Security Equipment Corporation

Security Equipment Corporation, doing business as Security Equipment Co, manufactures and supplies less-lethal security munitions and equipment to federal correctional facilities as a prime contractor on purchase orders, competing predominantly in full-and-open competition without set-aside designations across most of its portfolio. The company is a for-profit corporate entity headquartered in Fenton, Missouri, operating as a division of Security Equipment Inc., an Omaha, Nebraska-based Subchapter S Corporation with federal procurement registration active since February 2002.

Security Equipment Corporation's capability footprint is narrowly specialized: oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray systems, SABRE RED brand pepper spray and tear gas canisters, .68 caliber pepperball launchers and projectiles, MK-4 and MK-9 cone and gel formulations, and related less-lethal tactical equipment for institutional security operations. Recent representative awards include a $23,218 small business set-aside for various less-lethal munitions to Federal Medical Center Lexington (May 2024), a $21,207 full-and-open purchase order for SABRE chemical munitions to Federal Correctional Complex Coleman (August 2023), a $14,932.60 order for SABRE less-lethal equipment to Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood (June 2023), and $412 in specialized SABRE STREAM and FBOP SPEC products to the Department of Justice Management Specialty Training Center Aurora under a small business set-aside (September 2023). Award ceiling values cluster at $1,000–$25,000, with all work performed at the contractor's Fenton, Missouri facility.

The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons is Security Equipment Corporation's sole meaningful customer; 78 distinct agencies appear in the award portfolio, but this reflects 78 individual Bureau of Prisons facilities operating as separate accounting entities, not true customer diversification. The top five Bureau of Prisons facilities by award count account for only 25 percent of total awards, indicating widely distributed ordering across the federal correctional system. By combined potential value, Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood ($119 thousand across 21 awards) and United States Penitentiary Hazleton ($117 thousand across 27 awards) anchor the portfolio. The vendor competes under both full-and-open and small business set-aside designations with roughly equal frequency; set-aside category does not drive pursuit strategy.

Activity has grown from 23 awards in 2022 to a peak of 42 in 2024, with 30 awards in 2026 year-to-date. Nine awards with combined potential value of $45 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. All 375 awards are prime purchases; Security Equipment Corporation holds no subcontract footprint and does not appear as a sub-recipient on federal grants. The vendor sits on one named parent vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM40605D5E78, which carried four task orders worth $26 thousand combined. The award classification breakdown reflects commodity procurement: Miscellaneous Ammunition (PSC code, 167 awards) and Ammunition Manufacturing (NAICS 333992, 124 awards) dominate the portfolio, with secondary exposure in Military Chemical Agents (PSC code, 57 awards) and All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product Manufacturing (NAICS 325998, 48 awards). Security Equipment Corporation's market position is distributive rather than concentrated—a specialized manufacturer of one commodity class serving a large, geographically dispersed customer base through routine replenishment purchase orders with modest ceiling values and rapid fulfillment cycles typical of consumable security supplies.