Special Events Entertainment, Inc.

Special Events Entertainment, Inc., doing business as Special Events Virginia, is a small for-profit business based in Portsmouth, Virginia, that supplies equipment rental and event logistical support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, operating predominantly under total small business set-asides on NAICS 532289 (consumer goods rental) and PSC codes for equipment lease and rental. The vendor has held federal SAM registration since 1999 and has executed 102 awards totaling $1.4 million in combined potential value over the past two decades, with all dollars obligated.

The vendor's core capability is military and federal event support through equipment rental, delivery, setup, and takedown services. Offerings include tents, chairs, tables, bleachers, generators, lighting systems, audio/visual equipment, and portable facilities. Representative work includes a $100,551 total small business set-aside purchase order from U.S. Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic Fleet) in May 2025 for homecoming event services supporting ship return-to-homeport ceremonies; an $86,728 total small business set-aside from the same command in March 2023 for equipment rental supporting the USS George H.W. Bush homecoming event; and a $70,389 total small business set-aside from Fleet Forces Command in January 2024 for return-to-homeport equipment rental supporting the USS Gerald R. Ford with over 2,000 attendees. Recent work includes a $117,522 small business set-aside purchase order from Naval Air Systems Command in February 2026 for USS Gerald Ford return-to-homeport celebration services and an $18,342 purchase order from the Shared Services Center in April 2026 for tent rental supporting an FDRF ribbon cutting event in Hampton, Virginia.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Navy and Coast Guard. U.S. Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic Fleet) leads by potential value with 23 awards totaling $762 thousand, followed by the Coast Guard with 32 awards totaling $218 thousand. The top five customers by award count (Fleet Forces Command, Coast Guard, Naval Supply Systems Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, and Naval Facilities Engineering Command) account for 77% of all awards. When ranked by potential value, the split tilts toward U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Naval Air Systems Command, which holds two awards valued at $165 thousand combined. Across all fifteen distinct customer agencies, the Navy and Coast Guard represent the overwhelming majority of award volume and dollars.

The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-aside designations on routine military-event purchase orders. Awarded work is characterized by short performance windows (typically 30 to 90 days) and firm fixed-price purchase orders ranging from under $1,000 to approximately $117,000 per order. Activity averaged 7 awards per year over the past five years, with eleven awards placed in 2024, nine in 2025, and two year-to-date in 2026. The vendor maintains no subcontract footprint and does not sit on government-wide vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, or BPAs).