FRM Socks LLC
Osage, IA Doing business as Fox River
- UEI
- HPC2N4BXMAH3
- CAGE
- 0VUR6
- Primary NAICS
- 315120 Apparel Knitting Mills
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 227 Poplar St, Osage, IA 50461, USA
- Website
- foxsox.com
- Founded
- 1900
- Employees
- 51-250
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Durables & Apparel
- Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
- SIC code
- 22 Textile Mill Products
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $949,998 |
| FY2025 | $3,337,410 |
| FY2024 | $3,047,679 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Logistics Agency | $949,998 |
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socks, cold weather type i | Clothing and Textiles (DLA) | $24,443 | |
| Socks, cold weather type IV | Clothing and Textiles (DLA) | $9,824 | |
| Socks, cold weather type II | Clothing and Textiles (DLA) | $104,040 | |
| Socks, cold weather type III | Clothing and Textiles (DLA) | $48,488 | |
| Socks, cold weather | Clothing and Textiles (DLA) | $308,218 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC. 9007 reap-energy efficiency improvements grants (man) | Department of Agriculture | $17,837 |
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About the company
FRM Socks LLC, doing business as Fox River, manufactures military-specification cold weather socks for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a prime contractor, operating exclusively in full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations across its recent award footprint. The company is a for-profit limited liability company based in Osage, Iowa, established as a defense sock supplier since SAM.gov registration in 2002. FRM Socks manufactures outdoor, hiking, work, and military performance socks compliant with Berry Amendment domestic production requirements, with all manufacturing performed at its Osage facility.
FRM Socks' customer concentration is extreme — DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles accounts for 17 of 19 awards and the full $44.6 million in combined potential value in the source footprint. The two additional awards are minimal: one from the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service and one from the Department of the Army. DLA represents the only material customer. FRM Socks holds two parent IDVs with DLA: a $25.6 million single-award contract set aside for total small business awarded in October 2023 and running through October 2026, and an $11.8 million single-award IDV awarded in February 2025 through February 2028. Under these two vehicles, the company supplies comprehensive cold weather sock systems comprising Type I (liner), Type II (lightweight), Type III (midweight), and Type IV (heavyweight) socks to military facilities in Texas and Georgia, with an estimated annual quantity of approximately 830,000 pairs. The two IDVs support 15 of the 19 awards; the remaining four delivery orders are non-set-aside firm fixed-price contracts issued concurrently with the original 2023 small-business IDV.
Recent delivery orders range from $12,718 for Type I cold weather socks (December 2025) to $2.7 million for comprehensive cold weather sock sets (December 2023). Representative awards include a $2.2 million Type I through Type IV sock set delivery order issued March 17, 2025 with completion April 15, 2026; a $371,341 Type III sock delivery order from March 1, 2025; and a $333,265 cold weather sock set order from October 22, 2025. Activity accelerated in 2025 with nine awards (compared to five in 2023), though only two awards reach completion within the next twenty-four months, with combined potential value of $357 thousand, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window. Obligations total $7.3 million against $44.6 million in potential value across the portfolio, indicating substantial outstanding work. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor — no subcontract work appears in the source.
Quick answers
Is FRM Socks LLC registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. FRM Socks LLC's SAM.gov registration is active through July 22, 2027.
How much has FRM Socks LLC received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $3,337,410 to FRM Socks LLC in fiscal year 2025 and $7,335,087 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does FRM Socks LLC rank among federal contractors?
FRM Socks LLC ranked #3 in PSC 8440, #5 in NAICS 3151 and #86 in NAICS 315 in FY2025.
What is FRM Socks LLC's most recent federal award?
FRM Socks LLC's most recent federal contract award is Socks, cold weather type i (SPE1C126F4822), from Clothing and Textiles (DLA), on June 25, 2026.
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