Soft Shoe Inc.

Soft Shoe Inc., a for-profit corporation based in Richmond, Kentucky, manufactures and supplies specialized safety shoes and occupational footwear to the U.S. Army as a prime contractor, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designation across 167 prime awards totaling $12.1 million in combined potential value.

The company's customer footprint is entirely concentrated with a single agency: the Department of the Army Materiel Command's Joint Munitions Command accounts for 161 of 167 awards (98% by count) and $9 million of the $12.1 million combined potential value (74% by dollar share). The remaining two awards, valued at $10 thousand combined, were placed directly with the Department of the Army. This extreme concentration reflects Soft Shoe Inc.'s role as a specialized supplier of protective footwear for munitions handling, stockpile management, demilitarization, and logistics operations at Army facilities including Blue Grass Army Depot and Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives operations.

Soft Shoe Inc. holds five active Blanket Purchase Agreements with Joint Munitions Command: a $500 thousand BPA awarded February 1, 2024, running through January 31, 2028 (the primary vehicle, exercised through seven call orders as of the most recent award on March 18, 2026); a $121 thousand BPA with 35 task orders; a $143 thousand BPA with 34 task orders; a $165 thousand BPA with 12 task orders; and two Indefinite Delivery Contracts with 19 and 12 task orders respectively, valued at $41 thousand and $39 thousand combined. Recent representative call orders include a $30 thousand safety shoes delivery order (July 1, 2025), a $20 thousand safety shoes call (December 11, 2024), a $15 thousand safety shoes call (March 18, 2026), and several $5 thousand to $10 thousand calls for specialized footwear tailored to Blue Grass Army Depot, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, and general logistics requirements. All contracts are firm fixed-price with no set-aside applied.

Activity has been volatile over the past five years — five awards in 2022, three in 2023, eight in 2024, then dropping to one award each in 2025 and 2026. Only two awards with combined potential value of $45 thousand reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The company operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract activity in the source data. Category concentration is tight: Footwear Manufacturing (NAICS) and Footwear, Men's (PSC) account for 103 and 155 of the 167 awards respectively, confirming Soft Shoe Inc.'s narrowly specialized market position as a safety footwear manufacturer rather than a diversified supplier.