Gadsden Industrial Distributors, Inc.

Gadsden Industrial Distributors, Inc., a small-business prime contractor based in Rainbow City, Alabama, supplies industrial products, chemicals, welding materials, tools, and specialized equipment to the U.S. Army under total small business set-asides. The company operates 100% as a prime contractor across 963 federal awards, with nearly all work flowing to the Department of the Army Materiel Command's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command.

Gadsden Industrial's customer concentration is extreme. TACOM accounts for 874 awards and $18 million of the combined $20.4 million in potential value across the vendor's entire recent portfolio — 96% of award count and 88% of dollars. The remaining customer base is negligible: the Department of the Army directly holds 43 awards worth $77 thousand, the General Services Administration has 2 awards worth $1 million, and six other agencies account for fewer than five awards each. This concentration exposes the vendor to significant risk if TACOM reduces small-business procurement or shifts sourcing patterns.

Gadsden Industrial's work consists almost entirely of purchase orders for consumable industrial supplies supporting depot-level maintenance and sustainment at the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama. Representative awards include a $531,499.61 definitive contract for welding supplies through January 2028; a $1.063 million definitive contract for machine cutting tools and tool-bin refurbishment running through September 2027; and a $357,192.00 purchase order for 22 fume extractors. The remainder of the portfolio is composed of smaller purchase orders — typically $10 thousand to $25 thousand per award — for items such as degreaser, nickel plating solution, welding wire, adhesives, respirators, freezers, pressure washers, industrial carts, and specialized chemicals and consumables. The source data shows 174 award summaries spanning from 2021 to December 2025, with the most recent award on December 22, 2025 for $21,453.94 in paint can shakers.

Gadsden Industrial's NAICS profile reflects its supply-distributor role: top categories are Adhesive Manufacturing (68 awards), All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (50 awards), Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (46 awards), Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing (43 awards), and Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing (36 awards). Top PSC codes are Chemicals (56 awards), Hand Tools Power Driven (47 awards), Adhesives (45 awards), Preservative and Sealing Compounds (41 awards), and Miscellaneous Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Supplies (38 awards).

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years — 34 awards in 2021, 26 in 2022, 47 in 2023, 31 in 2024, and 22 in 2025 — suggesting a stable but steady-state procurement relationship rather than growth. Three awards with combined potential value of $1.6 million face completion inside the next twenty-four months and will require recompete. The vendor has been registered in SAM.gov since January 2002 and competes exclusively under total small business set-aside vehicles, with no apparent presence on government-wide acquisition contracts, schedule vehicles, or full-and-open solicitations.

ABRASIVES, CUTTING TOOLS, PRECISION TOOLS, HAND TOOLS, METALWORKING FLUIDS, TAPPING FLUIDS, POWER TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT, BEARINGS, BROOMS AND BRUSHES, SPRAY PAINT, TAPE, SAWBLADES, MOTORS, VELCRO TAPE (8315).