Packaging Specialties,Inc.

Packaging Specialties,Inc., a Medina, Ohio-based manufacturer of metal shipping and storage containers, sells specialized containerization equipment and standardized drums to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor through firm fixed-price purchase orders, with no set-aside designations. The company competes in the full-and-open federal market and operates as a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation that has been registered in the System for Award Management since December 2001.

The company's federal work focuses almost entirely on shipping drums, metal covers, and related packaging supplies identified by National Stock Numbers to support military logistics operations. Representative prime contracts include a $64,110 purchase order from the Defense Logistics Agency for 200 units of shipping drums awarded March 5, 2025, a $34,295.40 firm fixed-price order for 87 units of shipping drums awarded December 3, 2024, and a $11,160 purchase order for shipping drums awarded February 10, 2025. The company's award footprint spans 284 total awards, though this figure reflects a long historical period dating back to 1981; recent activity shows 27 awards in 2024, 16 in 2025, and 4 in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all awards is $1.8 million, though obligated dollars total $11.7 million, indicating high execution-to-pipeline ratios characteristic of small-dollar, high-frequency purchase order environments.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-dimensional. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division accounts for 105 awards (37% of total) worth $722 thousand in combined potential value; the broader Defense Logistics Agency network (including Energy, Hardware, and Aviation divisions) represents 196 awards covering 77% of the source's award count and 92% of combined potential value. The company has worked with 19 distinct federal agencies in the source data, but DLA dominates decisively. The Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command places 20 awards, and the Department of the Navy seven, but these are secondary. No other agency approaches significant volume or dollar concentration.

Work is performed at the company's manufacturing facility in Medina, Ohio, with delivery to DLA distribution centers and military end-use locations. The company's capability footprint is narrow: purchase orders are nearly standardized across NAICS codes (Other Metal Container Manufacturing dominates with 108 awards) and PSC codes (Drums and Cans represents 236 awards). Awards range from under $100 to approximately $64,000, with most clustering in the $1,500 to $8,000 range.

The company maintains a significant subcontracting relationship with Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC on management and operating contracts for the Y-12 National Security Complex and Pantex Plant, with multiple sub-awards dated December 2024 through January 2025 supporting general supplies and other metal container manufacturing. The company also subcontracts to Pantexas Deterrence, LLC for the Pantex Plant management and operation contract, with sub-awards through June 2025, and to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on other metal container manufacturing work as of March 2026. These subcontracting relationships operate independently from the company's DLA prime footprint and represent exposure to Department of Energy national security infrastructure.

The company received a single federal grant award in May 2023: a Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant of $20,000 or less from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services, which supported energy efficiency improvements at its manufacturing operations with an ultimate completion date of May 30, 2025.

The vendor's prime portfolio operates entirely outside set-aside categories and sits primarily on DLA indefinite delivery contracts (DLA40091D0041, DLA45093D0032, DLA40081C3711, and others), generating multiple task orders per vehicle. Activity has grown from 2 awards in 2022 to 27 in 2024, though 2025 showed moderation to 16 awards, signaling possible recompete exposure or market fluctuation. The company's narrow product specialization and extreme customer concentration in DLA logistics supply present both stability (long-term vendor relationship with a core customer) and vulnerability (minimal diversification across agencies, geographies, or capability areas).

STARTED IN 1959 PACKAGING SPECIALTIES IS A MANUFACTURER OF CARBON & STAINLESS STEEL (14 GA TO 24 GA), ALUMINUM, MS MIL-SPEC, UN, DOT 7A, OVER PACK, SALVAGE & CUSTOM DESIGNED CONTAINERS. DIAMETERS FROM 5" TO 48" AND 0.39 TO 200 GALLON CAPACITY. POP TESTING & NO MINIMUM ORDER. WE HAVE 250 & 400 TON MINSTER PRESSES, 5 STAGE WASHER, MIG / TIG WELDING, POWDER AND LIQUID PAINT CAPABILITIES, BAKE OVEN MS27683, MS 27684 & MS24347 DRUMS MIL-D-6054 MIL-D-6055