Depaul Industries

Depaul Industries, doing business as Temporary Staffing, is an AbilityOne-certified non-profit social enterprise based in Portland, Oregon, that delivers fire watch safety personnel, combat knife manufacturing and supply, administrative support services, and janitorial services to federal agencies as a prime contractor across over $260 million in combined potential value. The vendor competes exclusively in open competition—no set-asides—and operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontractor footprint, positioning itself as a self-contained delivery organization for labor-intensive and goods-based federal work.

Depaul's capability portfolio centers on three distinct domains: fire watch services (continuous safety monitoring and fire prevention personnel during vessel maintenance and shipyard operations), combat knife manufacturing and supply to military logistics channels, and administrative support coupled with janitorial and facility maintenance services. Representative work includes a $8.64 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the U.S. Coast Guard for fire watch services at Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland, extending through November 2026, which has generated over 112 delivery orders supporting multiple Coast Guard cutters and vessels; an $11.65 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime for combat knife supply through October 2028, which has anchored the vendor's defense goods portfolio; a $3.93 million definitive contract with Army Communications-Electronics Command for administrative support services at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, running through February 2030; and a $10.39 million definitive contract with Naval Strategic Systems Programs for administration support services in Silverdale, Washington, extending through September 2027. Depaul also holds an $8.7 million indefinite delivery contract with the Federal Highway Administration for AbilityOne office administrative and janitorial services in Vancouver, Washington, through August 2028.

Customer concentration is pronounced and split by both volume and dollar value. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leads on combined potential value with 189 awards valued at $65.2 million, while the U.S. Coast Guard dominates by award count with 342 delivery orders worth $48.2 million. The Army Communications-Electronics Command anchors a secondary tier with 10 awards totaling $51.1 million in combined potential value, driven by the multi-year administrative support contract. Naval Strategic Systems Programs (37 awards, $23.9 million) and Naval Supply Systems Command (40 awards, $17.1 million) round out the top-five customer set. Together, the top five customers account for 79% of combined potential value, with the Coast Guard's fire watch work and DLA's combat knife orders forming the operational backbone.

Service Contract Inventory data captures a partial view of Depaul's federal labor services above the $150,000 reporting threshold. SCI-reportable invoiced revenue totaled $3.2 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $292 thousand; FY2023: $1.3 million; FY2024: $1.5 million), supporting roughly 3.8 to 19.9 federal FTEs per fiscal year. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI contracts run around $37.60/hr, with rates ranging from a 10th percentile floor of $22.88/hr to 90th percentile labor capped at $155.50/hr, reflecting a mix of entry-level fire watch and administrative positions offset by supervisory and specialized technical labor. The vendor maintains zero subcontractor engagement on prime contracts—across SCI records, the sub-hours share averages 0%, indicating all delivery is accomplished through direct Depaul staffing.

Activity has remained relatively stable year over year, with 17 awards in 2022, climbing to 41 in 2023, then moderating to 32 in 2024 and 39 in 2025. The first six months of 2026 show 11 awards, reflecting the typical seasonality of task order issuance against standing indefinite delivery contracts. Within the next twenty-four months, nine awards with combined potential value of $12 million face ultimate completion and recompete exposure.

Depaul's three major parent indefinite delivery contracts—Coast Guard fire watch ($8.64 million, Nov 2026 expiration), DLA combat knife supply ($11.65 million, Oct 2028 expiration), and CECOM administrative support ($3.93 million, Feb 2030 expiration)—anchor recurring task order pipelines. The Coast Guard IDC alone has generated 112 task orders valued at $7 million; DLA's knife IDC has supported 89 task orders worth $4.9 million; and the CECOM administrative support contract carries a high ceiling ($3.93 million) with a multi-year runway. A subsidiary, Fort Rock Tactical LLC, is listed as a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods, though the source does not detail its operational relationship to the parent.

Depaul competes without reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, winning prime awards through open competition across civilian agencies (Coast Guard, FHWA) and defense logistics channels (DLA, Navy commands, Army CECOM). The vendor's award footprint reflects a mission-driven social enterprise that builds its delivery capacity through direct hiring—evidenced by the zero-subcontractor posture—and maintains long-term relationships through single-award indefinite delivery contracts that routinely generate dozens of task orders per fiscal year.