Polar King International, Inc.

Polar King International, Inc., a woman-owned small business (WOSB) manufacturer based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, sells commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment—walk-in coolers, freezers, refrigerated trailers, seed coolers, and related cold-storage systems—to federal agencies almost exclusively as a prime contractor on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS). The vendor competes under both Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open designations, with set-asides recurring across roughly half the recent prime footprint.

The company's capability portfolio centers on custom-built and pre-engineered walk-in refrigeration units serving food service, agricultural research, evidence preservation, and specialized temperature-controlled storage across civilian and defense agencies. Representative prime work includes a $213,725 delivery order from USDA's National Office in September 2026 for seed coolers supporting agricultural programs in California, Hawaii, and the sagebrush steppe region; a $405,935 full-and-open delivery order from Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix in August 2026 for commercial freezer and cooler equipment for food services; a $260,931 delivery order from USDA's National Office in September 2024 for BIL-BAR seed coolers; and a $223,751 delivery order from USDA Region 6 in August 2024 for four outdoor fiberglass seed coolers with dehumidifiers. The vendor also supplies refrigerant, generators, and specialized components in lower-dollar purchase orders and sustains a repair and retrofit services line (exemplified by a $17,016 purchase order from USDA Forest Service Region 9 in June 2023 for seed cooler exterior crack repair and door gasket replacement).

Customer concentration is highly distributed across 131 distinct federal agencies, though the Department of the Army leads by award count (60 awards, $496 thousand combined potential value) and GSA Federal Acquisition Service dominates by dollar value (6 awards, $43.8 million combined potential value). The top five customer aggregates by potential value—GSA FAS, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence, USDA Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation, NOAA, and Navy Fleet Forces Command—account for 69% of combined potential value, but the Army's large award count and relatively modest per-award value reflects the vendor's pattern of supplying equipment across military installations and civilian natural-resource agencies on smaller, project-specific delivery orders. DLA Subsistence awards, typically for NSN 7310GM5022323 equipment IST (refrigeration equipment), recur at $127 thousand to $188 thousand per purchase order.

Polar King holds two dominant parent vehicles: Federal Supply Schedule GS07F9038G with 240 task orders and $9.4 million combined potential value, and the broader Multiple Award Schedule with 102 task orders and $9.7 million combined potential value. A Subchapter S corporation registered in SAM since 2001, Polar King has sustained steady activity—5 awards in 2022 rising to 15 in both 2023 and 2024, then moderating to 13 in 2025 and 9 through September 2026. The recompete cliff is minimal: only 2 awards (combined potential value $311 thousand) complete within the next twenty-four months, signaling stable incumbency across the vendor's primary GSA schedule positions.

Polar King's subcontract footprint is negligible (1% of awards, 4 total sub-awards). The vendor appears as a sub to Pantexas Deterrence LLC on a Department of Energy contract for Pantex Plant capital equipment management in April 2026, and to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company on Navy T-AO tanker construction tasks (T-AO 206 and T-AO 208 post-delivery work) awarded in March and November 2024. These sub roles are non-core to the vendor's refrigeration manufacturing mission and represent outlier activity.

The award portfolio reflects a manufacturer with deep, narrow specialization in federal cold-storage procurement. Polar King's NAICS concentration sits in Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (241 awards) and related refrigeration equipment categories, with 356 of 480 awards classified under refrigeration equipment PSC. This single-capability, multi-agency customer model affords stability on the MAS vehicle but limits exposure to broader IT, services, or integration opportunities and positions the vendor as a commodity supplier in a fragmented federal procurement landscape spanning correctional facilities, military dining facilities, forest service seedling nurseries, and agricultural research stations.

Manufacturer of walk-in coolers and freezer. Units are delivered ready to operate, and are fully constructed and tested prior to delivery. Specialize in custom units, including; modular construction, hazardous locations, and pharmaceutical cold storage.