Cornell-Carr Co., Inc.

Cornell-Carr Co., Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Monroe, Connecticut, manufactures precision-engineered custom marine windows, doors, and related maritime equipment as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) to federal defense and maritime agencies. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation operating under primary NAICS 332321 (Metal Window and Door Manufacturing) and competes predominantly through unrestricted full-and-open procurements, with a substantial subset of awards designated as total small business set-asides.

The vendor's footprint centers on five core customer agencies representing 76% of award count. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard leads with 310 awards worth $9.8 million, followed closely by Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime with 177 awards and $10.4 million combined potential value—the largest dollar concentration. The Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 199 awards and $3.8 million, the Military Sealift Command 63 awards and $1.5 million, and US Pacific Fleet Forces 51 awards and $439 thousand. The two rankings diverge slightly: DLA L&M anchors most of the dollars despite lower award count, reflecting larger individual delivery orders, while Coast Guard leads by volume through smaller discrete purchase orders. Across 1,056 total awards since 1981, Cornell-Carr has obligated $31.7 million (93% of combined potential value of $34.1 million).

Representative prime work includes a $386,894 purchase order from Military Sealift Command for 21 pilot house level windows across multiple sizes for USNS GRASP (April 2026); a $352,500 Naval Sea Systems Command sole-source purchase order for heated window components (January 2025); a $212,842 Coast Guard delivery order for seven marine windows across four part numbers including fixed and heated units for the 418-foot National Security Cutter fleet (June 2024); a $211,805 Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for marine fixed windows for USS Arlington (March 2023); and a $409,220 Naval Sea Systems Command order for heated, undrilled fixed-frame windows (March 2022). Small business set-aside activity is recurrent: the vendor holds multiple total small business set-aside awards from Coast Guard and Naval Sea Systems Command for electrically heated marine windows, watertight windows, doors, and related assemblies.

The vendor places task orders under five named indefinite delivery contracts: SPM76006D7074 (48 task orders, $1.4 million), HSCG4017D40000 (43 task orders, $1.2 million), SPE7LX20D5035 (31 task orders, $1.2 million), HSCG4010D50041 (5 task orders, $46 thousand), and SP076002D5441 (3 task orders, $100 thousand). The source explicitly references a $6.5 million single-award indefinite delivery vehicle with Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime for replacement and newly installed marine windows, though this vehicle is not separately itemized in the top parent vehicles block.

In its subcontractor role (2% of recent awards), Cornell-Carr supplies marine windows and window components to two major shipbuilders: Huntington Ingalls Incorporated and National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. Recent sub-awards under Huntington Ingalls include CVN 80 carrier engineering and steel window work (November 2025), LPD 28 long-lead-time material and fixed windows (October 2025), and LHA 8 detail design and construction with window components (October 2025). Under National Steel and Shipbuilding, the vendor supplies components for Expeditionary Sea Base Hull 6 and T-AO class tanker construction (April and June 2025). Sub-work focuses on providing window components for new ship construction and modernization efforts across Navy and sealift platforms.

Award volume shows modest recent decline: 38 awards in 2022, 30 in 2023, 41 in 2024, 30 in 2025, and 3 in the first quarter of 2026. Six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing $708 thousand in recompete exposure. The vendor's capability portfolio is tightly concentrated: approximately 68% of awards fall under Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment (PSC), with secondary strength in Glass Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327215, 187 awards) and Marine Hardware (PSC 119 awards). Cornell-Carr has served Coast Guard, Naval Sea Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, and US Fleet Forces Command continuously since 2001, and maintains the product-specific reputation necessary for sole-source procurements on specialized thermal and structural window assemblies.