The Glove Box, Inc.

The Glove Box, Inc., a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business and Asian-Pacific American-owned Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Long Beach, California, manufactures and supplies biodegradable nitrile gloves to federal agencies as a prime contractor under a narrow, stable customer base. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) on small-value, full-and-open competitive purchases without set-aside designations, selling medical and surgical supplies under primary NAICS 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing) and PSC Medical And Surgical Instruments, Equipment, And Supplies.

Customer concentration is extreme: the National Archives and Records Administration accounts for 8 of 11 awards and $112 thousand of the $131 thousand combined potential value across The Glove Box's federal footprint. NARA's demand is channeled through a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC 88310323D00003) with a $96,085 ceiling awarded August 31, 2023, with ultimate completion August 30, 2026. Under this IDIQ, NARA has issued seven delivery orders since September 2023, with obligated value totaling $12,772.32 against the ceiling. Representative orders include a $2,515.20 delivery order in June 2026 for nitrile gloves performing at Berwyn Heights, Maryland; a $7,000.18 order in August 2025 for biodegradable nitrile gloves; and a $2,028.44 base-year order in July 2024. The remaining three awards scattered across the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ($11 thousand), the Department of Justice Federal Correctional Complex Coleman ($3 thousand, a kosher menu purchase order in April 2023), and the Department of the Navy ($4 thousand) represent negligible exposure outside NARA.

Activity has remained sparse and episodic — one award in 2018, then a three-year gap until 2023, followed by two awards each in 2024, 2025, and 2026. Combined obligated dollars total $35 thousand across the portfolio, or 27% of combined potential value, indicating that most awarded ceilings exceed actual consumption. Only one award completes within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $1 thousand), presenting minimal recompete exposure. The vendor holds no positions on government-wide vehicles or multi-agency IDIQs and performs no subcontract work. The entire federal footprint rests on sustained NARA demand for a single product line — biodegradable nitrile gloves — with performance split between Long Beach, California and Berwyn Heights, Maryland.

Warehouse and distribute disposable gloves