Kaufman Company, Inc.

Kaufman Company, Inc., doing business as Kaufman Co Inc., is a for-profit industrial distributor based in Norwood, Massachusetts that supplies maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products to the federal government as a prime contractor on full-and-open, unset-aside awards. The vendor holds a five-year, $500 million Federal Supply Schedule contract with GSA Federal Acquisition Service and fulfills task orders across 237 distinct federal agencies, with annual award volume ranging from approximately 11,000 to 31,000 purchase orders per year in recent years.

Kaufman's federal footprint is dominated by hand and power tools, measuring instruments, fasteners, abrasives, and general-purpose shop supplies. Representative recent orders include aircraft cleaning pads per 3M drawing 78-8133-8797-0 (multiple awards, ranging from $560 to $8,415), a $10,590 order for volatile corrosion inhibitor treated paper conforming to QQ-A-1876, a $4,997 portable electric drill-driver, and a $3,455 wedge wire scraper blade assembly for Hellan strainer applications. The vendor also supplies miscellaneous field equipment such as rifle range mats, rotary chairs, headlamps, and cleaning compounds. Sourcing spans commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) brands — Logitech speakers, Snap-on tools, Hewlett Packard printer supplies, 3M pads, Pelican transport cases — as well as government-specified items built to military and federal standards (ASME, SAE, CID, QQ, GSA purchase descriptions).

Customer concentration is bifurcated between volume and dollar value. The GSA Federal Acquisition Service dominates potential value at $133.8 million (58% of combined potential value) across 131,370 awards, nearly all delivered via task orders placed against Kaufman's standing GSA Federal Supply Schedule IDVs (contract vehicles GS06F78591, GS06FT0123, GS06F78590, GS06FT0122, and blanket purchase agreement GS06FB2825). The Department of the Army, the second-largest customer by award count at 134,887 orders, carries only $4.5 million in combined potential value; Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command and Army Forces Command together account for $4.7 million. This divergence reflects Kaufman's primary business model: high-volume, low-dollar GSA Federal Supply Schedule task orders (averaging under $1,000 per order) serving governmentwide procurement needs, alongside smaller-value direct Army buys. The Marine Corps represents the third-tier customer with 36,424 awards worth $2 million. Across all customers, Kaufman's 562,145 prime awards yield a combined potential value of $254.5 million with $128 million obligated (50% realized).

Activity has fluctuated year over year: 12,082 awards in 2022 grew to a peak of 31,588 in 2024, then contracted to 21,400 in 2025 and 11,141 in 2026 (partial-year count as of July 10, 2026). Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: only 1,582 awards with $1.9 million combined potential value face ultimate completion dates within that window. Kaufman's award portfolio is heavily concentrated in hand and edge tool manufacturing (407,442 awards) and power-driven handtool manufacturing (75,410 awards), reflecting the vendor's core role as a distributor of manufactured tools rather than a manufacturer or systems integrator. The vendor carries negligible subcontract exposure — only four sub-awards since 1990, including one September 2023 subcontract with Electric Boat Corporation for telephone system modification work. Kaufman operates exclusively under full-and-open competition; no awards carry small business set-aside designations.

FULL-LINE INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTOR OF HAND TOOLS, CUTTING TOOLS, ABRASIVES, SAFETY PPE, AND HARD TO FIND ITEMS, OFFERING UNPARALLELED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FAIR YET COMPETITIVE PRICES.