Whitehill Mfg. Corp.

Whitehill Mfg. Corp., a woman-owned small business manufacturer headquartered in Chester, Pennsylvania, supplies custom synthetic fiber rope, rope assemblies, multiple leg slings, and rigging equipment to the Defense Department as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under small-business set-asides and full-and-open designations on a portfolio of 857 recent prime awards. The company has held federal contracts continuously since at least 2001 and currently maintains a $7.5 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division for multiple leg slings, established in August 2023.

Customer concentration sits overwhelmingly with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment, which accounts for 690 awards (80% of the 858-award total footprint) and $48.7 million of the combined $1.05 billion potential value across all awards. DLA Land and Maritime and the Department of the Navy represent secondary customers with 27 and 27 awards respectively, though their combined potential value is modest at $885 thousand and $369 thousand. The top five customer segments account for 95% of recent awards. Whitehill's core vehicle is Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM53007D0001 held with DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, under which 451 task orders valued at $8.4 million have been issued.

Recent representative work includes a $6.789 million firm fixed-price delivery order (August 2023–August 2024) under the IDC for specialized multiple leg slings; a $156,105.75 total small-business set-aside purchase order (February 2024) for fifteen units of rope delivered to USNS Washington Chambers; a $116,944.50 purchase order (December 2021) for fifteen units of fibrous rope; and ongoing monthly purchase orders ranging from $3,041 to $45,295 for fibrous rope and fiber rope assemblies. An outlier is a $95,288.76 firm fixed-price purchase order from the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (September 2025) for an aircraft hoist delivered to Edwards Air Force Base, California, signaling limited product-line expansion beyond rope and rigging.

Activity has contracted sharply in recent years. The company received 49 awards in 2023, 29 in 2022, and only 8 awards each in 2024 and 2025 (with 4 awards recorded in 2026 year-to-date). The combined potential value of $1.05 billion reflects historical volume; actual obligated dollars total $41.5 million (4% of potential value), indicating most awards are small purchase orders rather than large blanket commitments. Primary NAICS coding sits with 314994 (Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills) and 313210 (Rope, Cordage, and Twine Mills), with 567 and 174 awards respectively. Procurement Service Code 4020 (Fiber Rope, Cordage, and Twine) dominates at 815 awards. Work is performed at the company's facility in Upper Chichester, Pennsylvania, with shipments to DLA distribution centers and military vessels worldwide.

The vendor sits on one recorded subcontract role: a task-order award from American Electronic Warfare Associates for an aircraft sling issued July 30, 2025. This represents a negligible 0% of the portfolio and is not characteristic of Whitehill's posture as a prime-focused manufacturer. The company does not hold seats on government-wide vehicles (GWACs, BPAs, or GSA Schedules) in the source data; contracting occurs through direct DLA IDCs and full-and-open or small-business-set-aside purchase orders. Woman-owned small-business designation appears consistently across awards, with some awards designated as "total small business" set-asides.

WE MANUFACTURE SPECIAL ROPES AND CABLES FROM KEVLAR ARAMID, SPECTRA, AND OTHER HIGH TECH SYNTHETIC FIBERS. OUR ROPES ARE USED FOR MOORING LINES, LIFTING LINES, SLINGS, AND OTHER HIGH PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS. VARIOUS SIZES AND ROPE CONSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAIL