Critical Solutions International, LLC

Critical Solutions International, LLC, a foreign-owned manufacturer of goods based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, supplies military vehicle components, industrial parts, and specialized equipment to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and the Department of the Army as a prime contractor on purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts, competing on full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations.

CSI operates as a division of Airboss of America Corp, a for-profit manufacturing parent. The vendor is not itself a subsidiary but rather a division of the parent entity; a named subsidiary, SAA International, LTD., appears in the corporate structure. CSI's award footprint is heavily concentrated in DLA supply chain work. Over the past five years, CSI has received 4,097 prime awards with a combined potential value of $1.59 billion. Recent activity has declined sharply—57 awards in 2025 and only 7 in 2026 year-to-date—down from 162 in 2022 and 127 in 2024, suggesting a material erosion in procurement volume.

The customer concentration is extreme. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 2,687 awards (95% of award count) with $91.6 million in combined potential value, though the top-customer-by-dollar ranking reveals a different picture: the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal anchors the portfolio with 81 awards valued at $1.16 billion combined potential value. The United States Marine Corps contributes 29 awards worth $140.5 million. DLA Land and Maritime ranks third by dollars despite dominating award count. This split signals that CSI holds one or two very large vehicles with Army that generate outsized dollar value relative to transaction count, while CSI's DLA relationship consists of numerous small purchase orders.

CSI's capability portfolio centers on vehicle components and industrial supplies for ground systems. Representative work includes a $326 thousand Army container storage services contract (September 2024, South Africa, for eight Husky 2nd Generation vehicle-mounted mine detection systems and accessories, extending through April 2026); a $174.9 thousand Army purchase order for 34 equipment kit vehicles (February 2025, completion February 2026); a $53.4 thousand DLA Land and Maritime order for grapnel tripwire components (April 2025); a $249.4 thousand DLA Land and Maritime electrical control equipment order (October 2024, for five units, Total Small Business set-aside, completion May 2025); and recurring orders for slave cylinders, tie rod ends, steering wheels, ladders, hose assemblies, gaskets, mirrors, and mechanical actuators across DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Aviation, and DLA Construction and Equipment. Awards range from sub-hundred-dollar fastener orders to high-six-figure component purchases.

CSI holds at least five active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each valued at $250,000, with ultimate completion dates ranging from June 2024 through June 2026. The parent vehicle holdings include a critical Army contract, Indefinite Delivery Contract W56HZV08D0001, which carries 37 task orders worth $930.8 million in combined potential value—the dominant vehicle in CSI's portfolio. Additional vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contracts SPE7LX20D0147 (27 task orders, $88 thousand), SPE7LX22D0096 (17 task orders, $1.6 million), M6785411D5090 (14 task orders, $31.5 million), and SPE4A616D5205 (10 task orders, $8 thousand). CSI also holds a GSA Federal Acquisition Service vehicle (163 awards, $19 thousand combined potential value).

Top NAICS categories by award volume are hardware manufacturing (387 awards), other motor vehicle parts manufacturing (335), rubber and plastics hoses and belting manufacturing (305), bolt/nut/screw/rivet/washer manufacturing (284), and miscellaneous fabricated metal products (214). Top PSC codes reflect the same portfolio: hardware commercial (431 awards), vehicular furniture and accessories (377), hose and flexible tubing (332), hose/pipe/tube/lubrication/railing fittings (223), and miscellaneous electrical power and distribution equipment (205).

CSI competes exclusively on full-and-open procurements. Of the recent awards in source data, only two carry set-aside designations: one Total Small Business award (DLA electrical control equipment, October 2024) and one Total Small Business award (DLA gasket order, July 2025). The remaining 4,095 awards carry no set-aside, indicating CSI does not rely on or position itself for small business vehicles.

The recompete cliff is minimal: only four awards (combined potential value $23 thousand) complete in the next twenty-four months. However, the sharp decline in annual award volume—from 162 awards in 2022 to 7 in 2026 to date—suggests either competitive displacement, customer consolidation of the DLA purchase order volume into larger IDCs, or erosion of CSI's position on its dominant Army vehicle (W56HZV08D0001). CSI registered with SAM.gov in 2001, establishing a 25-year history as a federal supplier. The source notes that CSI has historically maintained multiple active subcontracts with larger primes such as Leidos and Booz Allen Hamilton (not evident in the present footprint, which shows 100% prime awards and 0% sub awards in the current portfolio window), though those relationships do not appear in recent award data.