Erin Rope Corp

Erin Rope Corp, a veteran-owned small business based in Blue Island, Illinois, manufactures and supplies fibrous rope and cordage products to the Defense Department as a prime contractor, competing predominantly in full-and-open and total small business set-aside purchase orders issued through the Defense Logistics Agency. The company is a for-profit corporate entity that has maintained continuous System for Award Management registration since October 2001 and operates under primary NAICS 314994 (Rope, Cordage, and Twine Mills) and PSC 40 (Fiber Rope, Cordage, and Twine).

Erin Rope Corp's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment procurement. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division accounts for 248 awards (43% of Erin Rope's award count) carrying $4.3 million in combined potential value across the past several years — the vendor's dominant customer by far. The next largest customers by award count, the Department of the Army (70 awards) and the Department of the Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (36 awards), carry negligible combined potential value at $8 thousand and $2 thousand respectively. By potential-value ranking, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment anchors the portfolio at $4.3 million, followed by DLA Troop Support Hardware (5 awards, $105 thousand) and the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (22 awards, $23 thousand). The vendor has served 47 distinct federal agencies in total, but the concentration is extreme: the top five customers account for 99% of combined potential value, with DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment alone representing approximately 95%.

Representative recent work includes a $92,626 firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA for 113 units of fibrous rope (NSN 4020001849807) awarded June 10, 2025 and scheduled for completion November 7, 2025; a $87,006 total small business set-aside award from DLA for 958 line items of fibrous rope (NSN 4020012869849) issued August 3, 2023 and completing January 11, 2024; and a $119,526 total small business set-aside order for fibrous rope (NSN 4020002312572) awarded June 13, 2023 with a performance period extending through October 11, 2023. All work is performed at the contractor's Blue Island facility; all contracts are firm fixed-price purchase orders; and completion periods typically range from three to eight months.

Erin Rope Corp operates under two parent vehicles. The Blanket Purchase Agreement GS07FQERIN carries 524 task orders and represents the vast majority of the vendor's call-down activity. A second IDC, SP053004D5072, has generated one task order. The company does not hold a position on government-wide acquisition contracts or agency-wide IDIQs; its federal presence is driven entirely by DLA recurring buys against the BPA.

Activity has grown recently — thirteen awards in 2022 to twenty-three in 2025 — then moderated to fourteen in 2026. The recompete window over the next twenty-four months presents minimal exposure: only four awards with ultimate completion dates in that period, carrying combined potential value of $38 thousand. Award competition is split between set-aside and unrestricted procurements; roughly 40% of recent orders carry a total small business set-aside designation, while the remainder compete full-and-open. The vendor competes solely as a prime contractor — the source carries zero sub-award activity across the entire portfolio.

Erin Rope Corp's capability portfolio is narrow and highly specialized: supply of standard fibrous rope and cordage products meeting military specifications, identified by National Stock Numbers, to support DLA distribution center stocking for military construction projects, equipment repairs, and maintenance activities. The vendor does not appear to offer design, engineering, consulting, or value-added services; it is a transactional commodities supplier operating at the lowest tier of the federal marketplace.