Clarios, LLC

Clarios, LLC, through its Military Battery Systems Division, manufactures and supplies lead-acid and lithium-ion battery storage units, battery racks, and related accessories to the U.S. Department of Defense as a prime contractor on a full-and-open basis, with no SBA set-aside footprint. Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the company is a for-profit manufacturer classified under NAICS 325910 (Storage Battery Manufacturing), and has generated $738.3 million in combined potential value across 2,091 prime federal contract awards since 1997, with $249.9 million obligated to date.

Clarios' federal business is almost entirely concentrated with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (DLA L&M), which accounts for 1,670 awards valued at $597 million—roughly 81% of the company's total contract footprint. A secondary but smaller customer base includes DLA Aviation (284 awards, $36.1 million), generic DLA (100 awards, $554 thousand), the U.S. Marine Corps (9 awards), and the Department of the Navy (4 awards). The company competes exclusively on full-and-open, unrestricted procurements with no set-aside work; all recent delivery orders and purchase orders from DLA Land and Maritime carry no set-aside designation. This concentration reflects Clarios' role as a specialized supplier of standardized battery products to military logistics operations across all service branches—Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.

Clarios holds two large single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, both awarded in early 2026 and extending through 2031. The first, awarded April 1, 2026, carries a $9.8 million ceiling through March 31, 2031 for battery storage items and related accessories. The second, awarded March 31, 2026, has a substantially larger $48.5 million ceiling through March 30, 2031 and procures rechargeable batteries including storage units and racks. These two IDIQs anchor Clarios' forward position and serve as the parent vehicles for the bulk of recent task orders. In the prior vehicle generation, Clarios held multiple single-award IDIQs with DLA Land and Maritime: summaries reference a $13.96 million IDIQ (NSN 6140-01-441-4272) with performance through March 2029 and a $3.75 million IDIQ through June 2030. Current task-order activity reflects high velocity under the IDIQs—delivery orders and purchase orders consistently ranging from hundreds of dollars to over $1.3 million per order.

Recent activity shows sustained award velocity. In 2022–2024, Clarios averaged 126 awards per year; volume declined to 64 awards in 2025 and 18 through mid-2026, reflecting normal seasonality and the reset tied to the new IDIQ awards. Within the next twenty-four months, only four awards totaling $7.3 million face ultimate completion, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure relative to the company's annual throughput.

Clarios serves as a subcontractor to Oshkosh Defense LLC on electrical system component work for Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (MESISS) carrier production readiness. Four sub-awards dated March 2023 reference electrical modifications and production readiness support; this teaming relationship appears limited and represents less than 1% of Clarios' total contract volume.

Award data reflects Clarios' core capability: standardized, high-volume production of military-grade battery storage solutions under firm-fixed-price delivery orders. Typical awards specify National Stock Numbers for specific battery types (lead-acid or lithium-ion storage units, battery racks, related accessories) with 60–150 day delivery windows and quantities ranging from single units to thousands of pieces. The company's footprint is almost exclusively DLA L&M–driven batteries for military depot replenishment and equipment logistics, with no visible civilian agency work, no grant activity, and no GWAC or GSA Schedule positions. Clarios competes as a full-and-open prime with established supply relationships and stable IDIQ positions that provide predictable task-order volume.