Ten-8 Fire & Safety LLC

Ten-8 Fire & Safety LLC, a for-profit limited-liability company headquartered in Bradenton, Florida, supplies fire truck components, fire suppression equipment, and specialized tactical systems to the Department of Defense, the Department of the Interior, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation primarily as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards) competing in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations. The vendor operates under primary NAICS codes centered on fire protection equipment wholesale (Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers) and automotive repair, with a subsidiary, Ten-8 Fire Equipment, Inc., mirroring the same service focus.

Ten-8's capability portfolio centers on fire truck parts supply and installation, fire equipment maintenance and repair, and tactical systems integration. Representative prime work includes a $54.8 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from Army Forces Command (July 2022) for a fire truck unit air conditioner assembly delivered to Fort Stewart, Georgia; a $25.6 thousand total small-business set-aside purchase order from Naval Facilities Engineering Command (June 2024) for Oshkosh fire truck parts to repair Navy fire engines at Naval Station Norfolk; and a $23.4 thousand sole-source purchase order from the FBI Miami Field Office (August 2026) for procurement, integration, and installation of a Will-Burt 4.5-meter telescoping mast system with motorized pan-and-tilt positioner to support repeater antenna and tactical camera equipment on an SWAT Mobile Tactical Operations Center. The sole-source FBI award was justified because Ten-8 is the only authorized Will-Burt U.S. Service Center within the operationally required fifty-mile service radius of Miami, combining manufacturer-authorized installation with procurement in a single contract to preserve warranty and system reliability.

Customer concentration is dispersed across twenty-one agencies, with the top five accounting for 60% of recent awards but only 67% of combined potential value — a signal of high volume, low-dollar work. The Department of the Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Combat Command, and Air Mobility Command lead the potential-value rankings ($167 thousand, $119 thousand, and $98 thousand respectively), while the Department of the Navy Installations Command ranks first by award count at twelve awards. Activity has been thin in recent years — one award each in 2022 and 2023, three in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026 — reflecting a historically sporadic customer base rather than sustained contract programs.

In its subcontractor role, Ten-8 performs equipment maintenance and corrosion control repairs to Amentum Spaceport LLC on a base operations and spaceport services contract (August 2025) and delivers logistic-support fire equipment services to V2X Systems LLC at Fort Benning, Georgia under two task orders (July 2024 and October 2024 modifications). Ten-8's prime footprint targets DoD fire and aviation equipment supply-and-support niches where specialist technical authorization — such as Will-Burt manufacturer certification or Oshkosh parts expertise — creates competitive moats in simplified acquisition and small-business set-aside contexts.