S & S Fastener Company

S & S Fastener Company, a small business subchapter S corporation based in Cincinnati, Ohio, supplies industrial fasteners, hardware components, packaging materials, coatings, and specialized supplies to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor operating almost exclusively under small-business set-asides and full-and-open competitive procurements. The vendor competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-aside BPA calls, with roughly half of recent awards using that designation; the remainder compete unrestricted on full-and-open basis, reflecting its posture as a qualified small business supplier rather than a designated 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or women-owned firm.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency dependent. The Department of the Army Materiel Command's Joint Munitions Command accounts for 103 of 105 awards (98% of recent work) and $11 million of the $11.5 million combined potential value across the portfolio. The vendor's remaining work consists of a single GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract for abrasive and blasting products ($475 thousand ceiling through April 2030) and one Army Materiel Command award to Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal for power cables ($73.4 thousand). This concentration means S & S Fastener is almost entirely dependent on JMC's repeat procurement demand for munitions-support materials.

S & S Fastener holds five active Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Joint Munitions Command, each carrying approximately $999 thousand in ceiling value over three-year periods. The five BPAs—numbered W22G1F18A0002, W519TC24A2011, W22G1F21A0002, W519TC23A2010, and W22G1F22A0004—collectively anchor the vendor's federal work and carry 93 task orders with $5.2 million in combined potential value. The most recent BPA was awarded November 17, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of November 16, 2026 and a $999 thousand ceiling. Work under these vehicles spans Cincinnati, Ohio and Richmond, Kentucky, and covers procurement of miscellaneous industrial products on an as-needed basis—a flexible sourcing mechanism that allows JMC to place recurring orders for fasteners, hardware, conveyor belts, packaging materials, coatings, adhesives, strapping, gaskets, and related components supporting munitions acquisition, storage, maintenance, and distribution.

Capability scope, reflected in the award portfolio, centers on supply of discrete industrial products rather than services. Representative work includes $442.9 thousand (March 2024, Definitive Contract, small business set-aside) for support FAOM end caps; $208.1 thousand (January 2023, BPA call, small-business set-aside) for J143 rocket motor packaging; $177.8 thousand (December 2021, BPA call, small-business set-aside) for wood boxes for BRAT parts; $115.3 thousand (September 2023, BPA call, unrestricted) for power cable assemblies; $113.9 thousand (December 2021, BPA call, small-business set-aside) for gasket part number 8800486; and recurring bulk-funded calls for shop fasteners, general supplies, rat supplies, and force-provider components ranging from $15 thousand to $100 thousand. The vendor also supplied $29.8 thousand in tri-wall corrugated boxes for demilitarization and open detention operations at Anniston Army Ammunition Plant (April 2026, Total Small Business set-aside). Top NAICS categories reflect this product focus: Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing (38 awards), All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (26 awards), Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing (16 awards), and Hardware Manufacturing (5 awards). Top PSC codes show concentration in Commercial Hardware (34 awards), Ammunition and Nuclear Ordnance Boxes, Packages and Special Containers (8 awards), and Packaging and Packing Bulk Materials (7 awards).

Activity has been steady but not growing. Awards per year averaged roughly 12 to 17 annually from 2022 through 2025; 2026 data in the source represent only two awards through early April and do not reflect full-year trajectory. Combined potential value across all 105 awards stands at $11.5 million, with $5.7 million obligated to date (49% execution rate). The recompete cliff is minimal: only two awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $85 thousand, indicating most BPA task orders have already completed or carry extended performance dates. The vendor's federal footprint is shallow and concentrated; this is a single-customer, single-vehicle type operation built on JMC's recurring procurement demand for miscellaneous supplies rather than a diversified portfolio.