Shuert Industries, Inc.

Shuert Industries, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of plastic shipping and storage products based in Sterling Heights, Michigan, supplies federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor, operating across 102 federal customer organizations with no reliance on small-business set-asides. The company manufactures pallet bases, shipping containers, storage units, packaging materials, and specialized logistics products in standard and custom configurations, competing on the open market through GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicles.

Shuert's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in the Department of the Army ecosystem. The top five customers by award count account for 73% of all awards: the Department of the Army (1,980 awards, $6.4 million combined potential value) and its subordinate Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (1,125 awards, $5.3 million) dominate volume, but the GSA Federal Acquisition Service (248 awards, $268.7 million combined potential value) anchors nearly all dollar value. This concentration inversion — Army volume versus GSA dollars — reflects the nature of the business: thousands of small reorder task orders flowing through Army logistics channels versus large-value civilian agency buys through the GSA schedule. The Marine Corps (128 awards, $2.6 million) and Army Sustainment Command (108 awards, $1.1 million) round out the active set. The Army Materiel Command accounts for the majority of the Army's award count but only a fraction of its potential value; the two rankings diverge sharply because GSA task orders carry substantially higher dollar magnitudes.

Shuert operates primarily under two vehicles: the Federal Supply Schedule GS14F8849B (3,506 task orders, $40.1 million combined potential value) and Blanket Purchase Agreement GS02FSHUYZ (640 task orders, $7.8 million). Two additional BPAs — GS02F160SQ (138 task orders, $4.3 million) and GS14F8849B-GS02FSHEYZ (25 task orders, $3.8 million) — support smaller volumes. The portfolio's product concentration is overwhelming: folding paperboard box manufacturing covers 4,988 of 5,057 awards, with plastic product manufacturing (38 awards) and specialized shipping containers (26 awards) representing secondary categories. PSC coding aligns closely — boxes, cartons, and crates account for 4,953 awards.

Recent activity shows limited frequency at the award level — one award in 2026, five in 2024, three in 2023 — but this reflects the source's snapshot scope rather than dormancy; the combined potential value of $292.1 million and $185.5 million obligated across the full portfolio indicates a large, active standing contract base. Recent representative work includes a $18,579 GSA MAS delivery order from the Federal Acquisition Service in January 2026 for custom 40-by-48-inch plastic pallet bases with four-way forklift entry, a $19,615 DEA delivery order in February 2024 for UNI-PAK containers supporting the National Take Back Initiative, and a $42,554.80 Air Forces Europe and Africa delivery order in February 2023 for 300 containers and accessories with performance in Germany. Shuert has also subcontracted to General Dynamics Global Force on integrated base defense sustainment support and to IAP World Services on tri-wall boxes and space-saver packaging for freight operations. The company's established market position since 2002 and stable GSA schedule presence position it as a reliable supplier of commoditized logistics products across military and civilian federal agencies.