Heartland Manufacturing, Inc.

Heartland Manufacturing, Inc. manufactures military apparel and cold weather gear for the Department of Defense as an SBA-certified HUBZone small disadvantaged business competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders as a prime contractor. Headquartered in Edgewood, New York, Heartland is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation specializing in cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing under NAICS 315999 and PSC 8405.

Heartland's customer base is concentrated on two defense buyers. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles office accounts for 11 of 14 awards with combined potential value of $58.5 million, while the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center (PEO Soldier) holds 3 awards worth $121.5 million combined — giving the Army buyer dominance in dollar value despite lower volume. The two rankings diverge sharply: PEO Soldier's three awards carry the bulk of the potential value, anchored by a $99 million multiple-award Cold Weather Glove System contract and a $45 million single-award beret production indefinite delivery contract, while DLA's volume is sustained by multiple smaller delivery orders under an $8.65 million sweater production IDIQ. Heartland competes directly in open procurement on the Army glove contract (no set-aside) but relies on Total Small Business set-asides for most DLA sweater delivery orders.

Heartland's vehicle position consists of three prime indefinite delivery contracts. The Cold Weather Glove System contract, a $99 million multiple-award IDIQ awarded by Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground through May 2029, has generated two delivery orders totaling $22.5 million (May 2024 for $7.7 million Year 1 Intermediate Cold Weather glove complete kits; June 2025 for $14.7 million continued production). The DLA Sweater IDIQ, a $8.65 million single-award contract through June 2029, has issued eight delivery orders worth $2.7 million combined, with recent orders including a $569,160 delivery order (February 2026, Total Small Business set-aside), a $324,360 order (October 2025, no set-aside), and a $499,392 order (April 2025, Total Small Business set-aside). A newly awarded $45 million single-award beret production IDIQ (January 2026, Total Small Business set-aside) extends through January 2031 and covers 12 beret configurations for Army, Air Force, and JROTC personnel in 100 percent U.S. wool. Beyond these vehicles, Heartland received a $2.2 million definitive contract (September 2025) for 87,168 military berets under DLA Total Small Business set-aside.

Recent activity shows seven awards in 2025 and two in 2026 against five in 2024, with 15 percent of combined potential value ($27.3 million) currently obligated. Four awards with combined potential value $17.8 million reach completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure concentrated in the DLA sweater IDIQ vehicle. All work is performed at Heartland's Edgewood and Brentwood, New York facility, with distribution to Travis Army Ammunition Plant (Texas) and Pendergrass Military Distribution Center (Georgia) for military supply chain deployment. The vendor operates as a pure prime (100 percent of awards), with no subcontract footprint in the source data.