Solidstrip, Inc.

Solidstrip, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Minocqua, Wisconsin, manufactures and supplies specialized abrasive blast media and grain materials to federal agencies as a prime contractor. The company operates as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and competes full-and-open across a broad customer base rather than predominantly under set-asides, though individual task orders occasionally carry total small business set-aside designations on Air Force blast media calls.

Solidstrip's core capability centers on formaldehyde-based and acrylic abrasive grains in various particle sizes — urea formaldehyde, melamine formaldehyde, acrylic, aluminum oxide, and plastic media blasting materials — used for surface preparation, cleaning, and maintenance of aircraft and equipment. The company also supplies virgin acrylic abrasive in thermoplastic form and mil-spec plastic media blasting material (MILSPEC 85891A). Representative recent work includes a $3,161.28 BPA call from GSA's Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) in July 2026 for urea formaldehyde grain in 12-16 particle size, a $61,600 total small business set-aside call from the Ogden Air Logistics Complex (Air Force) in January 2025 for blast media at Hill Air Force Base, and a $51,735 purchase order from the Missouri National Guard in March 2023 for 25,000 pounds of blast media. Performance occurs at Solidstrip's Minocqua facility and subordinate locations in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Customer concentration reflects a split posture: GSA FAS dominates by award count (332 awards, $3.2 million combined potential value) and sustains the bulk of recurring small transactional volume, but the Air Force Materiel Command's Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill Air Force Base anchors the largest dollar exposure ($1 million potential value across 28 awards), with the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex holding a $5.5 million BPA through June 2028. The Department of the Army Materiel Command (TACOM Life Cycle Management Command and Contracting Command Redstone Arsenal) contributes 150 awards ($1 million combined potential value), and the Navy accounts for smaller volumes. The top five customer slots account for 56% of awards and 39% of combined potential value, indicating substantial concentration with GSA and Air Force logistics complexes.

Solidstrip holds two active GSA FAS BPAs: a $125,000 single-award vehicle running through September 30, 2026, and an $83,333 single-award vehicle through December 15, 2025. The company places task orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (262 task orders, $2.2 million combined potential value), the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F0200L (183 task orders, $271 thousand), and the Buildings and Building Materials schedule (135 task orders, $312 thousand). It also draws against blanket purchase agreements with GSA (GS07FQSOLI carrying 134 task orders and GS07FBSOLI carrying 96 task orders with $86 thousand combined potential value). The Air Force Materiel Command vehicles — Ogden Air Logistics Complex and Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex — are structured as multiple award schedule BPAs enabling streamlined procurement of recurring consumable supplies for weapon system maintenance.

Activity has declined year over year from 65 awards in 2023 to 23 in 2026 (through July), reflecting the consumable-supply nature of the business and the low transaction dollar ceiling typical of abrasive materials procurement. Only two awards carry ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $4 thousand, indicating minimal recompete cliff exposure in the near term. The company has maintained federal contracting relationships since 2001 and competes across 43 distinct customer agencies. Category concentration is extreme: 998 of 999 awards fall under Abrasive Product Manufacturing (NAICS), with 530 awards coded to Abrasive Materials PSC and 466 to Disks and Stones, Abrasive PSC.