Rocky Mount Cord Co

Rocky Mount Cord Co, a for-profit manufacturer based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, manufactures fibrous rope, cord, and cordage products sold as a prime contractor to the Defense Logistics Agency and other federal agencies through small-business and full-and-open purchase orders. The company operates predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on roughly 40 percent of its recent awards; the remainder compete as unrestricted purchase orders.

Rocky Mount Cord Co's federal footprint is highly specialized and concentrated in a single product category. The vendor supplies fibrous rope and cord under National Stock Numbers to DLA's Troop Support Construction and Equipment division, which accounts for 217 awards (90% of the award count in recent activity) and $3.3 million in combined potential value across the vendor's recent portfolio. A secondary customer, the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons, anchors 178 awards without disclosed ceiling values; GSA's Federal Acquisition Service rounds out the top tier with 36 awards valued at $433 thousand combined. The vendor has also worked with Naval Sea Systems Command and DLA Troop Support Hardware. Across this customer base, Rocky Mount Cord Co delivers standardized cordage items under firm fixed-price purchase orders. Representative recent work includes a $22,710.75 Total Small Business set-aside cord order for DLA Construction and Equipment awarded April 6, 2026 (performance at North Carolina Wesleyan College, completion August 4, 2026); a $31,415 Total Small Business rope delivery to DLA awarded October 17, 2024 (completion February 19, 2025); and a $28,950 Total Small Business rope supply awarded October 12, 2023 to DLA (completion February 20, 2024).

The vendor operates primarily on indefinite delivery contracts. The largest vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract 1PIC396899, carries 47 task orders; GS07FW0016 holds 18 task orders valued at $85 thousand combined; DJU4600002571 carries 18 task orders at $65 thousand combined. This portfolio structure—high order count, low per-order value—reflects routine federal supply-chain replenishment for standardized cordage inventory.

Activity has been stable with modest fluctuation: 19 awards in 2022, 11 in 2023, 21 in 2024, 14 in 2025, and 3 to date in 2026. The recompete cliff is minimal: only 2 awards (combined potential value $30 thousand) complete in the next twenty-four months. Rocky Mount Cord Co's combined obligated dollars ($9 million) exceed its combined potential value ($4.3 million) by 207 percent, a pattern indicating mature, recurring supply contracts with predictable invoiced performance history. The vendor holds no subcontract role and operates exclusively as a prime. NAICS concentration sits heavily in Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills (188 awards) and Rope, Cordage, and Twine Mills (88 awards), with PSC coding dominated by Fiber Rope, Cordage, and Twine (344 awards). The vendor has been registered in SAM since June 2001 and competes across both set-aside and unrestricted channels, though set-aside penetration on recent DLA work is material.

Manufacture rope and cord