The Kinetic Group Sales LLC

The Kinetic Group Sales LLC, operating as a division of Vista Outdoor Sales LLC (itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Vista Outdoor Inc.), manufactures and supplies small arms ammunition to the federal government as a prime contractor, competing in full-and-open federal procurement without small business set-asides. The vendor is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Anoka, Minnesota, with foreign ownership and no SBA designations. Its federal footprint is dominated by ammunition delivery orders issued against established indefinite delivery contracts across law enforcement and civilian agencies.

Vista Outdoor Inc. and its ammunition subsidiary The Kinetic Group Sales LLC hold a sprawling portfolio of federal awards spanning ammunition supply across the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and related civilian agencies. The parent company has received 5,167 federal awards since 2008, with 99% as prime contracts; combined potential value exceeds $3.42 billion, though recent activity has declined—from 445 awards in 2022 to 203 in 2026. The Kinetic Group's concrete capability centers on small arms ammunition manufacturing and supply across multiple calibers: 9mm duty and training rounds, 5.56mm service and training variants, .40 S&W, .45 Auto, .223 Remington, and 12-gauge shotgun ammunition, including specialized training variants such as reduced hazard training ammunition (RHTA), readily identifiable training ammunition (RITA), and frangible rounds. Representative work includes a $1.625 million delivery order from the Department of Defense Headquarters Division in October 2026 for ammunition supply; a $1.537 million order from Immigration and Customs Enforcement in April 2026 for 9mm 147-grain duty ammunition; a $1.222 million Federal Law Enforcement Training Center order in March 2026 for 9mm reduced hazard training ammunition; and a $1.132 million Transportation Security Administration order in April 2026 for 2,558 cases of 9mm frangible ammunition. The vendor operates predominantly through delivery orders under three primary indefinite delivery vehicles: a $99.9 million single-award contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 9mm duty and reduced hazard qualification ammunition through September 2030; a $17.96 million single-award contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for 9mm training ammunition through May 2026; and a $15 million multiple-award contract with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers for Commercial Lead Training Ammunition through February 2030.

Customer concentration is severe. The top five agencies account for 46% of award count and 42% of potential value. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leads by dollars ($529 million across 381 awards), followed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection ($458.2 million, 122 awards), the FBI ($220 million, 132 awards), and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers ($184 million, 224 awards). The Drug Enforcement Administration dominates by award count (1,292 awards, $23.6 million combined potential value), driven by routine small-value delivery orders for ammunition. This concentration reflects the vendor's positioning as the primary ammunition supplier to federal law enforcement training and border security operations.

The vendor places nearly all work through delivery orders against established indefinite delivery contracts rather than through full-and-open solicitations. The top five IDVs by task order volume are the FLETC Reduced Hazard Training Ammunition contract (530 task orders, $21.8 million), an FBI department-wide IDIQ (406 task orders, $15.6 million), the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers Commercial Lead Training Ammunition contract (366 task orders, $15 million), a second FBI IDIQ (330 task orders, $12.7 million), and a legacy Commercial Leaded Training Ammunition contract (249 task orders, $4 million). This vehicle structure enables streamlined procurement without competitive re-solicitation and locks the vendor into long-term supply relationships across federal law enforcement.

Recent activity reflects declining award volume and a significant recompete cliff. Awards per year fell from 445 in 2022 to 203 in 2026. Within the next twenty-four months, 158 awards with combined potential value of $68.7 million reach ultimate completion and face recompete. The ICE single-award contract ($17.96 million through May 2026) has already expired in the source data timeframe, signaling upcoming recompete exposure for a material share of the vendor's revenue base.

The Kinetic Group operates as a subcontractor on two small awards under General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., for global security engineering and supply chain services (both January 2025), but 99% of the portfolio comprises prime work. The vendor's federal contracting is concentrated in small arms ammunition manufacturing (NAICS 322992), which accounts for 4,943 of 5,167 awards. Place of performance is predominantly Anoka, Minnesota, with secondary distribution facilities noted in Metairie, Louisiana; San Antonio, Texas; and Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Vista Outdoor Inc., the parent, also operates Federal Cartridge Company as a named subsidiary. The parent entity structure positions The Kinetic Group Sales LLC as the operational ammunition division, while Federal Cartridge Company carries a separate manufacturer designation in the source. Both entities serve federal customers, though the source materials emphasize The Kinetic Group as the primary federal prime contractor.