Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.

Swank Motion Pictures, Inc., a veteran-owned media licensing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, provides public performance licenses for motion pictures and audiovisual content to federal agencies as a prime contractor across 958 awards spanning multiple federal customers. The vendor operates entirely on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations; it competes across civilian and defense agencies with no concentration in any SBA category.

Swank's federal footprint centers on motion picture licensing and streaming video subscriptions for institutional programming—inmate rehabilitation and entertainment at correctional facilities, patient education at VA medical centers, military training and morale support at armed services installations, and vocational training at Department of Labor Job Corps sites. Representative work includes a $309 thousand definitive contract from the Department of Labor Job Corps National Office (awarded April 2023, running through April 2027) for annual unlimited motion picture rights and streaming services; a $104.9 million purchase order from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (September 2021, completion September 2026) for public non-theatrical performance licensing to detention facilities; a $138.3 thousand Veterans Affairs video patient education system license (October 2021, completion September 2026) to Veterans Integrated Service Network 9; and recurring annual licensing agreements of $5,800–$31,900 with Bureau of Prisons facilities (Federal Correctional Institution Marianna, Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg, Federal Correctional Complex Florence, Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix, Federal Correctional Complex Coleman, and Federal Correctional Complex Pollock). Recent awards also include a $76.6 thousand three-year contract with Air Force Air Education and Training Command for movie performance rights at San Antonio training installations (September 2025, completion September 2028) and a $53.2 thousand sole-source Naval Education and Training Command licensing subscription (August 2025, completion July 2028).

Customer concentration remains dispersed across 128 agencies. The top five customers by award count and dollar value account for only 11% and 5% of awards respectively, signaling deep penetration across federal IT, defense, and justice portfolios rather than dependency on any single agency relationship. The Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery leads with 32 awards and $1.5 million in combined potential value; the Air Force Air Education and Training Command follows with 27 awards and $473 thousand; Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 9 holds 15 awards and $447 thousand. Bureau of Prisons facilities dominate the Department of Justice footprint with recurring annual licensing orders averaging $12,000–$14,000 per facility.

Swank's primary vehicle is the Federal Supply Schedule GS02F0273P, under which it has placed 282 task orders valued at $17.7 million combined. The vendor also operates under several agency-specific indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements with the Navy, Veterans Affairs, and other agencies. Activity has remained flat over the past five years (7–8 awards annually in 2022–2025, with 1 award in 2026 year-to-date as of mid-July), suggesting a mature, stable customer base with recurring annual licensing renewals rather than new contract wins. Eight awards (combined potential value $610 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represent renewal or recompete opportunities.

Swank operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor's award history dates to 1985 and spans nearly four decades of federal licensing services; combined potential value across all 958 awards stands at $58 million, with $33.2 million obligated (57% execution rate), reflecting the steady-state consumption of annual licensing renewals.