Susan's Religious Articles LLC

Susan's Religious Articles LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Brooklyn, New York, supplies Jewish religious articles and ceremonial objects to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support as a prime contractor under a total small business set-aside single-award indefinite delivery contract. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and competes entirely within the total small business set-aside category on its primary vehicle.

The vendor's footprint is functionally monolithic: DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles accounts for 3,134 of 3,146 total awards (99.6% of the portfolio) valued at $10.5 million combined potential value. All other customers—DLA Troop Support Hardware (6 awards, $20 thousand), DLA Aviation (4 awards, $12 thousand), Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center (1 award, $26 thousand), and Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region (1 award, $15 thousand)—represent negligible concentration. The vendor's award count is dominated by ecclesiastical equipment, furnishings, and supplies (3,076 awards under PSC 7010) and other cut and sew apparel manufacturing (2,843 awards under NAICS 315290).

Susan's Religious Articles LLC holds a single-award IDV with DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles (ceiling $2,039,721.33, performance through July 30, 2030, awarded July 31, 2025) that authorizes task orders for prayer books (Tanakh, Jerusalem, and Psalms editions), yarmulkes in multiple colors and styles, prayer shawls, mezuzah parchments, ceremonial wines (cream red, cream white, Concord kosher varieties), menorahs, Hanukkah and Shabbat candles, shofars, Torah scrolls, Kiddush cups, candlesticks, matzah covers, Haggadahs, and Passover Seder supplies. The vendor also places work on three older IDVs: SPE1C115D1080 (1,315 task orders, $327 thousand), SPE1C125D0075 (230 task orders, $150 thousand), and SPE1C117D1081 (14 task orders, $900 thousand). Representative delivery orders include $18,452.30 for books (November 12, 2025), $22,680 for Seder participant supplies (January 14, 2026), and $2,764.94 for desert-colored yarmulkes (November 18, 2025). Individual task order values range from two dollars to over thirty thousand dollars.

Activity has declined sharply: 345 awards in 2024 to 223 in 2025 and 139 through April 2026, a trajectory suggesting reduced ordering velocity or potential transition to larger blanket orders. The vendor has received approximately 150 delivery orders since late 2024 under the primary IDV. All work is performed at the vendor's Brooklyn facility under firm fixed-price contracts. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $3.9 million, representing 37% of the $10.5 million combined potential value. The vendor's specialization in Jewish religious articles for the military's Religious Support Program and narrow customer base create both deep customer entrenchment and significant concentration risk.