Containers Unlimited LLC

Containers Unlimited LLC, a veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, and minority-owned (Black American owned) small business based in Eagle Lake, Florida, manufactures and supplies specialized shipping containers, climate-controlled storage units, and modified containerized solutions to the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor on 99% of its recent awards. The company is SBA-certified as both a Veteran-Owned Small Business and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, with self-certified Small Disadvantaged Business status, and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides; recent awards carry set-aside designations in approximately 85% of contracts. Containers Unlimited operates as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and limited liability company, registered with the federal government since at least 2012.

The vendor's capability footprint centers on manufacturing ISO 20-foot and 40-foot shipping containers, CONEX boxes, TRICON containers, climate-controlled storage units, fire-resistant portable buildings, and customized container modifications to meet agency-specific requirements. Representative prime work includes a $4.5 million definitive contract awarded April 30, 2025, by the Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command for Container Freight Utility units (National Stock Number 8150-01-701-1123) with performance through May 12, 2026; a $512 thousand definitive contract awarded June 14, 2023, also by TACOM, for 40 BiCon Type II CARC containers with tan finish and military specification MIL-PRF 32410 compliance through May 30, 2025; a $132 thousand purchase order from Air Force Materiel Command's Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex for modified CONEX containers; and a $117 thousand purchase order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for four fire-resistant 8-foot by 16-foot portable buildings for NOAA's Fire-Weather Observing System in Boulder, Colorado.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to defense logistics. The top five funding agencies account for 53% of recent awards by count but 95% of combined potential value, dominated by TACOM Life Cycle Management Command ($30.1 million across 6 awards), Naval Sea Systems Command ($1.3 million across 24 awards), and the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center ($1.2 million across 8 awards). Naval Sea Systems Command places the highest award volume (24 awards) but anchors far fewer dollars than TACOM, which drives recompete exposure through large definitive contracts. The vendor also serves the Department of the Air Force, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Commerce, the U.S. Coast Guard, and 31 other federal agencies across recent awards.

Containers Unlimited holds a multi-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center valued at $998,252.84 through September 15, 2028, from which seven task orders (combined potential value $203 thousand) have been placed. The vendor places additional work under Indefinite Delivery Contracts SPRDL115D0008 (2 task orders, $129 thousand combined) and SPRDL115D0018 (1 task order, $124 thousand). The ERDC BPA is the primary vehicle anchoring recurring small-dollar orders for standard and modified containers supporting the center's research and development mission at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Fort Johnson, Louisiana.

Activity has remained flat to declining in recent years—four awards in 2022, eleven in 2023, eight in 2024, eight in 2025, and three recorded for 2026 to date—with minimal recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months (two awards, combined potential value $65 thousand reaching completion). The gap between awards-per-year decline and stable combined potential value reflects a shift toward higher-value contracts: the $4.5 million and $512 thousand TACOM definitive contracts, awarded in 2025 and 2023 respectively, account for the bulk of the portfolio's dollar magnitude despite lower award frequency in recent years.

Containers Unlimited operates as a prime contractor in nearly all recent work (88 of 89 awards, 99% of the footprint) with minimal subcontract exposure. One named sub-award from July 26, 2024, places the vendor as a subcontractor to ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC for a modified 40-foot container task order. The vendor's primary NAICS concentration is 332439 (Other Metal Container Manufacturing), which accounts for 48 awards, with secondary concentration in 332311 (Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing) at 25 awards. Freight Containers and Specialized Shipping and Storage Containers dominate the PSC profile (32 and 31 awards respectively).