Rural Electric Supply Cooperative
Middleton, WI Doing business as Resco
- UEI
- UUCDXDGRDWB7
- CAGE
- 074M5
- Primary NAICS
- 423610 Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- 335311 Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing
- 335313 Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing
- 335314 Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing
- 335931 Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing
- 335932 Noncurrent-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing
- 335999 All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
- 423690 Other Electronic Parts and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 2250 Pinehurst Dr, Middleton, WI 53562, USA
- Website
- resco1.com
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Electrical Equipment
- SIC code
- 50 Wholesale Trade – Durable Goods
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $438,859 |
| FY2025 | $175,109 |
| FY2024 | $476,529 |
| FY2023 | $703,825 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Energy | $438,859 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Rural Electric Supply Cooperative, doing business as Resco, is a member-owned, non-profit wholesale distributor of high-voltage electrical products and transmission line hardware operating as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides with the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a civilian agency within the Department of Energy. Resco is headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, and competes exclusively under small-business set-asides across its federal footprint.
Resco's capability portfolio is narrow and specialized: the company supplies transmission line hardware, conductor materials, electrical fittings, braces, anchors, crossarms, dampers, bird diverters, arresters, and related electrical infrastructure components for power transmission maintenance, expansion, and inventory restocking. Recent representative awards include a $204.7 thousand purchase order from WAPA for static and line hardware supporting an ED-FNT static job (awarded July 8, 2026, completion April 28, 2027), a $162.5 thousand order for electrical hardware stock replenishment across Cheyenne, Montrose, and Bismarck warehouse locations (awarded February 18, 2026, completion October 1, 2026), and a $253.8 thousand order for transmission line hardware delivery to Loveland, Colorado under a Rocky Mountain Region project (awarded September 21, 2023, completion August 1, 2024). All recent awards carry firm fixed-price terms and Total Small Business set-aside designations.
Customer concentration is extreme: WAPA accounts for 72 of 201 total awards (36% of award count) and $3.4 million of the $5.2 million combined potential value (66% of dollars). The remaining customer base is fragmented across the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Air National Guard, and the Navy, each representing single-digit award counts and sub-$50 thousand combined values. This customer concentration reflects Resco's positioning as a regional supplier locked to a single federal customer through repeated small-business purchase orders rather than broad government-wide vehicle participation. Resco holds no seats on government-wide IDIQs, GWACs, or agency-wide BPAs; all work flows through transactional purchase orders issued directly by WAPA against individual solicitations.
Activity has remained modest and episodic: 7 awards in 2022, 5 in 2023, 7 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 5 in 2026 year-to-date. Four awards carrying a combined potential value of $511 thousand reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represent the immediate recompete pipeline. Resco operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards); the vendor carries no subcontract relationships documented in the source. The portfolio spans 201 awards dating to 1996, with combined dollars obligated exceeding the stated potential value ($5.5 million obligated against $5.2 million ceiling), indicating completion and full drawdown across most line items. Resco's narrow focus on WAPA transmission line supply and explicit non-profit, member-owned structure position it as a regional utility supplier with minimal exposure to broader federal IT, professional services, or defense-industrial markets.
Quick answers
Is Rural Electric Supply Cooperative registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Rural Electric Supply Cooperative's SAM.gov registration is active through September 9, 2027.
How much has Rural Electric Supply Cooperative received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $175,109 to Rural Electric Supply Cooperative in fiscal year 2025 and $1,794,322 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Rural Electric Supply Cooperative rank among federal contractors?
Rural Electric Supply Cooperative ranked #26 in NAICS 335932 and #86 in PSC 5920 in FY2025.
What is Rural Electric Supply Cooperative's most recent federal award?
Rural Electric Supply Cooperative's most recent federal contract award is Purchase Order 89503426PWA002324, from Western Area Power Administration, on July 8, 2026.
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