Hornady Manufacturing Company

Hornady Manufacturing Company, a for-profit ammunition manufacturer based in Grand Island, Nebraska, supplies small arms ammunition and related ammunition products to federal law enforcement and defense agencies as a prime contractor competing in full-and-open procurements with no SBA certifications or set-aside designations. The company operates across NAICS 3253310 (Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing) and PSC code "Ammunition, Through 30Mm," holding a dominant position in federal ammunition procurement through direct awards and multiple indefinite delivery vehicles.

Hornady's customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of Justice. The top five funding agencies account for 38% of recent award volume, led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (350 awards, $6.6 million combined potential value) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division (57 awards, $90.3 million combined potential value). By potential value, however, the FBI Headquarters Division dominates at $90.3 million across 57 awards, followed distantly by the FBI Academy ($9.2 million, 33 awards) and the DEA ($6.6 million, 350 awards)—a stark divergence reflecting large single orders from FBI against numerous smaller DEA routine replenishment calls. The US Marshals Service operates across 14 distinct regional offices placing frequent small orders for mission-critical apprehension of fugitives ammunition under Executive Order 14398. The Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Defense Office of Inspector General round out the active customer set, collectively comprising 55% of combined potential value across 157 distinct agencies served.

Hornady holds three named parent vehicles accounting for the majority of task order activity. Indefinite Delivery Contract 15F06718D0003821 (332 task orders, $11.9 million combined potential value) and Indefinite Delivery Contract 15F06722D0004288 (284 task orders, $13 million combined potential value) anchor FBI-linked procurement activity, while IDC 15F06723D0002441 (71 task orders, $16.7 million combined potential value) serves DEA and related law enforcement requirements. A single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, established January 15, 2026, carries a $1.5 million ceiling through January 14, 2031, with 18 BPA calls issued since award to refuges and regional law enforcement divisions across Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and other locations. A second single-award BPA with the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, established June 27, 2025, holds a $2,005,807 ceiling through June 26, 2030, for 612,500 rounds of 9mm and 5.56mm training and duty ammunition annually to 36 US locations; a July 22, 2025 BPA call for 136,500 rounds (115,000 rounds 9mm duty, 8,500 rounds 9mm frangible, 13,000 rounds 5.56mm duty) valued at $76,191.50 illustrates the scale and composition of work. A third vehicle, a Total Small Business set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Marine Corps for Special Ball Long Range Ammunition (MK316, AB39), awarded July 2, 2026, carries a $4.043 million ceiling through September 7, 2027, representing Hornady's only named set-aside footprint in the source material and signaling participation in at least one small-business-reserved vehicle.

Recent activity shows relative stability. Awards per year tracked at 108 (2022), 112 (2023), 130 (2024), 124 (2025), and 122 (2026)—a gradual increase through 2024 followed by modest decline into 2026. Sixty-four awards (combined potential value $8.5 million) complete within the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk, representing roughly 8% of the total award portfolio by count and 4% by value. The company maintains no disclosed subcontract footprint; the source lists only one sub-award (a development subcontract to ManTech TSG-2 Joint Venture for Special Operations Command ammunition capabilities under the Naval Surface Warfare Center program, August 14, 2024, $9mm+P 135 Critical Duty ammunition procurement). Hornady operates exclusively as a prime contractor across its federal footprint.

Capability scope centers on small arms ammunition manufacturing and delivery. Representative work includes a $4.043 million Marine Corps delivery order (July 2, 2026) for Special Ball Long Range Ammunition MK316 AB39 with completion through September 7, 2027; a $3.93 million Federal Law Enforcement Training Center delivery order (April 14, 2026) for 9,364,000 rounds of 9mm commercial lead training ammunition; a $1.55 million Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives delivery order (June 15, 2026) for 5.56mm training ammunition; and the continuous stream of smaller delivery orders and BPA calls to US Marshals Service regional offices (typically $10 thousand to $130 thousand per order) for 9mm duty, 5.56mm, and specialized tactical ammunition variants. The company supplies multiple calibers and ammunition types—9mm (standard, +P, frangible variants), 5.56mm NATO (training, duty, tactical), .40 caliber, .45 Auto, 6.5 Creedmoor, .308 Winchester, 12-gauge shotgun, and ammunition for specialized operations. Pricing is consistently firm fixed price; performance of all work is conducted at Hornady's Grand Island, Nebraska manufacturing facility (with place of performance sometimes listed as subordinate federal facilities such as Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers locations, but manufacturing and fulfillment executed in Nebraska). The company competes in open federal procurement with no reliance on set-asides, reflecting its competitive strength in ammunition supply across law enforcement and defense sectors.

Hornady Manufacturing has been in business for over 70 years, providing high quality production and manufacturing of various ammunition and bullets, custom R&D.