Colonial Electric Supply Co

Colonial Electric Supply Co, doing business as Bright Lights, is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania that supplies lighting equipment, electrical fixtures, ballasts, lamps, and related electrical supplies to federal agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open competitive purchase orders, without set-asides or small business designations across its footprint.

The vendor's federal award portfolio reflects sustained activity in government lighting supply. Across 329 total awards spanning the past five years, the company has generated $954 thousand in combined potential value, though actual obligations total $1.4 million (151% of potential value), signaling frequent contract modifications or adjustments above the original ceiling. Awards per year show material growth: one award in 2020, then seven in 2023, twenty-four in 2024, declining to seven in 2025 and two through mid-2026. The overwhelming majority (328 of 329 awards) are prime contracts; Colonial Electric holds one subcontract under RQ Construction LLC for interior lighting supply on a fitness center construction project awarded in September 2025.

Customer concentration is highly skewed. The top five agencies account for 89% of combined potential value, dominated by the Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command (191 awards, $544 thousand combined potential value) — a 57% concentration by dollar volume. The Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command ranks second ($180 thousand across ten awards), followed by the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command ($75 thousand across seven awards), the Department of State Bureau of African Affairs ($26 thousand across six awards), and the Veterans Health Administration ($25 thousand across three awards). State Department bureaus collectively represent substantial award count (30 awards across European and Eurasian Affairs, Overseas Building Operations, and others), but the awards are small-dollar purchase orders (typical ceiling values $500–$5,000) and account for only $65 thousand of the $954 thousand portfolio. This divergence signals that Army CECOM drives both volume and dollars, while State Department work is fragmented across many low-value orders.

Award categories concentrate in lighting and electrical hardware. The top NAICS codes are Other Electronic Parts and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (66 awards), Commercial and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (64 awards), and Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (30 awards). PSC concentration mirrors this: Electrical Hardware and Supplies (46 awards), Connectors and Electrical (44 awards), and Indoor and Outdoor Electric Lighting Fixtures (37 awards) dominate the portfolio. Specific products named across recent State Department purchase orders include ballasts, fluorescent lamps, LED fixtures, emergency lighting, lamp holders, U-shape bulbs, and lighting equipment bundles. Corporate structure includes a named subsidiary, Colonial Electric Supply Co Inc, certified as a small disadvantaged business, though this designation does not appear to anchor the parent's prime-contract awards.

Place of performance is consistently King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, with recent visible awards ranging from $330 to $615,000 in ceiling value. The most recent large-dollar award was a $615,000 purchase order from the State Department Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in September 2023 for lighting; a $14,500 order from Bureau of Overseas Building Operations in July 2023; and a $10,216 order from the Bureau of African Affairs for ballasts in August 2024. Most State Department work completes within one to two months of award, and the majority of awards indexed in the source are closed or approaching completion by mid-2026. The single parent vehicle identified in the source is the Southeast Area of Responsibility Multiple Award Construction Contract (one task order), indicating marginal leverage of larger vehicles relative to direct purchase-order competition.

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.