military personnel with mission-critical apparel and protective wear. Its core mission centers on ensuring operational readiness through the procurement of durable, standardized, and performance-optimized garments and accessories, including items such as the JSLIST chemical protective ensemble and water-carrying field equipment.
Troop Support Clothing & Textile is a government agency with procurement activity across contracts, awards, and contractors. Over the last 12 months, Troop Support Clothing & Textile has obligated $59,357,507, issued 594 awards, and worked with 207 contractors. It currently has 390 open contract opportunities.
Spending trends, top contractors, industry breakdown, and recent contract activity.
AI Mission Profile
The Troop Support Clothing & Textile program, under the Defense Logistics Agency, is responsible for acquiring specialized clothing, textile, and gear systems essential to equipping U.S. military personnel with mission-critical apparel and protective wear. Its core mission centers on ensuring operat...
The Troop Support Clothing & Textile program, under the Defense Logistics Agency, is responsible for acquiring specialized clothing, textile, and gear systems essential to equipping U.S. military personnel with mission-critical apparel and protective wear. Its core mission centers on ensuring operational readiness through the procurement of durable, standardized, and performance-optimized garments and accessories, including items such as the JSLIST chemical protective ensemble and water-carrying field equipment. Strategic priorities include maintaining supply chain resilience for combat-tested textiles, supporting rapid fielding of next-generation uniform systems, and ensuring compatibility with existing tactical gear architectures. The program emphasizes reliability, compliance with military specifications, and lifecycle sustainment of issued apparel.
Procurement activity is dominated by cut-and-sew apparel contracting, reflecting a consistent demand for tailored, high-performance military uniforms and protective ensembles manufactured to exacting DoD standards. Contracts are typically awarded through full and open competition using standard defense acquisition vehicles, including indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) mechanisms and direct award pathways for established suppliers with proven compliance records. The agency prioritizes vendors capable of meeting stringent quality control, traceability, and rapid production ramp-up requirements.
The primary NAICS category targeted is 315210, Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors, indicating a focus on manufacturers with expertise in military-grade garment construction. No set-aside preferences are evident in procurement patterns, suggesting a broad vendor eligibility policy. Vendor relationships are built on technical certification, past performance in defense apparel, and ability to adhere to military specification standards such as MIL-SPEC and MIL-STD.
Organized under the Defense Logistics Agency, Troop Support Clothing & Textile operates as a centralized procurement function without a fixed geographic footprint, supporting all branches of the Department of Defense through national and global logistics networks. It leverages standardized defense contracting frameworks to ensure consistent, scalable acquisition of essential textile systems.
Recent Troop Support Clothing & Textile Contracts
The latest contract opportunities posted by Troop Support Clothing & Textile, including active solicitations and recent awards.
