National Telephone Supply Co

National Telephone Supply Co, a Cleveland, Ohio-based for-profit manufacturer, supplies wire swaging sleeves, cable repair tools, and related engineered compression system solutions to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on 100% of its federal awards, competing across both full-and-open and total small business set-aside vehicles. The company has been registered as a federal supplier since January 2002 and operates from its facility at 5100 Superior Ave in Cleveland, with secondary performance locations including White Hall, Arkansas.

The vendor's federal footprint is dominated by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation, which accounts for 443 of 722 total awards worth $6.8 million in combined potential value—79% of the award count and 79% of potential dollars. DLA Land and Maritime is the second-ranking customer with 49 awards valued at $1 million combined potential. The next tier includes the Joint Munitions Command (10 awards, $126 thousand), Marine Sealift Command (25 awards, $56 thousand), and the U.S. Marine Corps (30 awards, $4 thousand). These top five customer organizations account for approximately 79% of all awards and 95% of combined potential value. Recent representative work includes a $34,800 total small business purchase order from the Joint Munitions Command in December 2025 for 81-millimeter Nicopress oval sleeves, a $4,773.60 delivery order from DLA Aviation in February 2026 for swaging sleeves and wire components, and a $3,418.20 total small business delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime in November 2025 for wire swaging sleeves.

National Telephone Supply Co holds approximately ten active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime, each valued between $91 thousand and $350 thousand, with ceiling values extending through 2030. Recent IDC awards include a $350,000 Total Small Business single-award contract from DLA Land and Maritime issued February 25, 2026 (completion February 25, 2027), a $250,000 DLA Aviation single-award contract issued September 19, 2025 (completion September 18, 2030), and a $250,000 DLA Land and Maritime single-award contract issued March 21, 2025 (completion March 21, 2026). Delivery orders under these vehicles typically range from $1,000 to $6,000, with the majority falling between $1,000 and $3,000. The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-aside designations on its IDC vehicles, though individual delivery orders are frequently issued without set-aside designation under the full-and-open procurement method.

Activity has been variable across the period covered: 37 awards in 2022, 41 in 2023, 53 in 2024, 37 in 2025, and 2 awarded through February 2026. Combined potential value across all 722 awards totals $8.6 million, with $2.6 million obligated to date (30% utilization rate). The vendor's product category concentration reflects its specialization: 445 awards fall under All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332999), 110 under Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing, and smaller volumes in Hardware Manufacturing and Special Die and Tool categories. The top PSC code is Fittings For Rope, Cable, And Chain (522 awards), followed by Hand Tools Nonedged Nonpowered (133 awards), reflecting the wire and cable accessory nature of the business. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no documented subcontract work in the award portfolio.