Vertex Ammunition And Supply, LLC

Vertex Ammunition And Supply, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Elizabeth, Illinois, supplies ammunition to the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor under small-business set-aside and full-and-open purchase orders. All eight awards in the portfolio are prime contracts (100%), with no subcontract activity. The vendor operates as a limited liability company and competes across both Total Small Business set-asides and unrestricted procurements, with roughly equal distribution across both postures in recent activity.

Vertex's customer base is entirely concentrated within the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons network of correctional facilities. The vendor serves five distinct BOP locations as direct customers: Federal Medical Center Rochester (3 awards, $40 thousand combined potential value), Federal Correctional Institution Jesup ($30 thousand), Federal Correctional Complex Florence ($27 thousand), Federal Correctional Institution Three Rivers ($16 thousand), and Federal Correctional Institution Oxford (2 awards, $11 thousand). Combined potential value across all awards is $124 thousand, fully obligated. The vendor's category classification spans small-arms and general ammunition manufacturing (PSC codes 30Mm through miscellaneous ammunition, NAICS codes 325992 and 424510 predominating).

Award activity shows a sparse, episodic pattern. Five awards were placed in 2023, one in 2024, and two in 2026, with no intervening awards in 2025. The most recent purchase order from Federal Medical Center Rochester (September 30, 2026) carried a $0 ceiling value and was a funding modification to decrease an earlier obligation by $11,830. The prior order from Federal Correctional Complex Florence (August 30, 2026) for training ammunition carried a ceiling of $27,172.50. Representative prior work includes a $30,150 Total Small Business purchase order from Federal Correctional Institution Jesup (August 2023) for ammunition supply, a $16,000 Total Small Business award from FCI Three Rivers for training ammunition (July 2023), and a $15,005 Total Small Business order from Federal Medical Center Rochester for ammunition (May 2024, ultimate completion October 2024). Vertex performs all work from its Elizabeth, Illinois location.