The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, operating through its Ground Vehicle Tires Division and doing business as Goodyear, supplies pneumatic ground vehicle and aircraft tires to the federal government as a prime contractor on over 4,400 awards across 63 customer agencies, competing in full-and-open procurements with no socioeconomic set-aside posture. Goodyear is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Akron, Ohio, with primary NAICS classification 326211 (Tire Manufacturing) and federal representation across tire-specific PSC codes — pneumatic vehicle tires (1,703 awards), pneumatic aircraft tires (1,315 awards), and vehicular brake and steering components (623 awards). The company holds a subsidiary, Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC, and competes entirely as a full-and-open prime; it retains a subcontract footprint limited to tier-two roles supplying tires to Lockheed Martin for military aircraft sustainment (F-35 and C-130J programs) and to DRS Sustainment Systems for tracked-vehicle support under Foreign Military Sales cases.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to defense logistics and Army security cooperation. The top five funding agencies account for 63% of awards by count but anchor 97% of combined potential value. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates by dollar magnitude — 39 awards carrying $2.29 billion in combined potential value across the Global Tires Program, which centralizes pneumatic tire procurement for military vehicle and equipment maintenance. The Department of the Army ranks second in both count (1,441 awards, $436.8 million) and dollars, with the Army Materiel Command Security Assistance Command placing 162 awards ($456.1 million combined potential value) for Foreign Military Sales cases, predominantly supporting Israel under FMS cases IS-B-ZMW, IS-B-ZZJ, and IS-B-ZYX. The Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal contributes 246 awards ($378.2 million). The Department of the Air Force and Department of the Navy round out the major customer set. This concentration split signals that Goodyear's dollars flow from DLA's long-term platform contracts while its award count reflects high-volume Army FMS delivery orders.

Goodyear's vehicle position centers on five indefinite-delivery contracts generating the majority of task-order volume. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime awarded three single-award IDCs in 2024: a $999,999,999 ceiling (placeholder value, actual scope supporting Global Tire Program NSNs through December 2027), a $4,999,999 contract for pneumatic vehicle tires through October 2027, and a $4,999,999 contract for 95 national stock numbers through October 2027. A November 2024 DLA award carries a $4,999,999 ceiling for approximately 100 tire NSNs including two HUBZone sole-source line items, running through September 2027. An expired December 2021 DLA multiple-award IDC (SPE7LX22D0009) for 23 pneumatic NSNs carried a $999,999,999 placeholder ceiling through December 2024. The Army Materiel Command Security Assistance Command awarded a single-award indefinite-delivery contract on March 25, 2026, with a $24.96 million ceiling for ground vehicle tires through March 2028. These vehicles anchor Goodyear's federal footprint; the top five parent vehicles generated 339 task orders across DLA and Army platforms. A prior $50.9 million single-award DLA IDC covering 16 NSNs ran through December 2024, now expired.

Activity has remained steady to declining. Goodyear received three awards in 2022, seven in 2023, 19 in 2024 (the peak year), and 11 in 2025, with two awards issued through March 2026. Eleven awards (combined potential value $42.7 million) face ultimate completion within twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure. Recent named delivery orders include a $13.586 million order from the Army Security Assistance Command for Israel FMS case IS-B-ZZJ (July 2025, ultimate completion December 2026), a $7.9 million order for FMS case IS-B-ZMW (February 2025, completed August 2025), a $2.66 million order for the same Israel case (July 2025), a $553,720 order for Israel tires (September 2025), and a $252,001 Army order (March 2026) for security assistance operations. FEMA awarded a $71,997 purchase order in September 2025 for 185 truck and trailer tires with mounting and balancing services for its Mobile Emergency Response Support fleet in Denton, Texas. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed an $8,608 purchase order in July 2024 for tire installation at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Illinois.

In its subcontractor role, Goodyear supplies landing-gear tires and nose tires to Lockheed Martin for F-35 global sustainment, F-16 provisioning, and C-130J aircraft programs (multiple tasks through August 2024 involving main landing gear and nose tire components). Goodyear also subcontracts to DRS Sustainment Systems for Tunnel Loader tire support (October 2025) and Heavy Duty Tank Trailer tires under FMS case IS-ZJY for Israel (December 2024), and to Valkyrie Enterprises for vehicle depot overhaul tires (March 2024). The subcontract exposure is narrow and aircraft-focused, routed through two prime relationships.

Goodyear received a federal research grant from the Economic Development Administration in December 2024 (ultimate completion December 2028) for sustainable polymer composites development, transitioning batch processing to semi-continuous liquid-phase mixing. The project targets a 10% improvement in compound mixing efficiency and 25% improvement in tire wear through filler dispersion research and pilot production at Goodyear's manufacturing facility.

Corporate structure names The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company as parent with a subsidiary, Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC, also active in federal award capture. The parent holds the majority of award volume and value across both prime defense contracts and the EDA grant.