Falvo Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Falvo Manufacturing Co., Inc., doing business as Falvo Manufacturing, manufactures precision-engineered wooden containers, shipping tubes, and crates for military cannon systems and related Army logistics applications, operating exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company, a for-profit manufacturer based in Utica, New York, competes exclusively within small business set-aside territory — all 188 awards in its recent footprint carry total small business designations — and derives 97% of its recent potential value from TACOM Life Cycle Management Command purchase orders.

Falvo's capability portfolio centers on specialized wood packaging for military transportation and storage. Concrete examples include a $1,031,100 firm-fixed-price purchase order from TACOM for 385 tube containers for the 120mm M256 cannon (awarded April 2022, completed June 2023), a $425,600 total small business set-aside for 140 containers plus a 100% option for the 105mm M20A1 cannon (awarded December 2023, completion May 2025), a $192,534 delivery of 30 container tubes for the 155mm M284 cannon (awarded January 2024), and a recent $16,720 purchase order for 155mm howitzer M284 container production (awarded October 2025, completion November 2025). All work is performed at the contractor's Utica facility and meets military drawing specifications with first-article approval where required. The company's product taxonomy spans guns ranging from 75mm through 200mm systems, with particular depth in 155mm and 120mm cannon packaging.

Customer concentration is extreme. TACOM Life Cycle Management Command accounts for 120 of 188 awards (96% coverage) and $6.7 million of $6.9 million combined potential value. The broader Department of the Army holds 57 additional awards with only $200 thousand in combined potential value, followed by minimal exposure across Army Materiel Command's Research Development and Engineering Command and other Army contracting offices. Falvo places task orders under five distinct Army indefinite-delivery contracts (DAAA2282C0428, DAAA2283C0410, DAAA2283C0426, DAAA2283C0432, DAAA2284C0420), with the highest concentration on DAAA2282C0428 (two task orders).

Activity has contracted sharply. The source tracks 188 awards dating to 1982, but recent velocity has declined — six awards in 2021, dropping to two per year in 2022–2024, and one in 2025 year-to-date. Combined obligated dollars ($11.7 million) exceed combined potential value ($6.9 million), indicating that prior-year awards have drawn down obligated funds beyond contract ceilings. The primary NAICS classification is 332410 (Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing), which covers 135 of the 188 awards; secondary categories include Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing (4 awards) and Machine Shops (2 awards). Falvo has no subcontract footprint and no participation in government-wide acquisition vehicles, IDIQs, or BPAs outside its Army-specific indefinite-delivery contracts — all work flows through direct TACOM purchase orders or task orders under Army-designated IDCs.