R.p. Luce & Company, Inc.

R.p. Luce & Company, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Northport, New York, supplies reusable shipping containers and protective cases for defense logistics and equipment transportation as a prime contractor on small-value purchase orders (59% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. The vendor is not SBA-certified and competes full-and-open; all recent prime awards carry no set-aside designation.

R.p. Luce & Company specializes in transit cases, ruggedized enclosures, custom foam inserts, and associated hardware, serving as an authorized dealer for Pelican Products, Zarges Cases, and Shell Cases. Recent prime work consists of three small purchase orders from the Department of Defense's Construction and Equipment division: a $2,390 order awarded November 20, 2025, for shipping and storage services (completion December 30, 2025); a $2,597 order awarded January 2, 2026, also for shipping and storage (completion February 23, 2026); and a $1,091 order awarded March 16, 2026, with completion targeted for May 5, 2026. All three are firm fixed-price, non-set-aside purchases performed at the company's Northport facility. The subcontractor footprint is substantially larger in dollar value. R.p. Luce holds a long-term supply relationship with Lockheed Martin Corporation on defense programs, with multiple sub-awards in 2024 and 2025 for transit cases supporting the Multifunction Modular Mast (MMM) program and full TL-29A array production. The company also subcontracts to Science Applications International Corporation on test article and Pelican case replacements under a blanket purchase agreement, and to L3Harris Global Communications, Inc. on a transit case sub-award dated April 9, 2025.

Customer concentration is heavily defense-oriented. The Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command leads with seven awards totaling $61 thousand in combined potential value, followed by the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Army PEO Missiles and Space with three awards each. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division accounts for three awards with $6 thousand in combined potential value. Across the top five customer organizations, 82% of recent awards sit with Department of Defense entities and the Defense Logistics Agency, with the Department of Justice US Marshals Service Tactical Operations Division contributing the second-largest single potential value ($33 thousand) on a single award.

The vendor places task orders under the Multiple Award Schedule (four task orders) and an Indefinite Delivery Contract vehicle (W56KGY22D0001, three task orders). Award activity has been episodic — one award in 2015, one in 2023, then seven in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026 year-to-date. The combined obligated value across all awards ($1.6 million) substantially exceeds the combined potential value ($112 thousand), reflecting large multi-year sub-awards with Lockheed Martin that carry reobligations and period-of-performance extensions. The top PSC categories are Specialized Shipping And Storage Containers (six awards) and Ammunition And Nuclear Ordnance Boxes, Packages And Special Containers (five awards), anchoring the vendor's classification as a defense logistics and protective-packaging supplier.

R.P. Luce & Company is an Authorized Stocking Distributor of the complete line of Pelican Products, the global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced lighting systems and virtually indestructible cases for protecting valuable equipment. Equipment protection is provided by internal shock isolated trays and racks as well as custom foam cushions.