Hardwarenow LLC

Hardwarenow LLC, a veteran-owned small business based in Gretna, Louisiana, supplies adhesive tapes, hand tools, hardware, and facility maintenance products to federal agencies as a prime contractor, operating almost entirely under GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) delivery orders and a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract reserved for small businesses. The vendor is a child entity of Red Hill Ventures LLC, also veteran-owned, and competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides across its federal footprint.

Hardwarenow LLC's portfolio is dominated by commodity supply — pressure-sensitive adhesive foam tapes, gummed tapes conforming to ASTM D 5749 standards, masking tapes for painted surfaces, pressure-sensitive adhesives meeting federal specification CID A-A-113D, and ancillary hardware items including hand tools, drill bits, paint brushes, label makers, cordless equipment, and specialized toolkits. Representative awards include a $33.2 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from the Air Force for a customized 68-inch roller cabinet toolbox with 539 integrated hand tools and laser etching for F-16 hydraulic system maintenance (March 2026), a $60.2 thousand delivery order from the Air Force for Snap-On tool storage systems under MAS (July 2026), a $2.3 thousand delivery order from the Federal Acquisition Service for 40V MAX cordless equipment (June 2026), multiple four-figure and three-figure delivery orders for pressure-sensitive and gummed adhesive tape products under Total Small Business set-asides (February through July 2026), and a $574 delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command for network safety components (March 2026).

Customer concentration is extreme: the GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for 2,357 awards (96% of total volume) and $42.5 million in combined potential value (94% of the portfolio's dollars). The Department of the Army, Navy, and Air Force together represent 54 awards but only $564 thousand in combined value. The remaining 27 customer agencies, including USDA and DoD components, carry marginal volume and dollars. Within the GSA book, the gap between award count and dollar value is notable — most delivery orders carry sub-$1,000 ceilings, with only a handful exceeding $10,000. This is a high-frequency, low-value supply chain.

Hardwarenow LLC holds two parent contract vehicles: a $340.1 thousand single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (TAPES IDIQ, awarded October 2024, running through October 2027) reserved under Total Small Business, and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule itself. The TAPES IDIQ specifically procures adhesive tapes, hardware supplies, and facility maintenance products, with delivery orders ranging from $6 to $406. The MAS vehicle has generated 182 task orders carrying $2.4 million in combined potential value — orders for tape, tools, drill bits, brushes, label makers, refrigeration units, and network safety components spanning the Air Force, GSA, Navy, and Army. The vendor's single subcontract award (0.04% of the portfolio) was a 2023 connector and power supply order under Yulista Solutions LLC (a prime supporting aircraft maintenance at NASA's Langley Research Center), representing minimal sub-engagement posture.

Activity has accelerated sharply: one award in 2021, 25 in 2023, 643 in 2024, and 1,445 in 2025, with 338 in calendar 2026 year-to-date. This trajectory reflects rapid growth under the GSA MAS and TAPES IDIQ vehicles, though the May 2026 peak suggests volatility — more than 70 awards per month in May and June 2026, then a sharp drop in early July. Obligated dollars trail potential value significantly: $2.9 million in actual cash obligated against $45 million in potential value (7% execution rate) signals that most delivery orders are either task-order vehicles not yet fully drawn or represent ceiling values on orders with substantial slack. Within the next twenty-four months, only 31 awards (combined potential value $117 thousand) face ultimate completion, creating minimal recompete pressure in the near term.

The vendor's award footprint skews toward commodity NAICS codes: Hardware Manufacturing (1,324 awards), Office Supplies Manufacturing (937 awards), and Hardware Stores (182 awards), with PSC concentration in Kitchen Hand Tools and Utensils (1,323 awards) and Office Supplies (940 awards). This classification profile reflects the low-value, high-frequency nature of adhesive tape and hand-tool supply chains routed through federal procurement. Hardwarenow LLC competes across no other parent vehicles and is not positioned on any GWACs, agency-wide IDIQs, or BPAs outside the GSA shelf. The vendor's sub-award activity is negligible, signaling that it functions as a direct supplier rather than a teaming partner. Total Small Business set-aside designations appear across approximately 95% of recent delivery orders, positioning the vendor as a set-aside specialist with minimal open-market competition.