Traverse Bay Manufacturing, Inc.

Traverse Bay Manufacturing, Inc. Traverse Bay Manufacturing Division is a corporate entity registered in SAM.gov as a for-profit manufacturer of goods. The company is certified as a HUBZone small business by the Small Business Administration. Traverse Bay Manufacturing provides various textiles, cut goods, and pre-cut kits to federal agencies like the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Defense.

Traverse Bay Manufacturing has been awarded multiple delivery orders and purchase orders from the Bureau of Prisons to supply textiles, cut goods, and pre-cut kits for manufacturing military clothing. The Bureau of Prisons facilities in Yazoo City, Mississippi and Terre Haute, Indiana have issued firm fixed price contracts to Traverse Bay Manufacturing for various textiles and cut goods to support their detention and incarceration operations. Many of these procurements are sole-source, with no set-aside designations applied. Additionally, Traverse Bay Manufacturing has been a sub-contractor to Avon Protection Systems Incorporated, providing textiles in support of the M50/51 gas mask program and mask carrier bags for the M53A1 program related to troop support.

The company holds an Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Bureau of Prisons Central Office worth $518,019.40 for cut goods sold to the Defense Logistics Agency. Under this single-award contract set aside for HUBZone firms, Traverse Bay Manufacturing has received a $34,945.80 delivery order for pre-cut kits to manufacture U.S. Marine Corps men's and women's uniform shirts. The Bureau of Prisons issued this IDC, with a base year plus four option years, to streamline the procurement of textile components for military clothing production through a HUBZone supplier. Traverse Bay Manufacturing fulfills this contract from their Elk Rapids, Michigan location. Both the Bureau of Prisons and Defense Logistics Agency leverage this IDV to meet socioeconomic contracting goals while securing vital cut goods for detention facilities and military apparel manufacturing.