Army Contracting Command
Army Contracting Command awards most of the Army's hardware and sustainment contracts through a set of contracting centers, each tied to a different family of equipment.
Army Contracting Command in numbers
Obligated by fiscal year
What they buy
Who they buy from
Contracting offices
Office names arrive with award detail records, so this list grows over time.
Coming up for recompete
| Ends | Incumbent | NAICS | Last value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | SHOCK STREAM LLC | 334419 | $140.8K |
| Jun 11, 2027 | STEWARD MACHINE CO INC | 332312 | $8.93M |
What they buy
The centers map to what the Army fields. ACC-Redstone, at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, buys aviation and missile systems and their spares. ACC-Aberdeen Proving Ground, in Maryland, buys communications, electronics, sensors, and chemical and biological defense. ACC-Rock Island, in Illinois, buys ammunition, sustainment, and base support. ACC-Detroit Arsenal, in Michigan, buys tactical and combat vehicles and their parts. ACC-New Jersey, at Picatinny Arsenal, buys armaments and munitions. ACC-Orlando, in Florida, buys simulation and training systems.
Underneath the big systems are machined parts, castings, forgings, wire harnesses, circuit cards, armor components, and tooling.
How they buy
Everything posts on SAM.gov under the individual center. System production and sustainment go to primes on long-term contracts. Spares and components go out as requests for quotation, indefinite delivery contracts, and long-term ordering agreements, and many are set aside for small business when the Army owns the data.
Common Army parts are also bought by DLA Land and Maritime, so a vehicle bracket may appear there instead. Notices from the Army centers tend to cite technical data packages, first article testing, and configuration control on anything that goes on a weapon system.
How a small shop gets in
Register in SAM.gov and follow the center that matches your work: Detroit Arsenal for vehicle parts, Redstone for aviation and missile parts, New Jersey for armament parts, Orlando for training hardware. Set alerts for those contracting offices and your NAICS codes.
Each center has a small business office that hosts outreach and publishes forecasts of upcoming buys. Respond to sources sought notices so the center knows small sources exist. For system-level work, subcontract to the prime, and for spares, expect to prove you can meet the technical data package before a first award.
Find the forecast
Army contracting centers publish long-range acquisition forecasts for small business. Read the one for your center before you build a pipeline from notices alone.
Related guides
- Sources sought and RFIsRespond early to shape the set-aside decision.
- Set-asides and small business programsWhich set-asides you qualify for.
- Recompete strategyFind long-term contracts that are coming up again.
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