Jupiter Aluminum Corp

Jupiter Aluminum Corp, a for-profit small business manufacturer of aluminum-based products and reflective materials based in Maplewood, Minnesota, operates as a prime contractor supplying metals, reflective sheeting, and aluminum sign materials to the federal correctional system under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open procurements. The company maintains a facility in Hammond, Indiana and has held federal contracts since at least 2002.

Jupiter's customer concentration is stark and monolithic. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons accounts for 76% of recent awards (96 delivery orders and IDV awards across 126 total prime awards), with the Federal Correctional Institution Cumberland alone driving 65 awards valued at $2.5 million combined potential value. The Bureau of Prisons Central Office accounts for 23 awards worth $881 thousand. This 80% concentration by potential value across essentially a single customer — Bureau of Prisons Cumberland — defines the vendor's federal footprint entirely. Three agencies appear in the source data; only one drives meaningful volume.

Jupiter's capability portfolio centers on two product categories: reflective sheeting (used for uniforms, vehicle markings, and signage across correctional facilities) and aluminum sign materials (blanks, rolls, and sheets). Delivery orders typically range from $14,000 to $34,000. The company currently holds three active IDV vehicles: a $388,426.34 single-award Total Small Business IDIQ for reflective sheeting (awarded February 2022, ceiling exhausted with ten $23,889.26 delivery orders issued through January 2024); a $224,181.84 single-award Total Small Business IDIQ for aluminum sign materials (awarded March 2024, running through March 2026 with option year exercised); and a $83,088.60 single-award Total Small Business IDIQ for aluminum sign materials awarded by GSA on March 26, 2026, running through March 2028. The reflective sheeting IDV generated 19 task orders worth $310 thousand; the aluminum sign IDV generated 17 task orders worth $227 thousand; and recent DOJ-wide IDV vehicles generated 15 to 14 task orders each. Representative work includes a $30,660 delivery order from FCI Cumberland for metals (May 2026), a $29,120 delivery order for reflective sheeting and aluminum sign materials (March 2026), and a $52,228 delivery order for reflective sheeting (August 2023).

Activity has declined modestly from seven awards in 2022 to four annually in both 2024 and 2025, with five awards in 2026 year to date. All 126 awards are prime contracts with no subcontracting footprint. Set-aside posture is mixed: the two largest IDV vehicles carry Total Small Business set-asides, while roughly half of the recent delivery orders carry no set-aside designation and compete full-and-open. The vendor competes under set-asides where the vehicle carries them but also wins unset awards from the same customer, indicating capability to perform outside protected categories. Combined potential value across all 126 awards stands at $4.2 million, with $1.8 million obligated (44% execution rate), reflecting the short-duration, frequently reordered nature of delivery-order work.