Olin Winchester LLC

Olin Winchester LLC, doing business as Olin Chlor Alkali Products, manufactures small caliber ammunition and shotshells at its East Alton, Illinois facility and sells to federal law enforcement, homeland security, and defense agencies as a prime contractor on 799 awards (99% of its portfolio) across multiple indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements—no set-asides used; the vendor competes full-and-open across all customer agencies.

The vendor's capability footprint centers on specialized ammunition manufacturing across 9mm Luger (including Readily Identifiable Training Ammunition), .223 Remington, 5.56mm NATO, .308 Winchester, and 12 gauge shotshell configurations in standard, reduced-lead, reduced-hazard, and frangible variants. Representative prime work includes a $15.3 million single-award IDC with Immigration and Customs Enforcement through May 2030 for 9mm RITA, an $8.75 million multiple-award Commercial Lead Training Ammunition contract with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center through February 2027 supporting 9mm, .223, 5.56mm, and 12-gauge training rounds across federal law enforcement agencies, a $2.0 million multiple-award IDC with the FBI through January 2026 for 5.56mm NATO and .223 Remington reduced-lead 64-grain training ammunition, and a $1.5 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Law Enforcement through February 2031 for OLE ammunition supporting special agent operations. Recent delivery orders span the Department of the Army Program Executive Office Ammunition ($725 thousand for FY24 12-gauge shotshell ammunition requirements, $668 thousand for 10 and 12-gauge shotshells), Air Force Sustainment Center ($6.6 billion delivery order for 9mm frangible ammunition through January 2027; $4.9 million through November 2027), and Naval Sea Systems Command ($1.0 million for 9mm frangible ammunition through November 2026).

Customer concentration skews heavily toward civilian law enforcement and training buyers: the Department of the Interior National Park Service (291 awards across five regional offices, driven by small individual ammunition purchases to support law enforcement and land management operations) and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (86 awards, $94.6 million combined potential value) dominate award count. By dollar value, the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center Program Executive Office Ammunition dominates with 21 awards carrying $876.3 million combined potential value—reflecting large production orders for military ammunition requirements. Olin Winchester serves 98 distinct customer agencies spanning civilian and defense law enforcement, corrections, land management, and defense operations with no customer concentration above single-digit percentages of total awards. The recompete cliff shows 20 awards reaching completion in the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $16.4 million.

Olin Winchester places task orders under the Commercial Lead Training Ammunition vehicle (110 task orders, $4.9 million combined potential value), IDC 70LGLY21DGLB00002 (86 task orders, $31.1 million), and IDC 70LGLY25DGLB00002 (35 task orders, $1.5 million) managed by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. The vendor holds four active single-award IDCs and one single-award BPA anchoring its federal business base; the largest—the Army IDC for ammunition manufacturing—accounts for the majority of the vendor's $1.37 billion combined potential value across 809 awards. Activity has declined year over year (184 awards in 2022 to 30 awards through mid-2026), consistent with the shift in customer mix from high-volume small individual orders from National Park Service regional offices toward larger consolidated delivery orders from defense and DHS customers.

Olin Winchester operates as a prime contractor on full-and-open procurements across all customer agencies; the vendor does not compete under set-asides. The company carries 99% prime award share with minimal subcontracting (10 sub-awards at General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems). Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing (NAICS 332994) and Ammunition, Through 30Mm (PSC 1030) characterize 740 and 683 awards respectively across the portfolio. Federal obligated spending stands at $886.4 million (65% of combined potential value), reflecting strong execution velocity across active vehicles and sustained government reliance on Winchester ammunition for federal training, operations, and protective service requirements.