Strong Group, Inc.

Strong Group, Inc. Strong Leather Co Division, doing business as Strong Leather Co, manufactures specialized leather goods — credential cases, badge holders, and related law enforcement equipment — for federal law enforcement and security agencies as a prime contractor operating exclusively in full-and-open competition (100% of recent awards carry no set-aside designation). A for-profit Subchapter S Corporation headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts, registered in SAM.gov since 2001, Strong Leather Co competes across NAICS 312210 (All Other Leather Good and Allied Product Manufacturing) and PSC 8465 (Badges and Insignia), with 164 total federal awards spanning multiple decades.

The company's customer concentration sits with law enforcement and border security agencies. The top five customers by award count account for 43% of awards: the Drug Enforcement Administration (23 awards, $1.3 million combined potential value), the Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer (20 awards, $1.1 million), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (9 awards, $183 thousand), Customs and Border Protection (9 awards, $2.2 million), and the Navy Criminal Investigative Service (9 awards, $56 thousand). Potential value concentration is sharply different: the GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors 96% of combined potential value through two IDV awards valued at $27.3 million, while the remaining 160 individual task orders and purchase orders aggregate $6.1 million. This divergence signals that Strong Leather Co holds large blanket purchase agreements and GSA schedule vehicles but executes most work through smaller individual calls against those IDVs.

Strong Leather Co holds two single-award BPAs as its primary contracting vehicles. The DEA BPA (contract 15DDHQ22A00000008), awarded July 29, 2022, carries a $197,300 ceiling through September 30, 2027, and has generated seven task orders totaling $152 thousand in potential value for credential cases, badge cases, and task force cases. The CBP BPA, awarded September 30, 2021, carries a $580,745 ceiling through September 29, 2026, and has generated three task orders totaling $330 thousand for Border Patrol badges and badge and credential cases. The company also positions 72 task orders under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule GS07F8879D ($3.1 million combined potential value) and 24 task orders under the broader Multiple Award Schedule vehicle. Recent representative work includes a $26,151 purchase order from the US Marshals Service Tactical Operations Division for credential leather case badges (May 2026, firm fixed-price), a $99,993 BPA call from CBP for US Border Patrol badges under GSA MAS (September 2025), and a $69,713 purchase order from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security for badges (January 2025). All awards reflect firm fixed-price structures with full-and-open competition.

Activity has remained modest and flat: four awards in 2022 and 2023, three in 2024, four in 2025, and two in 2026 year to date. Combined obligated dollars across the full footprint total $4.5 million against $33.4 million in combined potential value (14% utilization rate), reflecting the prevalence of blanket purchase agreements and GSA schedules with ceiling values that are not yet fully drawn. Four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, with combined potential value of $274 thousand and therefore minimal recompete exposure in that window. The company does not subcontract and carries no federal sub-award relationships; Strong Leather Co operates as a direct manufacturer and sole supplier to federal buyers.