Makpak, LLC

Makpak, LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in Altoona, Pennsylvania, supplies heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC-R) components alongside mechanical, electrical, and hazardous material handling equipment to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor exclusively, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurement channels without set-aside restrictions. The company holds a four-year track record as a federal supplier anchored to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), which accounts for approximately 98% of its recent award activity across multiple divisions.

Makpak's capability portfolio centers on discrete industrial components rather than systems integration or service delivery. The company manufactures or sources and delivers refrigeration compressors, condensing units, expansion valves, solenoid valves and repair kits, filter-driers, temperature controls, relays, absorbent pillows for spill containment, centrifugal pumps, and related mechanical and electrical spare parts. Representative work includes a $273,240 purchase order from the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (awarded August 3, 2026) for 23 Emerson HVACR training simulators and learning materials for the Army Ordnance School; a $119,654.40 delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime (December 29, 2025) for centrifugal pumps under a $250,000 indefinite delivery contract; and a $62,499 SDVOSB set-aside purchase order from DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (February 2, 2026) for 50 Response Cart X-LAR units.

Customer concentration is extreme and deliberate. DLA accounts for 884 of 900 awards (98% of recent activity) across three primary divisions: Land and Maritime (485 awards, $8.1 million combined potential value), Troop Support Construction and Equipment (260 awards, $2.5 million), and Aviation (118 awards, $10.3 million). The top three customers control 98% of combined potential value; the top two rankings diverge significantly, with Aviation's potential-value dominance ($10.3 million) outweighing its volume share, while Land and Maritime anchors activity by count. The Army Training and Doctrine Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, and GSA Federal Acquisition Service are marginal participants.

Makpak holds five active indefinite delivery contracts: a $7 million SDVOSB-set-aside five-year IDC with DLA Aviation for oil sorbent materials (awarded March 30, 2026); a $382,264.80 SDVOSB-set-aside IDC with DLA Aviation for refrigeration reclaimers (awarded April 16, 2025); a $350,000 Total Small Business IDC with DLA Land and Maritime for electrical coils (awarded April 14, 2026); a $350,000 no-set-aside IDC with DLA Land and Maritime for thermostatic switches (awarded December 22, 2025); and a $250,000 Total Small Business IDC with DLA Land and Maritime for centrifugal pumps (awarded October 31, 2025). Individual purchase orders flow from these vehicles and from spot-buy requests; the source shows 70 awards in 2026 (year-to-date through early August), representing steep activity concentration in a single fiscal year.

Activity has grown sharply: 67 awards in 2022, declining to 47 in 2023, recovering to 54 in 2024, then accelerating to 237 in 2025. The 2025 spike reflects both ramp-up of IDC utilization and increased purchase-order volume across DLA divisions. Six awards with ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $321,000, representing moderate recompete exposure relative to Makpak's $22.7 million total potential value portfolio.

Makpak operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontractor footprint; the source identifies no named subs across the portfolio. The company sources and delivers components from manufacturers—including named references to Emerson HVACR training simulators—but does not subcontract execution.

Product concentration is granular and driven by DLA demand signals. Top NAICS codes reflect manufacturing capacity or supply agreements: Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (183 awards), Industrial Valve Manufacturing (174 awards), and Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (48 awards). Top PSC categories mirror: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Components (202 awards), Valves Nonpowered (141 awards), and Valves Powered (65 awards). Hazardous Material Spill Containment and Clean-Up Equipment (52 awards) reflects Makpak's secondary capability stream serving environmental and safety operations across military installations.

Makpak competes full-and-open across DLA's acquisition channels. While the vendor qualifies for SDVOSB set-asides and has won several (the $17.2 million condensing unit award on January 20, 2026, and the $62.5 million Response Cart award on February 2, 2026, both SDVOSB), the majority of recent awards carry no set-aside designation. This reflects DLA's openness to using small business vendors in competitive and open channels rather than exclusive set-aside carve-outs.