PWS International, Inc.

PWS International, Inc., based in Charlotte, North Carolina, supplies windows, doors, door hardware, glazing, and architectural building components to the Department of State as both a prime contractor (54% of recent awards) and subcontractor (46%), competing in the open market without set-aside designation. The for-profit organization has held federal registration since 1999 and works almost exclusively with the State Department's Bureau of Overseas Building Operations on purchase orders for facility maintenance, renovation, and new construction at U.S. Embassies and diplomatic installations worldwide.

PWS International's customer concentration is highly specialized and narrow. The Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations accounts for 102 of 121 total awards (93% by count) worth $596 thousand in combined potential value, with secondary exposure across the State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (5 awards, $23 thousand), Bureau of African Affairs (3 awards, $49 thousand), and a single award each to the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons and State Department Bureau of Administration. The two customer rankings align closely — OBO dominates both volume and dollars — indicating no tension between order frequency and contract magnitude. Recent prime work includes a $19,257.90 firm fixed-price purchase order (April 2026) for damaged windows replacement at a facility in Honduras, an $11,535.05 order (September 2024) for double doors in Norway, and a $17,475.85 order (April 2024) for NEC windows with April 2026 completion.

Activity has accelerated sharply in recent years, moving from 3 awards in 2022 to 31 in 2025, with 5 awards already placed in 2026. The combined potential value across all 121 awards totals $756 thousand, but obligated dollars amount to $38.7 million — a signal that PWS's actual invoiced revenue substantially exceeds the contract ceiling values recorded in the source, reflecting either significant price modifications or a data-collection artifact common to small purchase orders. Only one award (combined potential value $19 thousand) faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months.

PWS International's subcontract footprint is dominated by a single prime, BL Harbert International LLC, which drives approximately 50 of the 56 sub-awards listed, covering door hardware, windows, glazing, door frames, metal wall panels, and trim for new embassy construction compounds in India, Malawi, Lebanon, Iraq, Thailand, Montenegro, Morocco, Congo, Egypt, and other overseas locations. One subcontract under Paragon Professional Services LLC (June 2025) involved reporting and engineering support for storm window and door operations at the U.S. Capitol Complex in Washington, D.C. The category concentration across the footprint reflects this focus: 54 awards fall under Commercial and Institutional Building Construction NAICS, with secondary clusters in Metal Window and Door Manufacturing (5), Hardware Manufacturing (5), and Glass and Glazing Contractors (4), and PSC concentration in Hardware Commercial (17 awards), Building Components Prefabricated (8), and Glass Fabricated Materials (7).