Tradewinds Services, Inc.

Tradewinds Services, Inc., doing business as Tradewinds Industries, is an AbilityOne non-profit manufacturer headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana that manufactures disposable coveralls, food service uniforms, smocks, and related protective garments for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards). The vendor competes on a full-and-open, unrestricted basis across its entire federal contract footprint, holding no set-aside designations. Tradewinds operates a single manufacturing facility in Merrillville performing all work in-house without identified major subcontractors.

Tradewinds' customer concentration is heavily weighted to defense logistics. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles and the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command together account for 94% of awards (458 of 679 total) and $85.9 million of combined potential value. DLA Troop Support alone anchors 232 awards worth $57.2 million; NAVSEA delivers 226 awards for $28.7 million. The third-tier customer, Defense Logistics Agency (non-Troop Support), contributes 86 awards worth $12.3 million. Tradewinds also serves the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (38 awards) and the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Soldier (1 award worth $2.5 million). Recent contract examples include a $255.6 million disposable coveralls delivery order under DLA Troop Support (February 2024), a $439.3 million large coveralls purchase order with NAVSEA (November 2022), a $288.3 million X-large coveralls purchase order with NAVSEA (September 2023), and a $77.2 million disposable coveralls delivery order with DLA (October 2025).

Tradewinds holds three active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles running through January 2028, with combined ceiling values exceeding $16.5 million. These IDVs, each a single-award vehicle, support the bulk of Tradewinds' federal work. The largest five parent vehicles visible in the award footprint are SPMYM214D0002 (46 task orders, $2.8 million), SPMYM211D0008 (37 task orders, $1.7 million), SPE1C115DN010 (32 task orders, $1.4 million), SPM1C107DN040 (28 task orders, $1.5 million), and SPE1C121DN148 (24 task orders, $1.7 million). All are indefinite delivery contracts issued by DLA or NAVSEA.

Activity has remained relatively flat in recent years—25 awards in 2022, 30 in 2023, 18 in 2024, 20 in 2025, and 17 through June 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $77 thousand), creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The vendor's award portfolio spans 679 contracts and sub-awards with $104.7 million in combined potential value and $92.8 million in obligated dollars (89% of potential). Tradewinds' capability footprint is concentrated in NAICS 342111 (Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing, 191 awards), 315225 (Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors, 101 awards), and 315211 (Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Work Clothing Manufacturing, 65 awards); PSC coding reflects Clothing, Special Purpose (569 awards) and related protective apparel categories.

Tradewinds acts as a sub-recipient on federal education grants from the Department of Education Indiana, receiving monthly grant allocations across 31 sub-awards from October 2021 through June 2026. The nature and dollar magnitude of those education grants are not specified in the source, but they represent 6% of Tradewinds' total award count. The company has been registered in SAM.gov since 2001 and has received over 70 prime contract awards since 2021 alone, with individual contract values ranging from approximately $4 thousand to over $800 thousand.