Wholesale Batteries, Inc.

Wholesale Batteries, Inc., a Kansas City, Kansas-based Subchapter S Corporation, supplies rechargeable and nonrechargeable battery storage products to federal defense and civilian agencies as a small-business prime contractor, competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on multiple indefinite delivery contracts.

The vendor's customer concentration is extreme and lopsided toward defense logistics. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime accounts for 10,433 awards carrying $34.3 million in combined potential value—97.6% of the vendor's total prime contract footprint. The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ranks second with 72 awards and $7 million in potential value, followed by the Department of the Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command with 49 awards and $5.2 million. The remaining 19 customer agencies collectively account for fewer than 100 awards. DLA Land and Maritime's dominance across both count and dollar share reflects the vendor's role as a volume supplier of batteries for military logistics and supply chain operations; NOAA and Naval Supply Systems Command represent specialized procurement for weather infrastructure and naval systems, respectively.

Wholesale Batteries, Inc. operates principally on five DLA Land and Maritime indefinite delivery contracts with task order ceilings ranging from $9 thousand to $875 thousand combined potential value. The top vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE7LX16D0140, has generated 2,407 task orders under a Total Small Business set-aside. A sixth significant vehicle is a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with NOAA valued at $1.5 million, awarded on September 17, 2025, for Uninterruptible Power Supply battery replacement across all National Weather Service regions (Central, Eastern, Southern, Western, Alaskan, and Pacific) through September 16, 2030. This NOAA contract is designated a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS code 335910 (Battery Manufacturing). A $1 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with Naval Supply Systems Command runs through November 2028. The vendor's task-order pattern shows high volume and modest individual ceiling values—typical of a supply-chain commodity vendor fulfilling recurring defense logistics needs.

The vendor's award portfolio spans 10,679 prime contracts and IDVs with a combined potential value of $49.1 million, of which $14.4 million (29%) has been obligated. Activity has declined significantly from its 2022 peak of 1,085 awards per year to 33 awards in 2026 through mid-April. This collapse in award volume reflects the shift in DLA's procurement strategy away from high-velocity individual delivery orders toward the consolidated indefinite delivery vehicle structure that now anchors the vendor's relationship. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal—only 3 awards with combined potential value of $14 thousand face ultimate completion within that window. The vendor's real recompete risk lies with the parent indefinite delivery contracts themselves: the DLA Land and Maritime vehicle SPE7LX16D0140 extends through June 2028, and the NOAA single-award IDC runs through September 2030, creating substantial cliff dates if the vendor loses either relationship.

Wholesale Batteries, Inc. holds no subcontractor relationships in the source data—its entire footprint is prime work. The company sources batteries from Yuasa, Enersys, and Power Sonic, functioning as a supply-chain distributor rather than a manufacturer. The vendor registered in the System for Award Management in February 2002 and has maintained continuous presence as a federal contractor for over two decades, with the earliest award in the source data dated July 1994. The company competes across Total Small Business set-asides almost exclusively; full-and-open awards are minimal by count, though several large single awards (such as the NOAA $1.5 million vehicle and the $12.5 million Naval Sea Systems Command YUASA batteries order from February 2026) carry no set-aside designation. Wholesale Batteries, Inc. has no parent vehicles outside the federal government, no GSA Schedule, and no participation in government-wide acquisition contracts; its position is entirely contingent on direct DLA and Navy relationships.

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