Rexel Usa, Inc.

Rexel Usa, Inc., a foreign-owned subsidiary of the global Rexel Group, supplies electrical, industrial automation, control systems, and programmable logic controller (PLC) hardware, software, and technical support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (86% of recent awards) and subcontractor. The company is headquartered in Capitol Heights, Maryland, and competes exclusively under full-and-open procurement, carrying no SBA set-aside designations across its federal footprint. Rexel operates through named subsidiaries including Schwing Electrical Supply Corp. and Warshauer Electric Supply Co Inc.

Rexel's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Naval and NASA buyers. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command anchors the portfolio with 47 awards valued at $3.7 million combined potential value, followed by NASA's Shared Services Center with 25 awards worth $1.2 million and NASA Kennedy Space Center with 21 awards worth $564 thousand. These three customers account for 57% of recent awards by count and 69% by dollars. The company also serves the Department of the Treasury United States Mint (14 awards, $132 thousand), the Naval Air Warfare Center (14 awards, $139 thousand), the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Louisville (3 awards, $605 thousand), and the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Coast Guard in smaller volumes.

Rexel's capability portfolio is anchored in vendor-specific automation and control hardware distribution. Representative prime work includes a $335 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for a Motor Control Center (LVMA019) on an infrastructure modernization project; a $210.9 million NASA award for Allen-Bradley L83S programmable logic controllers; a $152.7 thousand Naval Facilities Engineering Command sole-source contract for SCADA and PLC support and 24/7/365 TechConnect services through 2027; and a $198.8 thousand Washington Aqueduct Division award for annual TechConnect software support for Allen-Bradley equipment running through March 2026. Smaller routine awards include a $110.8 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command BPA call for Allen Bradley components, a $74.3 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for operator interface touch screens, and a $39.2 thousand NASA award for two Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus 7 terminals on a sole-source basis. Rexel also provides software licensing (Studio 5000 Plus, FactoryTalk, Historian SE) and engineering field support hours, with recent awards including a $55.2 thousand Navy contract for FactoryTalk factory automation software and a $17.3 thousand NIH Construction award for ControlLogix training. The company holds a $1.5 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with Naval Sea Systems Command running through March 2030 and a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Federal Correctional Complex Coleman for PLC technical support.

Activity has been volatile — 14 awards in 2022, 13 in 2023, spiking to 28 in 2024, then 24 in 2025 — with only three awards recorded for 2026 year-to-date. Five awards with combined potential value $284 thousand face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting modest recompete exposure. Rexel subcontracts to prime contractors including National Steel and Shipbuilding Company on Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) work for the T-AO 205 fleet replenishment oiler program, Booz Allen Hamilton on GARDEM sustainment and field site support for Air Force Civil Engineer Center operations as an electrical distributor, ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics on switchgear and transformer procurements, and Netcentric Technology on Cape Launch Operations and Infrastructure Support III at Space Launch Delta 45. Additional primes include M.C. Dean Inc. (Buckley Space Force Base generator control systems work) and Lockheed Martin (THAAD lot interceptor Allen-Bradley components).

The top NAICS categories reflect the hardware and software distribution posture: Electrical Apparatus and Equipment Wholesalers (48 awards), Other Computer Related Services (45 awards), Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (20 awards), Software Publishers (14 awards), and Research and Development in Physical/Engineering Sciences (13 awards). Top PSC codes align with this profile: Information Technology Software (18 awards), Commercial Hardware (11 awards), and Business Application Software perpetual license and SaaS variants (18 awards combined). Recent awards demonstrate Rexel's tight vendor coupling to Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley products, with the government frequently citing sole-source status or authorized distributor designation for proprietary equipment. The company's federal presence dates to at least 2014 and spans 39 distinct customer agencies, though concentration in Navy and civilian space missions is pronounced.