Sonny Merryman, Inc.
Evington, VA
- UEI
- RKS7VUJCWFH3
- CAGE
- 5L579
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 334290 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- 336120 Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing
- 336211 Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing
- 336212 Truck Trailer Manufacturing
- 336214 Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing
- 336310 Motor Vehicle Gasoline Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing
- 336320 Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing
- 336360 Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing
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- 336370 Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping
- 336390 Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
- 423110 Automobile and Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers
- 423120 Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers
- 423130 Tire and Tube Merchant Wholesalers
- 423140 Motor Vehicle Parts (Used) Merchant Wholesalers
- 423810 Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- 423820 Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- 423830 Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- 423990 Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- 441110 New Car Dealers
- 441120 Used Car Dealers
- 441210 Recreational Vehicle Dealers
- 485111 Mixed Mode Transit Systems
- 485113 Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems
- 485119 Other Urban Transit Systems
- 485210 Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation
- 485410 School and Employee Bus Transportation
- 485510 Charter Bus Industry
- 485991 Special Needs Transportation
- 485999 All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
- 488190 Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
- 488210 Support Activities for Rail Transportation
- 488310 Port and Harbor Operations
- 531110 Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings
- 532111 Passenger Car Rental
- 532112 Passenger Car Leasing
- 532120 Truck, Utility Trailer, and RV (Recreational Vehicle) Rental and Leasing
- 532411 Commercial Air, Rail, and Water Transportation Equipment Rental and Leasing
- 532412 Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- 532490 Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- 561990 All Other Support Services
- 621910 Ambulance Services
- 811111 General Automotive Repair
- 811121 Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and Maintenance
- 811122 Automotive Glass Replacement Shops
- 811191 Automotive Oil Change and Lubrication Shops
- 811192 Car Washes
- 811198 All Other Automotive Repair and Maintenance
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 5120 Wards Rd, Evington, VA 24550, USA
- Website
- sonnymerryman.com
- Founded
- 1967
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Transportation
- Marine
- SIC code
- 55 Automative Dealers & Service Stations
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $1,887,856 |
| FY2025 | $2,477,932 |
| FY2024 | $2,012,455 |
| FY2023 | $17,913,072 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Services Administration | $1,887,856 |
Contract vehicles
No active vehicles.
1 expired vehicle
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Sonny Merryman, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Evington, Virginia, manufactures and sells light-duty and medium-duty shuttle buses to the General Services Administration as a prime contractor, competing in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The company operates predominantly as a direct supplier to GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, which acts as the mandatory procurement agent for federal passenger vehicle fleets across civilian agencies.
Sonny Merryman's capability portfolio centers on light-duty shuttle buses in 12-to-28-passenger configurations, ranging from 77 to 98 inches wide, supplied under firm fixed-price delivery orders. Representative work includes a $168,205 delivery order awarded February 9, 2026, for 24 adult 90-98 inch wide light-duty shuttle buses (completion July 1, 2027), a $163,314 delivery order from July 7, 2025, for 20 adult 90-98 inch wide units (completion July 7, 2026), and a $2.649 million February 16, 2022 delivery order for 28 adult low-floor light-duty shuttle buses (completion May 10, 2024). The company also holds a smaller award from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 valued at $473 thousand across three orders and a single Office of the Secretary of Defense order worth $631 thousand, though GSA represents the overwhelming commercial anchor.
Customer concentration is extreme and monolithic. GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for 251 awards (95% of the award count) and $562 million in combined potential value (99.6% of total dollars). The next-largest customer categories—Veterans Affairs' two regional networks and the Department of Homeland Security's Coast Guard—together represent fewer than seven awards and less than one million dollars. This concentration reflects Sonny Merryman's role as a specialized vendor supplying a single buyer's standardized fleet requirement rather than a diversified federal contractor.
Sonny Merryman operates on two primary GSA vehicle IDIQs. The GSA Vehicle Buying-2025 Main Bus Program IDIQ, awarded November 25, 2024, carries a $100 million ceiling running through November 24, 2029, and has generated 14 delivery orders (including 4 awarded in September 2026 alone) ranging from 12 to 28 units per order. The predecessor GSA 2020 Main Bus Program IDIQ, valued at $70 million, sustained heavy ordering activity through its lifecycle; the source references this vehicle repeatedly in awards spanning 2022 through October 2024. Additionally, Sonny Merryman holds positions on several other GSA vehicle IDIQs (47QMCA21D000A with 134 task orders and $27.5 million potential value, 47QMCA25D000H with 31 task orders and $4.4 million potential value, and GSA Schedule 75 vehicle derivatives with 31 task orders and $11.4 million potential value) that collectively generated transactional delivery order volume during the baseline period.
Activity peaked sharply in 2023 with 82 awards, representing the height of GSA's vehicle procurement cycle, then stabilized at roughly 14-23 annual awards across 2024-2026. This pattern aligns with GSA's Main Bus Program recompete cycle: the 2020 Main Bus Program carried awards through October 2024, then GSA executed the 2025 cycle. Fourteen awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $1.9 million and thus face low immediate recompete cliff exposure. The 2025 IDIQ award's ceiling ($100 million) and multi-year term through 2029 provides the vendor with contracting stability, though individual delivery-order volume depends on GSA's annual bus procurement demand and on competitive performance against other multiple-award IDIQ holders.
The vendor operates as 100% prime contractor (264 prime awards, zero subcontract engagements), meaning Sonny Merryman holds the customer relationship, manufactures or procures the buses, and takes full responsibility for delivery and performance. Across the baseline award period, the company maintains a focused strategy: supply buses to a single buyer, no business development portfolio diversification, and no apparent teaming or subcontracting relationships with other federal contractors. From a business development standpoint, Sonny Merryman represents a highly specialized, single-customer-dependent vehicle supplier whose growth and recompete risk are entirely tethered to GSA's bus procurement volume and the company's ability to win or renew multiple-award IDIQ positions when they recompete.
Quick answers
Is Sonny Merryman, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Sonny Merryman, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through September 16, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Sonny Merryman, Inc. hold?
Sonny Merryman, Inc. holds a place on 1 federal contract vehicle: GSA Main Bus Program 2017.
How much has Sonny Merryman, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $2,477,932 to Sonny Merryman, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $24,291,315 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Sonny Merryman, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Sonny Merryman, Inc. ranked #20 in NAICS 336211, #31 in PSC 2310 and #31 in NAICS 3362 in FY2025.
What is Sonny Merryman, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Sonny Merryman, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is 16 adult, 90-98 inch wide, light-duty, shuttle bus (47QMCA26F1QXG), from Federal Acquisition Service, on September 22, 2026.
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