New Jersey Headwear Corp
Newark, NJ Doing business as Unionwear
- UEI
- WGPUEN9YS7H8
- CAGE
- 1XPN0
- Primary NAICS
- 316990 Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 305 3rd Ave W, Newark, NJ 07107, USA
- Website
- unionwear.com
- Founded
- 1992
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Durables & Apparel
- Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
- Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods
- SIC code
- 31 Leather & Leather Products
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 | $350,980 |
| FY2025 | $367,605 |
| FY2024 | $272,773 |
| FY2023 | $205,321 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | $251,097 | |
| 2 | Department of Homeland Security | $99,883 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
New Jersey Headwear Corp, operating as Unionwear, manufactures military uniform components and personal gear for federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing exclusively in full-and-open environments with no set-aside category designation. The for-profit Subchapter S corporation, headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, is not minority-owned, women-owned, or disadvantaged-business certified, and operates as a domestic manufacturer under primary NAICS codes 315211 (Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing) and 315229 (Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors), with secondary capacity in luggage and leather goods manufacturing.
Unionwear's federal footprint centers on military textile production: military uniform ball caps for Coast Guard recruit and depot outfitting; cadet B-4 and garment bags for Air Force Academy cadets; and personal gear packs for Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support. Representative work includes fifty-two small-value Coast Guard purchase orders for recruit ball caps ranging from $10,609 to $24,999 each, awarded across 2021–2026; multiple Air Force Academy delivery orders for cadet bags including a $269,123 order awarded in November 2024 and a $213,263 order in October 2023; and a $67,800 delivery order from DLA Troop Support for personal gear packs issued in April 2022. All work is manufactured at Unionwear's Newark facility and complies with Berry Amendment and Buy American Act requirements.
Customer concentration is stark and bimodal by award count versus dollar value. The U.S. Coast Guard anchors 42 awards (48% of the total) but carries only $600 thousand in combined potential value, reflecting the small-order pattern of repetitive uniform cap procurement. By dollar magnitude, the Air Force Academy dominates with 23 awards worth $4.3 million combined potential value, and the Department of the Air Force (non-Academy) accounts for 7 awards worth $3 million. DLA Troop Support represents 5 awards worth $1.5 million. Together, these three customer nodes (Air Force Academy, Air Force, and DLA) account for 99% of combined potential value across the 87-award portfolio.
Unionwear holds five active parent indefinite delivery contracts with the Air Force Academy and Air Force. The primary vehicle is a single-award Air Force Academy IDC (FA700025D0003) valued at $1.622 million through October 2029, set as a total small business set-aside at award but generating task orders without set-aside restrictions; 6 task orders on this vehicle carry $830 thousand in combined potential value. Four additional Air Force IDCs (FA700010D0011, FA700009D0018, FA700016D0005, FA700020D0007) collectively generated 18 task orders worth $2.3 million, reflecting Unionwear's established multi-year procurement relationship with Air Force cadet and general uniform sourcing.
Activity has remained steady over the past five years at two to five awards annually, with 2024 and 2025 each generating five awards. The most recent award dates to May 2026 (a Coast Guard $24,951 purchase order for recruit ball caps). Unionwear has received 87 total prime awards since 2009 with combined potential value of $9.7 million, of which $4.3 million (44%) has been obligated. The vendor maintains no subcontractor role and operates exclusively as a prime.
Quick answers
Is New Jersey Headwear Corp registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. New Jersey Headwear Corp's SAM.gov registration is active through September 30, 2027.
How much has New Jersey Headwear Corp received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $367,605 to New Jersey Headwear Corp in fiscal year 2025 and $1,196,678 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does New Jersey Headwear Corp rank among federal contractors?
New Jersey Headwear Corp ranked #7 in NAICS 316990, #14 in NAICS 3169 and #34 in NAICS 316 in FY2025.
What is New Jersey Headwear Corp's most recent federal award?
New Jersey Headwear Corp's most recent federal contract award is Purchase of military uniform ball caps for outfitting of recruits (70Z0G926PUDC00007), from Coast Guard, on May 27, 2026.
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