Hialeah Firm Lands Navy Uniform Deal

Bernard Cap LLC, a Hialeah, Florida, manufacturer, received a Defense Logistics Agency contract modification on May 22 to keep supplying men’s and women’s blue jumpers for the U.S. Navy. The Pentagon’s daily contracts notice said the award is a maximum $9,183,620 modification, identified as P00012, under contract SPE1C1-22-D-5043. The action exercises the fourth one-year option period on a contract that began with a one-year base and four one-year options. The award ties a Hialeah apparel business to one of the Defense Department’s recurring uniform-buying programs. ### Which Hialeah company got the award? Bernard Cap LLC was named in the May 22 Defense Department contracts notice as the recipient of the modification. The notice listed the company’s location as Hialeah, Florida, and described the work as supplying men’s and women’s blue jumpers. Florida corporate records list Bernard Cap LLC as an active company with a principal address at 620 W. 27th Street in Hialeah. State records show the company filed in April 2017. ### What exactly did the government buy? The Pentagon notice said the modification covers “men’s and women’s blue jumpers.” Navy uniform materials describe dress blue and dress white jumpers as standard enlisted uniform garments, with the blue jumper forming part of the service’s traditional sailor-style dress uniform. The contract action was not described as a new competition. The notice said it was an option exercise on an existing contract, which means the government used terms already built into the original award to continue performance for another year. ### How much is the contract worth? The Defense Department listed the modification at a maximum $9,183,620. That figure applies to the option exercise announced on May 22, not necessarily to every prior year of the contract. Earlier public contract notices show Bernard Cap had already received option-year modifications on the same contract. A 2024 award notice reported an $8,960,500 modification exercising the second one-year option period for the same blue-jumper requirement. The May 2026 action is larger by about $223,120. ### What does “fourth option year” mean here? Contract SPE1C1-22-D-5043 was structured as a one-year base contract with four one-year option periods, according to the May 22 notice. Exercising the fourth option year means the government has now used the last of those annual extension rights under the contract structure described in the notice. The timing points to performance extending into 2027. The Pentagon notice did not give a precise completion date, but a fourth one-year option exercised in May 2026 would generally cover the next year of performance under that contract period. ### Why does this show up in Pentagon contract notices at all? The Defense Department publishes daily contract announcements for awards above certain thresholds, and the May 22 posting included Bernard Cap’s modification among larger defense procurement actions. The Defense Logistics Agency, which manages much of the military’s supply chain for consumable items and apparel, was the contracting agency behind the award. DLA describes itself as the Pentagon’s logistics combat support agency and says it sources a broad range of items used by the armed services. Uniform garments fall within that supply role, even when the contractor is a relatively small domestic manufacturer rather than a large defense prime. ### What comes next for Bernard Cap and the contract? The May 22 modification is the latest public step on contract SPE1C1-22-D-5043. Any further public update would most likely appear as a new contract modification, a delivery order record, or a closeout-related filing in federal procurement databases. For now, the named participants are Bernard Cap LLC in Hialeah and the Defense Logistics Agency under the existing Navy blue-jumper contract.