Security Engineered Machinery Co., Inc.

Security Engineered Machinery Co., Inc., doing business as SEM, manufactures NSA-listed paper shredders, hard drive shredders, optical media shredders, magnetic erasers, and disintegrator systems for secure destruction of classified materials and sensitive government documents, operating as a prime contractor on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and holding single-award Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Department of the Army and the FBI. The Westborough, Massachusetts-based Subchapter S Corporation competes full-and-open without set-aside designation across its federal footprint, with the exception of a small-business-set-aside BPA held with the FBI Headquarters Division.

SEM's federal business centers on high-security equipment procurement and maintenance services. Representative prime work includes a $294.6 thousand purchase order from Air Force Global Strike Command (July 2025) for two complete disintegrator systems at Ellsworth Air Force Base; a $251.2 thousand definitive contract from Army Training and Doctrine Command (April 2026) for maintenance of destruction equipment at Fort Rucker through March 2033; a $247.3 thousand delivery order from Army European Command (September 2025) for repair and maintenance of classified document destruction facility systems at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany; and hundreds of BPA calls under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule ranging from $2.7 thousand to $481.2 thousand for paper shredders, multimedia shredders, and related equipment. On the subcontractor side, SEM performed under Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies on a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board contract for management and operation of the National Security Campus involving shredder procurement.

Customer concentration is substantial and skewed toward GSA. The GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors 807 awards (33% of total awards in the source) with $124.4 million combined potential value (19% of total dollars). The FBI Headquarters Division placed 363 awards for $10.8 million; the Department of the Army placed 565 awards for $3.8 million; Naval Sea Systems Command placed 333 awards for $4.4 million; and U.S. Pacific Fleet Forces placed 273 awards for $1.6 million. These five customers account for one-third of all awards and 22% of combined potential value. Dollar concentration exceeds award concentration, driven by the GSA vehicle's dominance: the Multiple Award Schedule alone carries 5,877 task orders valued at $510.2 million.

SCI data is sparse and not decision-relevant: the Service Contract Inventory records only one fiscal year (FY2024) with 0.1 FTEs as a named subcontractor, indicating SEM's federal revenue base is goods-dominated and falls below the service-contract reporting threshold for prime work.

SEM operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor. Of 7,019 total awards, 7,015 (100%) are prime contracts or IDVs; only four are sub-awards. The vendor holds two active IDVs: a $231.6 thousand single-award BPA with the Department of the Army Southeast Region (through June 2030) for services, repairs, and replacement parts for SEM Model 2238 and Model SSD2-H2 disintegrator/shredder equipment at Fort Bragg, and a $105.6 thousand total-small-business-set-aside single-award BPA with the FBI Headquarters Division (through May 2028) for disintegrators, shredders, erasers, and maintenance services. Both vehicles show active call orders placed in 2024–2025.

Activity has moderated year over year from a peak of 229 awards in 2024 to 75 awards through September 2026 (annualized trajectory suggesting approximately 100–120 awards for full FY2026). The rolling five-year average shows sustained volume: 181 awards (2022), 205 (2023), 229 (2024), 130 (2025), and 75 YTD in 2026. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: thirty awards with combined potential value of $1.7 million reach ultimate completion. The majority of SEM's federal work flows through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, a multi-year vehicle that generates continuous BPA call orders rather than expiring contracts requiring recompete.

SEM's category footprint is heavily weighted to commodity codes reflecting its equipment manufacturing and supply role. The top NAICS categories are Carbon Paper and Inked Ribbon Manufacturing (4,246 awards), Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (946 awards), and Paper Industry Machinery Manufacturing (511 awards)—classifications that capture shredder manufacturing and consumables. Top PSC codes are Miscellaneous Office Machines (2,099 awards), Office Supplies (1,854 awards), and Pulp and Paper Industries Machinery (974 awards). This profile confirms SEM as a specialized manufacturer and equipment supplier rather than a service provider; the company delivers discrete destruction systems and replacement parts, not labor-hour services.

The vendor maintains no identified major subcontracting footprint and operates with negligible sub-engagement. The corporate structure lists two named entities, both registered as "Security Engineered Machinery Co., Inc." (For Profit Organization, Veteran Owned Business, Manufacturer of Goods)—suggesting either a holding structure or data duplication in the source rather than discrete operating subsidiaries with distinct capabilities. SEM's strategy is vendor-direct: manufacture at Westborough, supply to federal agencies via GSA Schedule and direct awards, and maintain its own equipment in the field through IDV maintenance contracts. The company is registered in the System for Award Management since March 2002 and competes in full-and-open federal procurement with no reliance on set-asides except the FBI small-business-set-aside vehicle.