K & K Hardware & Lumber LLC

K & K Hardware & Lumber LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Bettendorf, Iowa, supplies precision industrial components, hardware, ammunition-related supplies, and dimensional lumber to the U.S. Army as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company operates exclusively as a prime (100% of awards) and competes uniformly under total small business set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

K & K Hardware & Lumber LLC's customer concentration is extreme and deliberate: the Department of the Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command accounts for 322 of 456 prime awards (97% of award count) and $44.6 million of the $48.1 million combined potential value (93% of total dollars). The vendor's secondary customer, the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Comptroller–Legacy, represents 116 awards with only $2.1 million in combined potential value, signaling vastly smaller order sizes. Work is performed primarily at Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center in Riverdale, Illinois, supporting Army manufacturing, maintenance, and depot operations. The remaining customer agencies (Department of the Army proper, Rock Island Arsenal Contracting Command, and Defense Finance and Accounting Service) are negligible by dollar value.

K & K Hardware & Lumber LLC holds two active blanket purchase agreements with TACOM Life Cycle Management Command: a $7.5 million single-award BPA for ammunition components (awarded September 2024, running through September 2029) and a $7 million BPA for dimensional lumber, plywood, and pine boards. Specific recent awards under these vehicles and as individual purchase orders include a $86,730 purchase order (February 2026) for gage blanks with 0.508 inch inner diameter and class Z tolerances, a $29,573 purchase order (January 2026) for a 0.084 gauge pin (not go class Y), a $49,685 purchase order (April 2024) for FORTUS PLUS PARTS covering hardware, lumber, plywood, nylon sheeting, welding equipment, gages, and measurement tools, and a $50,835 BPA call (January 2024) for dimensional lumber supporting turret requirements. The vendor also fulfills task orders against older BPAs: Blanket Purchase Agreement W9098S12A0016 carries 21 task orders worth $835 thousand combined, and W9098S15A0011 has 21 task orders totaling $312 thousand.

The capability portfolio is dominated by fasteners, gages, and industrial materials. Top NAICS codes include Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (86 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (27 awards), and Hardware Stores (34 awards). Top Product Service Codes reflect the same distribution: Hardware, Commercial (42 awards), Screws (36 awards), Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials (33 awards), and Nuts and Washers (22 awards). Representative products named across recent awards include gage blanks, plug gages, continuous geared hinges, catch clamping assemblies, ball lock pins, plywood (marine grade and standard), dimensional lumber, nylon sheet stock, welding equipment, fluorescent lighting, ammunition powders (Hodgdon US 869, Hodgdon Accurate 4064, Winchester .300 Magnum), and reloading primers.

Activity has decelerated sharply: 11 awards in 2022, 8 in 2023, 13 in 2024, 6 in 2025, and 4 in early 2026. Only three awards (combined potential value $84 thousand) reach ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure but also signaling that the largest vehicles (the $7.5 million and $7 million BPAs) remain stable through 2029. The combined potential value of $48.1 million against $8.3 million in obligated dollars (17% execution rate) suggests substantial unexercised ceiling on the two large BPAs, indicating the vendor is positioned to absorb future Army demand without repricing or vehicle recompete.