Hardwick Tactical Corporation

Hardwick Tactical Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer of military uniforms and apparel, operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Puerto Rico Industries for the Blind Corp and delivers men's and women's military coats and Army Service Uniform trousers to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders. The company manufactures all products at its Cleveland, Tennessee facility and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides on its indefinite delivery vehicles, though many individual delivery orders drawn against those vehicles carry no set-aside designation.

Hardwick Tactical's federal portfolio is concentrated almost exclusively with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles division, which accounts for 164 of 165 awards and the entire $249.1 million in combined potential value. The company holds five active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Troop Support: a $35,018,488 men's trousers IDIQ (May 2025–May 2030, single-award total small business set-aside); a $26,724,198 men's and women's coats IDIQ (October 2023–October 2028, single-award total small business set-aside); a $24,371,840 Army Service Uniform trousers IDIQ (December 2023–December 2028, single-award total small business set-aside); a $14,560,277 women's coats IDIQ (October 2023–October 2028, single-award total small business set-aside); and a $9.9 million Defense Production Act Title III cooperative agreement (through February 2026) funding domestic manufacturing capacity expansion. Recent representative delivery orders include $4,537,858 for men's trousers (March 31, 2026), $1,474,200 for men's coats (March 26, 2026), and $1,768,830 for women's coats (August 21, 2025), all firm fixed-price and performed in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Activity has grown sharply—from 11 awards in 2022 to 50 in 2025—though 2026 year-to-date shows 24 awards. Eleven awards with combined potential value of $12.4 million reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, exposing the company to recompete in that window. The company's award distribution skews heavily toward outerwear categories: 86 awards for men's outerwear, 78 for women's outerwear, across NAICS codes concentrated in cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing. Hardwick Tactical has no subcontractor footprint in the federal award record; it operates entirely as a prime contractor fulfilling orders at its own Cleveland facility, positioning it as a dedicated domestic supplier within the defense textile industrial base.