Cutlass Associates

Cutlass Associates, a woman-owned small business based in Middle Island, New York, supplies electronic components, cable, connectors, electrical equipment, and structural adhesives to federal agencies as a prime contractor exclusively — 1,447 awards totaling $30.5 million in combined potential value across four decades of federal procurement. The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-asides, with roughly two-thirds of recent awards carrying that designation.

Cutlass Associates operates as a distributor and wholesaler of industrial electrical and electronic components under primary NAICS 334419 (Electronic Connector Manufacturing), 424610 (Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers), and 332510 (Hardware Manufacturing). The concrete capability portfolio centers on sourcing and delivering finished connectors, cable assemblies, structural adhesives, electronic components, and wiring devices to support facility operations and production requirements at federal correctional institutions and defense shipbuilding commands. Representative examples include a $151.8 million firm fixed-price purchase order from the Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix for electronic components to support Federal Prison Industries production in Phoenix (awarded November 21, 2022); a $70 thousand small-business set-aside purchase order from United States Penitentiary Marion for cable, connectors, and electrical equipment (April 18, 2023); and a $42.5 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix for electronic components, cable, connectors, electrical equipment, and structural adhesives with no set-aside designation (March 3, 2025).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Bureau of Prisons. The top five funding agencies account for 66% of recent awards, anchored by Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix (258 awards, $5.9 million potential value) and United States Penitentiary Marion (189 awards, $4.8 million potential value). Potential-value rankings align closely with award-count rankings, with Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix and Penitentiary Marion dominating both metrics. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard places the third-highest award count (207 awards, $1.1 million potential value) but ranks lower by dollars, indicating smaller average order values. Naval Sea Systems Command ranks third by potential value ($1.8 million across 81 awards) and represents the vendor's primary defense customer, ordering structural adhesives and components for shipboard applications.

Cutlass Associates places task orders across multiple Bureau of Prisons indefinite-delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements. The top five parent vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contract DJU4600003553 (19 task orders, $163 thousand combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract DJU4600003046 (17 task orders, $82 thousand combined potential value), and Naval Sea Systems Command Indefinite Delivery Contract N0025307D0009 (17 task orders, $842 thousand combined potential value). The vendor also holds positions on U.S. Coast Guard Blanket Purchase Agreement HSCG4005A80006 (12 task orders) and a ten-task-order seat on Indefinite Delivery Contract 15UC0C18D00001495 ($1.2 million combined potential value).

Activity has contracted in recent years. The vendor received 15 awards in 2022, declining to 11 in 2023, 12 in 2024, and 6 in 2025, with just 1 award placed through early 2026. The most recent award — a $22.8 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order for cable and wire from Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix (March 2, 2026) — represents minimal recent pipeline. No subcontracting activity appears in the source data; Cutlass operates exclusively as a prime.

Distributor of Electronic/Electrical components. Also deal in Connectors, backshells, capacitors, relays, semiconductors, resistors, switches, batteries, wire and cable, transformers, power supplies, test instruments, mobile communications and fans.