Independent Hardware Inc.

Independent Hardware Inc., a Philadelphia-based small business, supplies standardized hardware components and security-related items to federal agencies as a prime contractor on a full-and-open basis, with no SBA set-aside designation across its prime footprint. The company competes across General Services Administration and Defense Logistics Agency procurement channels, delivering door holders, hinged hasps, antipilferage seals, coat hooks, hinges, and combination padlocks through purchase orders and blanket purchase agreements.

The vendor's customer base is split between civilian and defense logistics channels. GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for 10,707 awards (combined potential value $48.5 million) and dominates by order count, while Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Hardware (1,617 awards, $50.5 million combined potential value) leads by dollar value. The other three top customers—Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (890 awards, $28.1 million), Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment (1,007 awards, $21.2 million), and Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (291 awards, $7.3 million)—together account for the majority of the remaining potential value. These five customers represent 84% of recent award count and 79% of combined potential value. Independent Hardware Inc. has served 222 distinct federal agencies over recent years.

The company operates primarily under blanket purchase agreements. The top five vehicles carry 7,442 total task orders: GSA Blanket Purchase Agreement 47QSWA19A0006 (4,165 task orders, $283 thousand combined potential value), GSA BPA 47QSWA20T0006 (2,095 task orders, $172 thousand combined potential value), GSA BPA GS07FDA281 (909 task orders, $105 thousand combined potential value), GSA BPA GS07FQINHD (873 task orders), and GSA Multiple Award Schedule (426 task orders, $9.2 million combined potential value). Recent work includes purchase orders from GSA for door holders, seals, hinged hasps, and hooks ranging from $8 to $1,027, and delivery orders for combination padlocks at $576 under the Multiple Award Schedule. Two indefinite delivery contracts awarded in April 2026 provide additional capacity: a $350 thousand single-award contract with DoD Aviation running through April 2031, and a $350 thousand single-award contract with Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime for mounting brackets running through April 2027.

Activity has remained stable year over year through 2024, with 1,656 awards that year, before softening in 2025 (1,297 awards) and through mid-2026 (710 awards through July 10). Awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months total 106 with combined potential value of $215 thousand, representing minimal recompete exposure. Combined potential value across all 17,316 awards stands at $195.8 million, with $76.9 million obligated to date (39% of potential). The vendor's NAICS footprint is concentrated in Hardware Manufacturing (11,334 awards) and All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3,620 awards), with PSC distribution dominated by Hardware, Commercial (15,103 awards).

DISTRIBUTOR FOR ALL MAJOR BRANDS OF LOCK SUPPLIES, DOOR CLOSERS, EXIT DEVICES, MAILBOXES, INTERCOMS, BUILDERS HARDWARE, DOOR LOCKS, SAFES & RELATED ITEMS, LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT, KEY BLANKS, KEY MACHINES.