Containers Unlimited LLC

Containers Unlimited LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and minority-owned manufacturer based in Winter Haven and Eagle Lake, Florida, supplies specialized shipping containers, climate-controlled storage units, and modified containerized equipment to the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor (99% of awards). The vendor holds SBA designations as a veteran-owned small business (VOSB), Black American-owned business, and self-certified small disadvantaged business (SDB), competing predominantly under total small business and SDVOSB set-asides across purchase orders, definitive contracts, and blanket purchase agreements.

Containers Unlimited's core capability portfolio centers on design, manufacture, and delivery of ISO 20-foot and 40-foot shipping containers, CONEX boxes, TRICON containers, climate-controlled storage units, and fire-resistant portable buildings, with customization to military specifications including CARC (Chemical Agent Resistant Coating) finishes, electrical systems, insulation, HVAC units, and security features. Representative recent prime awards include a $512 thousand definitive contract from Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (June 2023) for 40 BiCon Type II CARC containers for logistics and storage, a $341 thousand definitive contract from Army Contracting Command Warren (April 2025) for Container Freight Utility units (NSN 8150-01-701-1123) with performance through May 2026, a $117 thousand purchase order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (September 2024) for four fire-resistant portable buildings for the Fire-Weather Observing System in Boulder, Colorado, and a $40 thousand purchase order from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (September 2026) for a customized 40-foot high cube shipping container office with split configuration for delivery to Parker, Arizona.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense logistics. The top five customers by award count account for 50% of recent awards, dominated by Naval Sea Systems Command (25 awards, $1.4 million combined potential value) and Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (5 awards, $25.6 million combined potential value). By potential value, Army TACOM anchors 82% of the top five customers' combined dollars — a single large platform drives the economics while Naval Sea Systems Command maintains the highest award volume. Across all 94 awards in the source, 41 distinct federal customer agencies are represented, signaling broad lateral reach but with concentrated revenue exposure.

Containers Unlimited holds a significant $998 thousand Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center through September 15, 2028 (multiple award, no set-aside), from which at least eight task orders valued at $1.2 million have been placed for intermodal containers supporting ERDC research and development. The vendor also executed a Basic Ordering Agreement (no ceiling, multiple award) with Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Warren in April 2026 for Class IX items (freight containers and specialized shipping containers) through April 2031. Beyond these IDVs, the vendor places orders under several indefinite delivery contracts operated by Army Materiel Command and Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, though dollar magnitudes on these vehicles are sub-$200 thousand per vehicle.

Activity has remained stable to slightly declining — four awards in 2022, eleven in 2023, eight in 2024, nine in 2025, and seven in 2026 year-to-date. The recompete cliff is modest: only three awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $108 thousand, indicating low near-term revenue exposure from expiring work.

The vendor's work concentrates in two NAICS categories: Other Metal Container Manufacturing (48 awards, the dominant framing) and Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing (28 awards), reflecting the breadth of containerized and portable-building solutions. Federal procurement classification (PSC) data align: Specialized Shipping and Storage Containers (33 awards) and Freight Containers (32 awards) represent the primary vehicle types, with smaller populations under Prefabricated and Portable Buildings.

Containers Unlimited operates almost entirely as a prime contractor (93 of 94 awards); a single sub-award under Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics LLC in July 2024 for a modified 40-foot container is immaterial to portfolio characterization. The vendor's federal footprint spans manufacturing locations in Florida with field delivery nationwide, supported by a twelve-year federal contracting history (first award in August 2012) and compliance with military standards including ISO 9001 certification where required. The combined potential value across all 94 awards stands at $31.1 million, with $5.7 million obligated (18% of potential), indicating substantial unfunded ceiling exposure across the active pipeline.