Solar Screen Co Inc.

Solar Screen Co Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer based in Corona, New York, designs, fabricates, and installs custom transparent plastic window shades for airport traffic control tower cabs and federal aviation facilities as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open federal procurements. The vendor operates as a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation and competes across both set-aside and unrestricted award categories, with total small business designations appearing on roughly 30% of recent awards and the remainder full-and-open.

Solar Screen's federal customer base concentrates almost entirely on the Federal Aviation Administration's regional offices. The FAA Southwestern Region accounts for 49 awards worth $7.9 million combined potential value, followed by FAA Headquarters (10 awards, $5.6 million) and the FAA Northwest Mountain Region (6 awards, $5.3 million); these three entities represent 65 awards covering 97% of the vendor's combined potential value. The Air Force, Navy Installations Command, and other defense customers represent less than 1% of the dollar base. Solar Screen's capability portfolio is narrowly focused: transparent plastic window shade design, fabrication, and installation for air traffic control tower cabs nationwide. Representative delivery orders include a $142,196 award issued June 2, 2026, for cab shade replacement at twelve Pacific Northwest and California airport facilities (Lewiston, Idaho; Hillsboro and Redmond, Oregon; Yakima, Washington; Modesto, Oakland, Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, California; Chandler and Redding, Arizona; Reno, Nevada); an $85,070 order issued April 9, 2026, covering eight Southwest and South airports (Goodyear and Phoenix, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Texarkana, Arkansas; San Antonio, Houston, and Midland, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana); and a $149,890 order issued March 27, 2026, for thirteen Midwest and Northeast airports (Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Evansville, and Huntington, Indiana; Charleston and Beckley, West Virginia; Erie, Pennsylvania; Atwood, Wisconsin; St. Paul, Minnesota; Moline and Alton, Illinois; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio).

Solar Screen holds a $5 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with the FAA Southwestern Region, exercised through Year 2 and running through December 3, 2026. This vehicle is the dominant parent platform: twenty-eight task orders under Indefinite Delivery Contract 697DCK19D00007 carry $1.3 million in combined potential value. Three additional FAA-issued IDCs account for the remainder of Solar Screen's task-order portfolio (9 orders under 697DCK24D00001 worth $735 thousand, 10 orders under DTFACN12D00005 worth $296 thousand, and 5 orders under DTFANM09D00012 worth $285 thousand).

Activity has declined sharply from peak years. The vendor received nine awards in 2022 and eleven in 2023, but only four in 2024, three in 2025, and six in 2026 year-to-date. Only four awards with combined potential value of $407 thousand carry ultimate completion dates inside the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in that window. Solar Screen operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) with no subcontract footprint. The vendor's total federal award footprint across 118 prime contracts and a single $5 million IDC carries $19.7 million in combined potential value, with $4 million (20%) obligated as of the source date.

PRODUCES SHADES FOR AIR CONTROL TOWERS, TRANSPARENT WINDOW SHADES, WINDOW FILM, AND SKYLIGHT SUN CONTROL SYSTEMS. HEAT AND GLARE REDUCING SHADES FOR ENERGY REDUCTION.