Guardian Protective Devices Inc.

Guardian Protective Devices Inc. is a small-business manufacturer based in Mt Laurel Township, New Jersey, that supplies non-lethal force control equipment to federal law enforcement and military customers as a prime contractor exclusively (131 awards, all prime). The company operates as a Subchapter S Corporation and competes under full-and-open procurement, with no set-aside designations appearing in the majority of its federal awards; its product portfolio centers on riot control dispersers, oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray formulations (both live and inert training variants), and compressed gas cylinders for law enforcement and military operational use.

Guardian Protective Devices has a highly concentrated customer base. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 47 awards and $769 thousand in combined potential value (73% of the award count and 71% of the combined potential value), making it the vendor's dominant federal customer by both volume and dollars. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (21 awards, $14 thousand), the Department of Homeland Security Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (12 awards, $166 thousand), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (8 awards, $79 thousand), and the DHS Chief Procurement Officer (7 awards, $176 thousand) round out the top five, collectively accounting for 95 awards across 15 distinct customer agencies. Recent awards include a $37.8 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime on October 8, 2025, for 202 riot control dispersers, a $42.2 thousand purchase order from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in May 2024 for inert training fog alcohol formula, and a $67.4 thousand purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime in October 2023 for 7,493 units of riot control dispersers.

The vendor places task orders under two parent vehicles: the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F9003D (42 task orders, $748 thousand combined potential value) and an Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM7L408D5L94 (6 task orders, $95 thousand). Award volume has remained modest and relatively flat across the past five years (2 awards in 2022, 4 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 5 in 2025), with a combined potential value of $2.2 million across all 131 awards since the mid-1990s. The vendor's product codes cluster within chemical weapons and equipment (61 awards under PSC code) and miscellaneous chemical product manufacturing (57 awards under NAICS), with secondary categories spanning ordnance accessories and safety equipment. Guardian Protective Devices maintains manufacturing operations at its Mt Laurel Township headquarters with periodic deliveries to DLA distribution nodes in West Berlin, New Jersey and San Joaquin, California, supporting military logistics and law enforcement training across domestic locations.

Manufacturers of The Guardian brand pepper spray. Proven to be the best performer by the US Army at APG (Aberdeen Proving Grounds)see NSN:

M39:104-01-501-4380(OC),M38 1040-01-501-4384 (CS),M40 1040-01-501-4423 trainer.simulant.

NSN 6850-01-625-7245,NSN6850-01-625-7228,NSN 8120-01-625-8003,NSN 6850-01-635-7229,

NSN 6850-01-574-1773, NSN 6850-01-574-1768,

NSN 6850-NCJ00-1299, NSN 6850-NCJ00-1298,

NSN 6230-01-583-0665,NSN 6230-01-587-4665