Urschel Tool Co

Urschel Tool Co, a Providence, Rhode Island-based small business manufacturer, supplies precision-manufactured military uniform components including insignia, buckles, clasps, badges, and textile hardware to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor under a mix of total small business set-asides and full-and-open competition. The company competes 100% as a prime, with no sub-award footprint.

Urschel operates exclusively within the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles division, which accounts for 411 of 468 awards in the source data and $24.2 million of the $25 million combined potential value — a concentration of 94% by award count and 97% by dollars. The company holds a $3.419 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract extending through November 2027, designated as a total small business set-aside, from which the DLA has issued delivery orders for buckles valued individually at $159,240 to $231,840. Representative recent work includes a $146,240 total small business set-aside purchase order for 80,000 units of military branch insignia to Arizona Industries for the Blind (October 2025), a $219,965 full-and-open competition delivery order for 20,500 branch officer insignias (July 2025), and a $131,550 total small business set-aside purchase order for 15,000 units of enlisted grade insignia (July 2025). Many awards direct deliveries to the Travis Association for the Blind or Arizona Industries for the Blind, aligning with federal socioeconomic contracting objectives.

Urschel's customer concentration is extreme and narrow. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles division represents 411 of 468 awards; the remaining 57 awards split across the broader Defense Logistics Agency organization, the Department of the Army, and the Department of the Navy with negligible dollar value. The company holds at least five distinct IDCs with DLA Troop Support, with the primary vehicle (SPE1C117D1013) carrying 20 task orders valued at $1.2 million combined potential value. Other active vehicles include SPE1C114D1032 (9 task orders, $838 thousand), SPE1C123D0012 (6 task orders, $1.1 million), SP010006D4132 (3 task orders, $203 thousand), and SP010005AS131 (4 task orders).

Activity has been episodic, ranging from 12 awards in 2024 to 33 in 2023, with 26 awards in 2025 and 1 award in early 2026. Obligated value stands at $22.2 million of the $25 million combined potential, representing 89% execution rate. Only one award with a completion date in the next twenty-four months appears in the recompete cliff — a $50 thousand potential exposure.

Urschel's product portfolio centers on badges and insignia (377 awards), notions and apparel findings (82 awards), and flags and pennants (21 awards) under PSC 84-P (Clothing, Individual Equipment, Insignia, and Jewelry), with primary NAICS split between Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing (155 awards) and All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills (151 awards). The company manufactures and delivers necktie clasps, garrison cap insignia, enlisted and officer grade insignia, branch insignia, qualification badges, ribbons, buckles, belt keepers, lapel buttons, and waist plates. Performance occurs at the company's Providence, Rhode Island facility; the company maintains SAM.gov registration since January 2002.