Dress Shirt Uniform Contract Awarded

July 29, 2026, Kandor Manufacturing Inc.,* Arecibo, Puerto Rico, has been awarded a maximum $33,785,445 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for green service uniform dress shirts. This was a competitive acquisition with seven responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. The ordering period end date is July 27, 2031. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2026 through 2031 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE1C1-26-D-0069).

*Small business

Contract Awarded: Survival Vest

July 29, 2026, Contract Awarded: Survival Vest.

Awardee: Eagle Industries Unlimited, LLC.

Award amount: $248,000.

See: SAM Notification.

Contract Award: Bag, Outfit, Firemen

July 28, 2026, Contract Award: Bag, Outfit, Firemen.

Awardee: BESHEEK LLC.

Award amount: $45,654

See: SAM Notification.

Contract Opportunity: Army Green Service Uniform All Weather Coat

July 28, 2026, Army Green Service Uniform All Weather Coat.

This acquisition will be issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside with two (2) lots with a 50/50 split of the total requirement for the manufacture and delivery of the Men's Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) All-Weather Coat (AWC) (PGC 00181). The Men's AGSU AWC shall be manufactured in accordance with MIL-DTL-32768A w/ Amendment 1 dated 31 March 2026, Pattern date 22 May 2026.

NOTE: ONLY DOMESTIC MANUFACTURED ITEMS WHICH ARE MADE FROM 100% DOMESTIC PRODUCTS ARE PERMITTED.

See: SAM Notification

President Imposed Tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on 60 Nations

On July 28, 2026, the Executive Office of the President published in the Federal Register (91 FR 47717) Actions by the United States in the Investigations Under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 of the Acts, Policies, and Practices of 60 Economies Related to the Failure of Each Economy To Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced With Forced Labor.

Sole-Source Fire Fighter Uniforms

July 27, 2026, BNO Fire Fighter Uniforms for DDJC.

This Combined Synopsis / Solicitation (CSS) SP330026Q0217, is being issued to establish a Single award, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Contract for the following item: Brand Name Only: Fire Fighter Pants and Shirts, Workrite Part Numbers: Pants – FP50, Shirts – FSC2 NAV.

See: SAM Notification.

Fabric Choice Can Affect Apparel Tariff Rate

In Binding Ruling Letter N361038 of May 19, 2026, issued to adidas Group, Inc. Custom addressed the tariff classification of a men's jacket containing flocked fabric. Flock was the deciding factor.

The jacket is constructed from 59 percent cotton, 27 percent polyester, 11 percent viscose, and 3 percent elastane woven fabric that is covered on the outer surface with 100 percent viscose flock.

Customs ruled that the applicable subheading will be 6210.20.9049, HTSUS, which provides for: Garments, made up of fabrics of heading 5602, 5603, 5903, 5906 or 5907: Other garments, of the type described in heading 6201: Other: Other: Anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind breakers and similar articles: Other: Other. The general rate of duty will be 6.2 percent ad valorem.

The flock coating of the chief weight cotton fabric moved the fabric out of Chapter 52 and into Heading 5907. Had the chief weight cotton fabric of the jacket not been flocked the classification of the apparel would likely have been 6201.30.80 with Rate of Duty of 9.4%.

See: https://rulings.cbp.gov/ruling/N361038.