footprint is narrow and stable. All four awards in the source data derive from a single customer — the Smithsonian Institution — representing $48 thousand in combined potential value across the past five years. Purchase orders span archival drawer trays, archival chipboard trays, and specimen trays; the most recent award, issued May 26, 2026 for $23,100 in archival drawer trays, completed June 1, 2026 and represents half the vendor's total federal revenue to date. Two earlier orders from the Smithsonian, for $11,850 in archival chipboard trays (September 2022) and $4,845 in specimen trays (November 2021), follow the same product pattern. Award activity declined from two orders in 2021 to one in 2022, with a four-year gap before the May 2026 order; combined dollars obligated match combined potential value at $48 thousand, indicating all awarded amounts have been invoiced.

Commonwealth Specialty Packaging operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) with no subcontract engagement. The vendor's NAICS classification centers on corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing; PSC codes reflect boxes, cartons, crates, and packaging materials. The Smithsonian relationship appears transactional and episodic rather than anchored to a standing contract vehicle or BPA — each order is a discrete purchase order for specialized museum-grade archival trays with no parent IDV or blanket-purchase agreement structure visible in the source.