Colonial Electric Supply Co

Colonial Electric Supply Co, doing business as Bright Lights, supplies lighting fixtures, ballasts, lamps, LED emergency lights, and related electrical equipment to federal agencies as a prime contractor competing full-and-open without set-aside designations. A for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, with a subsidiary Colonial Electric Supply Co Inc (a self-certified small disadvantaged business), Bright Lights operates across primary NAICS categories including Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (NAICS 238210), Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 335110), and Other Electronic Parts and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (NAICS 423690).

The vendor's recent federal footprint reflects sustained activity across 336 awards since 1989, split nearly entirely between prime contracts (335 of 336 awards, or 100%). Recent activity shows volatility: one award in 2020, a jump to seven awards in 2023, twenty-four in 2024, then a slowdown to seven in 2025 and nine year-to-date in 2026. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $1 million, with cumulative obligations of $1.5 million (147% of combined potential value, indicating task orders and small purchase orders where invoiced amounts exceed original ceilings). Representative prime work includes a $37,350 purchase order from the Smithsonian Institution in March 2026 for lighting supplies and fixtures supporting Taubman Gallery upgrades, a $20,120 purchase order from the Smithsonian in March 2026 for performance area lighting improvements in Washington, DC, multiple State Department purchase orders for lamps, ballasts, emergency LED lighting, and light fixtures averaging $1,000 to $10,000 per order across the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, and Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and a $615,000 purchase order from the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in September 2023 for lighting.

Customer concentration clusters heavily at the Department of the Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command (191 awards, $544 thousand combined potential value), representing 70% of award count. The Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command (10 awards, $180 thousand) and Naval Sea Systems Command (7 awards, $75 thousand) anchor the Navy relationship, while the Smithsonian Institution and the Department of State's multiple bureaus drive visible civilian civilian-agency presence in the commercial lighting fixture and lamp supply space. Top customers by award count and potential value diverge substantially: Army dominates by both counts, but Navy's smaller order count carries disproportionate dollar value. Work spans product categories including electrical hardware and supplies (48 awards), connectors (44 awards), indoor and outdoor electric lighting fixtures (42 awards), circuit breakers (30 awards), and switches (28 awards). The vendor sits on one named parent vehicle, the Southeast Area of Responsibility Multiple Award Construction Contract (one task order). Only one sub-award appears in the source, a September 2025 sub to RQ Construction LLC for interior lighting supply on a fitness center construction project. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months includes two awards with combined potential value of $12 thousand, indicating minimal pipeline cliff risk in the near term.

The Colonial Electric Supply Company is a Small Business located in King of Prussia, PA. The Colonial Electric Supply Company delivers consistent and quality to its customers with the highest level of integrity and great attention to people, products, and service. They are passionate about their business and go to extraordinary lengths to satisfy their customers. The Colonial Electric Supply Company's vision is to create and strengthen relationships with their customers by providing exceptional service and consistently demonstrating their quality. The Colonial Electric Supply Company and its employees take great pride in their work and in delighting their customers.