International Cartridge Corp

International Cartridge Corp, a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation manufacturer headquartered in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, supplies reduced-hazard training ammunition to federal law enforcement and civilian government agencies exclusively as a prime contractor across full-and-open and small-business set-aside procurement channels.

The vendor operates as a specialized ammunition manufacturer under primary NAICS code 332992 (Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing), producing lead-free, frangible, and reduced-ricochet training rounds in pistol, rifle, and shotgun calibers. The firm's federal portfolio spans 267 awards valued at $67.4 million in combined potential value, with $32.4 million obligated to date. Activity has remained steady at roughly 13–21 awards per year over the past five years, with no growth trajectory but sustained customer demand across a diversified federal base of 38 agencies.

Customer concentration is extreme and decision-defining. The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) dominates both metrics: 55 awards worth $59.5 million combined potential value account for 21% of total award count but 88% of total dollars. This concentration reflects International Cartridge Corp's primary role as a vendor under FLETC's $20 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract (IDC 70LGLY21DGLB00003), awarded September 3, 2021, with ultimate completion September 6, 2026. The next tier of customers—the Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services ($2 million across 8 awards), Customs and Border Protection ($1.5 million across 11 awards), Immigration and Customs Enforcement ($997 thousand across 9 awards), and the U.S. Marshals Service Training Academy ($538 thousand across 11 awards)—together represent less than 8% of combined potential value. The vendor also serves the Department of the Interior's National Park Service across multiple regions (Intermountain, Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Alaska, and Pacific West) with small individual orders, typically valued under $10 thousand per delivery order.

The vendor's vehicle footprint is anchored to the FLETC IDC. Two vehicles dominate the work: the FLETC Reduced Hazard Training Ammunition vehicle (106 task orders, $11.7 million potential value) and Indefinite Delivery Contract 70LGLY21DGLB00003 (71 task orders, $16.9 million potential value)—together accounting for the vast majority of the firm's federal workload. Three additional IDCs carry minor activity: HSDEAC0403AL68534 (3 task orders, $106 thousand), TFTC0330 (3 task orders, $96 thousand), and HSTFTC0330 (2 task orders, $48 thousand). The vendor does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs) or GSA Schedules; work is predominantly direct delivery orders from individual federal agencies operating under standalone or agency-specific IDCs.

International Cartridge Corp competes across both full-and-open and total small-business set-aside categories. Of the 267 awards in the source data, the majority carry no set-aside designation, but a material subset—including significant Wildlife Services contracts for non-toxic buckshot ammunition and select Marshals Service and National Park Service orders—are designated as total small-business set-asides. The vendor's competition posture is mixed: it wins full-and-open orders against broader competition but also secures protected small-business awards, particularly for shotgun ammunition supporting wildlife management operations.

Representative recent work includes a $1.49 million delivery order from FLETC issued July 1, 2026, for 9mm 100-grain reduced-hazard training ammunition; a $1.29 million order from FLETC (May 18, 2026) for 2.49 million rounds of 9mm 100-grain RHTA; a $880 thousand total small-business set-aside purchase order from the Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services (April 14, 2023) for non-toxic 12-gauge buckshot supporting feral swine elimination; and a $501 thousand total small-business order from Wildlife Services (July 25, 2025) for additional 12-gauge ammunition. Smaller orders span multiple National Park Service regions (ranging from $435 to $8,300 per order) for lead-free ammunition supporting park law enforcement operations. The vendor supplies to FLETC training facilities in Charleston, South Carolina; Artesia, New Mexico; and Brunswick, Georgia, as well as subordinate operational units of the U.S. Marshals Service, CBP, NPS, ICE, and NOAA.

Within the next twenty-four months, nine awards with combined potential value of $4.7 million reach ultimate completion date, representing recompete exposure for the vendor and recompete opportunity for competitors—primarily delivery orders under the FLETC IDC vehicle expiring in September 2026. The vendor does not subcontract; all 267 awards reflect prime work performed at its Reynoldsville facility or at customer-specified locations such as Harpers Ferry, West Virginia and Artesia, New Mexico. International Cartridge Corp has maintained SAM.gov registration since 2001, establishing it as a long-tenured supplier to federal law enforcement ammunition requirements with no visible presence in defense or civilian IT markets.

Manufacturer of non-toxic frangible ammunition for law enforcement, governmental, and training purposes.