Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc.
Rockville, MD
- UEI
- ML8DSMWSCQF8
- CAGE
- 2B154
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 3 Taft Ct, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
- Website
- whitakerbrothers.com
- Founded
- 1945
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Commercial Services & Supplies
- Business Supplies
- SIC code
- 50 Wholesale Trade – Durable Goods
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $40,939 |
| FY2026 | $1,804,400 |
| FY2025 | $2,956,633 |
| FY2024 | $3,730,177 |
| FY2023 | $3,943,400 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Services Administration | $1,683,456 | |
| 2 | Defense Logistics Agency | $42,985 | |
| 3 | Department of the Navy | $29,490 | |
| 4 | Air Force | $25,515 | |
| 5 | Department of the Army | $17,689 | |
| 6 | Defense Health Agency | $15,998 | |
| 7 | Department of Justice | $13,361 | |
| 8 | Department of Commerce | $12,497 | |
| 9 | Department of State | $4,348 |
Contract vehicles
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shredding machine, p | Federal Acquisition Service | $3,671 | |
| Shredding machine, p | Federal Acquisition Service | $3,671 | |
| Shredding machine, p | Federal Acquisition Service | $3,671 | |
| Shredding machine, p | Federal Acquisition Service | $5,862 | |
| Shredding machine, p | Federal Acquisition Service | $4,140 |
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Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| BL Harbert International LLC | 19AQMM22C0145 | $149,978 |
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| SEM | Westborough, MA | 811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance |
| Capital Shredder Corp | North Bethesda, MD | 339940 Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing |
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About the company
Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc., doing business as Whitaker Brothers, is a veteran-owned prime contractor based in Rockville, Maryland that manufactures and distributes high-security document and media destruction equipment—cross-cut paper shredders, media shredders, hard drive degaussers, and optical media destroyers—to federal agencies almost exclusively through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule. The vendor competes full-and-open on the GSA MAS without SBA set-aside designations and operates as a pure equipment vendor with no meaningful subcontracting footprint.
Whitaker Brothers has built a footprint of nearly 9,300 federal awards spanning over forty years, with recent activity concentrated heavily on GSA FAS task orders for high-security shredding equipment. The top customer by far is GSA Federal Acquisition Service, which accounts for 2,450 awards and $259.6 million of the $332.5 million combined potential value across all awards—roughly 78 percent. The next tier of customers—the Department of the Navy Pacific Fleet Forces, the Department of the Army, Naval Sea Systems Command, and the Marine Corps—together account for fewer than 1,500 awards and under $12 million in combined potential value, underscoring the vendor's extreme concentration within GSA FAS. The top five customers by award count account for 41 percent of recent awards; by potential value, they account for 81 percent, with GSA FAS alone driving that concentration.
Whitaker Brothers' primary vehicle position is the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, through which 9,615 task orders carrying $112.5 million in combined potential value flow. The vendor holds the established sole-awardee position on GSA's High Security Shredder program Blanket Purchase Agreement (ceiling $2.916 million, awarded September 29, 2022, extended through September 28, 2026), which generates the bulk of the vendor's monthly call orders. In September 2026, GSA issued Whitaker Brothers a fresh Multiple Award Blanket Purchase Agreement (ceiling $26.5 million, through September 6, 2028) covering NSA/CSS EPL high-security equipment—signaling renewal of the vendor's slot as GSA's approved high-security shredder supplier. The vendor also holds positions on smaller BPAs including Blanket Purchase Agreement GS02FGA326 (60 task orders, $455 thousand) and GS02F176SQ (50 task orders, $311 thousand), but these are immaterial to the overall portfolio.
Award activity has remained relatively stable in recent years—451 to 609 awards annually from 2022 through 2024, with 430 awards in 2025 and 293 through September 2026—indicating mature, recurring business tied to federal agency purchasing patterns through GSA. Only 24 awards carry completion dates inside the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $270 thousand, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term; the bulk of Whitaker Brothers' pipeline sits on vehicles that rollover or renew at the IDV level rather than individual task-order expiration.
The vendor's NAICS profile reflects its narrow equipment focus: 4,572 awards in Carbon Paper and Inked Ribbon Manufacturing, 2,325 in Computer Storage Device Manufacturing, and smaller counts in related industrial machinery categories. PSC codes cluster around Miscellaneous Office Machines (4,441 awards) and Office Supplies (1,873 awards). Across 480 distinct customer agencies, Whitaker Brothers remains unknown to most federal buyers; the top five account for 41 percent of awards, and GSA FAS alone anchors three-quarters of dollar value. The vendor operates as a pure prime contractor with one immaterial subcontract sub-award (a $0 value item under BL Harbert International for embassy construction services, non-core to the shredder business). Whitaker Brothers competes unrestricted on the GSA MAS with no veteran-owned small business set-aside leverage on task orders—all recent awards are issued full-and-open or as calls against single-award BPAs where competition is foreclosed. The vendor's federal footprint is essentially a GSA FAS equipment supply contract wrapped in institutional incumbency.
SBA capabilities narrative
Whitaker Brothers has been in business since 1944. We have supplied (under GSA contract) and serviced data destruction equipment since then. We also have available graphic equipment (some also on GSA contract).
Quick answers
Is Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through September 18, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc. hold?
Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc. holds a place on 4 federal contract vehicles, including IT-70 and MAS.
How much has Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $2,956,633 to Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $12,475,549 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc. ranked #2 in PSC 74, #7 in NAICS 334112 and #13 in NAICS 333243 in FY2025.
What is Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Shredding machine, p (47QSSC27F0FX3), from Federal Acquisition Service, on October 21, 2026.
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