Shepherd Electric Company, LLC

Shepherd Electric Company, LLC, operating through its Shepherd Electric Supply Division and doing business as Shepherd Electric Co Inc., is a wholesale electrical distributor supplying lighting fixtures, circuit breakers, power distribution equipment, marine connectors, and electrical components to federal agencies as a prime contractor. The company competes on full-and-open basis with no SBA set-aside certifications; however, it holds two significant indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring its federal footprint. Shepherd Electric is a for-profit subsidiary of Graybar Electric Company, Inc., based in Rosedale, Maryland, and serves 153 distinct federal agencies across a portfolio of 1,643 prime awards spanning recent decades.

The company's customer base is heavily concentrated in civilian and maritime federal operations. The top five customers by award count account for 29% of awards: the Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard leads with 284 awards ($7.6 million combined potential value), followed by the Smithsonian Institution (64 awards, $506 thousand), Naval Sea Systems Command (47 awards, $367 thousand), GSA Federal Acquisition Service (40 awards, $71.3 million), and Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (36 awards, $37 thousand). The potential-value ranking diverges sharply — GSA FAS dominates dollars at $71.3 million across just 40 awards, while the Coast Guard places significantly more orders but with lower per-award magnitude. This reflects Shepherd Electric's dual positioning: high-volume transactional supplier to Coast Guard maritime operations and platform supplier under GSA schedules reaching civilian agencies government-wide.

Shepherd Electric holds two primary parent vehicles. The GSA Federal Supply Schedule (Multiple Award Schedule) contract, effective through February 2030 with a $1.6 million ceiling, has generated 868 task orders ($5.6 million combined potential value) across five Special Item Numbers covering electrical hardware, lighting, power distribution, EV accessories, and related materials, with maximum order values reaching $2 million depending on category and minimum orders set at $75. The company was awarded a $50 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement by the Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations on November 1, 2024, running through November 30, 2025, for operation and maintenance electrical supplies without set-aside designation; this vehicle has already generated task orders against Coast Guard and other federal customers. A third vehicle, an indefinite delivery contract (HSCG8011DP45451), accounts for 19 task orders ($1.7 million combined potential value).

The company's capability portfolio is grounded in specialized electrical component sourcing and distribution. Representative Coast Guard orders include a $152,400 total small business set-aside for 60 Russell Stoll receptacles, 45-degree adapters, and conduit boxes (September 2025); a $388,370 total small business set-aside for Russellstoll shore-power receptacles supporting vessel interoperability (September 2023); a $93,000 total small business set-aside for 100 ABB marine plugs (September 2024); and $94,920 for circuit breakers across three NSNs (February 2022). Civilian examples include a $24,521.50 purchase order from the State Department's Bureau of African Affairs for fluorescent light replacement in the ICASS Atrium (September 2024), a $20,300 delivery order for lighting fixtures to the Smithsonian Institution (August 2024), and a $110,825 total small business set-aside from the Social Security Administration for 55 Siemens bus plugs (April 2022). Non-set-aside orders include a $54,050 firm fixed-price purchase order from Coast Guard for electrical fixtures and lamps for 154 WPC-class cutters (June 2025) and a $11,131.98 delivery order under GSA schedule to Smithsonian for IRMS laboratory electrical supplies (June 2025).

The vendor's award concentration by product category reflects its electrical distributor identity. The top NAICS codes are Hardware Manufacturing (782 awards), Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (334 awards), Hardware Stores (97 awards), Household Appliances and Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers (45 awards), and Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing (43 awards). The top PSC codes track similarly: Electrical Hardware and Supplies (249 awards), Hand Tools, Nonedged, Nonpowered (208 awards), Electric Lamps (148 awards), Circuit Breakers (111 awards), and Indoor and Outdoor Electric Lighting Fixtures (100 awards).

Activity has declined in recent years. The company placed 20 awards in 2022, 21 in 2023, 11 in 2024, 10 in 2025, and 2 year-to-date in 2026 — a trajectory of softening volume. The most recent award is dated September 23, 2026, a $9,924.90 National Gallery of Art purchase order for lighting fixtures and equipment. Of the 1,643 prime awards, only 1 carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months ($10 thousand combined potential value), indicating minimal recompete cliff exposure in the near term; however, the GSA schedule and Blanket Purchase Agreement themselves are standing vehicles generating recurring task orders rather than static awards, so the recompete analysis understates the company's ongoing engagement depth.

Shepherd Electric appears in the source as a subcontractor on two awards under Amentum Services, Inc.: a May 2025 sub for FY19 MCA PN 1589 Command and Control Materials and an April 2025 sub for a Command and Control Power Distribution Panel. The company's scale relative to Graybar Electric — its parent — positions it as a specialized distribution node for electrical components rather than a design-heavy or systems-integration prime; recent awards reflect this posture, with the vendor functioning as a transactional supplier of commodity and specialized electrical components across GSA schedules, Coast Guard replenishment, and ad-hoc federal facility maintenance.