Government verticals

Built for every government mission area

With over 6 million square feet of secure CONUS warehouse space, AI-powered inventory and order management software, cold chain and HAZMAT storage capabilities, and multi-modal transportation management, Cart.com is equipped to handle the breadth and complexity of Government Furnished Property across every program type and mission area.

Cart.com serves federal and state agencies across a wide range of supply chain categories:

Pharmaceuticals
Medical devices and equipment
Medical supplies and consumables
Apparel and uniforms
Base supplies and commissary
Equipment, machinery and components
Education
Office and administration

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Every vertical, one platform built to meet it

Government supply chains aren't one-size-fits-all. Pharmaceutical distribution, uniform direct issue, base commissary, and sensitive equipment programs each carry different compliance, storage, and accountability requirements. Cart.com's infrastructure is built to serve all of them without compromise.

Supply chain pain points

Storage: cold chain, climate-controlled, bulk warehousing
Compliance: CGMP, ITAR, DEA Schedule, DOT HAZMAT
Tracking: lot/serial, UID/MIL-STD-130, FAR GFP accountability
Distribution: direct issue, bulk, retail, emergency surge
Documentation: chain-of-custody, export compliance, audits

Cart.com’s solutions

One platform spanning cold chain, storage, and HAZMAT
Compliance infrastructure for FDA, DEA, ITAR, FAR, and DOT
Item, lot, and serial tracking with RFID and UID built in
Flexible fulfillment: direct issue, bulk, retail, and surge
Dedicated teams experienced in each vertical's requirements

Why Cart.com

One platform. Every vertical. No compromise.

Cart.com's government supply chain platform is built to handle the full range of product types, compliance environments, and distribution models that government programs require — within a single integrated infrastructure that scales across missions and agencies.

6M+ sq ft of Compliant Storage

Cart.com's 14 CONUS facilities include CGMP pharmaceutical storage, cold chain across the full temperature spectrum, DEA Schedule-compliant substance storage, DOT/EPA-compliant HAZMAT storage, ITAR-controlled item storage, and standard warehousing for commissary and supply programs.

Multi-Vertical Inventory Management

Cart.com's AI-powered software tracks item, lot, and serial-level inventory across every product category and facility, with configurable rules for pharmaceutical lot traceability, UID tracking, and bulk commodity management, all in one platform.

Compliant Fulfillment for Every Product Type

Fulfillment is configured to each vertical's handling, labeling, and documentation requirements: pharmaceutical pick and pack with lot verification, uniform kitting with embroidery, direct issue labeling, and equipment serialization with RFID tagging.

Transportation for Every Shipment Profile

Cart.com's TMS handles every shipment type, individual parcels, cold chain outbound, bulk LTL, and international freight for foreign military sales, with carrier selection, compliance documentation, and cost optimization across every vertical.

The government verticals Cart.com serves

From critical medical supply chains to base commissary operations, Cart.com is equipped to manage Government Furnished Property and supply chain programs across every major government program type.

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Pharmaceuticals

Government pharmaceutical supply chains — spanning DLA Prime Vendor programs, VA formulary fulfillment, HHS stockpile management, and military medical materiel — require CGMP-compliant storage, cold chain integrity, DEA Schedule handling, lot traceability, and complete FDA and DoD-compliant documentation. Cart.com's pharmaceutical-grade storage, validated cold chain environments, and 21 CFR Part 11 recordkeeping provide the full compliance infrastructure that federal pharmaceutical programs demand.

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Medical devices and equipment

Medical devices and diagnostic equipment require secure storage, serialized tracking, and fulfillment workflows that maintain device integrity and documentation from receipt through distribution. Cart.com manages medical device inventory with item-level serialization, condition monitoring, and complete chain-of-custody records that support FDA and DoD device accountability requirements. Value-added services including inspection, kitting, and repackaging are available for medical device programs within Cart.com's secure facility network.

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Medical supplies and consumables

High-volume medical consumable supply chains — gloves, syringes, bandaging, IV supplies, personal protective equipment — require fast, accurate fulfillment with lot tracking and the ability to surge rapidly during public health emergencies or mass casualty events. Cart.com's fulfillment operations support high SKU count medical consumable programs with the throughput, accuracy, and scalability that government medical supply programs require. Emergency surge capabilities ensure that consumable supply chains can scale immediately when mission requirements demand it.

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Apparel and uniforms

Military uniform and government apparel programs require a unique combination of fulfillment services: pick-and-pack by size and gender, embroidery and insignia application, kitting of multi-item uniform sets, direct issue labeling, and distribution to individual service members or agency personnel. Cart.com's value-added services and garment-handling capabilities — including folding, sewing, garment-on-hanger processing, and embroidery — are purpose-built for government apparel programs. Direct issue ordering programs can be connected to Cart.com's webstore platform for a seamless online ordering-to-fulfillment workflow.

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Base supplies and commissary

Base supply programs and military commissary operations require high-volume fulfillment infrastructure with the inventory management, ordering platform, and distribution capabilities to serve large numbers of users across multiple installation locations. Cart.com's webstore and virtual POS software supports cashless commissary ordering and agency supply catalog programs, while our fulfillment network handles pick, pack, and distribution at the volumes that base supply operations require. Integrated procurement analytics provide program managers with the consumption data needed to manage inventory efficiently.

Equipment, machinery and components

Government programs managing equipment, machinery, and technical components — including serialized defense articles, maintenance parts, and specialized tools — require secure storage with UID/MIL-STD-130 tracking, ITAR compliance infrastructure, and fulfillment workflows that maintain chain-of-custody for sensitive or high-value assets. Cart.com's secure storage facilities, RFID and UID tracking capabilities, and ITAR-compliant storage areas provide the complete inventory management and accountability infrastructure that equipment and component programs require.

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Education

Government education programs — spanning DoD school systems, federal training programs, and agency educational supply initiatives — require fulfillment capabilities for textbooks, instructional materials, technology equipment, and classroom supplies across geographically distributed facilities. Cart.com's high SKU count storage, kitting services, and nationwide distribution network enable government education supply programs to deliver materials accurately and on time to schools, training facilities, and individual learners across the CONUS.

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Office and administration

Federal and state agency office and administrative supply programs manage large catalogs of standard supplies distributed to dispersed government facilities and personnel. Cart.com's catalog ordering platform, inventory management software, and omnichannel fulfillment capabilities provide the infrastructure for efficient, accountable government administrative supply programs. AI-powered demand forecasting helps agencies avoid both stockouts and excess inventory accumulation across high-SKU administrative supply catalogs.

OMS, WMS & TMS

One partner for the full breadth of government supply chain

The traditional approach to government supply chain — multiple 3PLs for different product categories, separate IT systems for each program, and disconnected compliance documentation across vendors — creates exactly the fragmentation, cost overhead, and accountability gaps that government oversight functions routinely find. Cart.com offers a different model: a single, integrated government supply chain platform that spans every product category, every compliance environment, and every distribution model within one partner relationship. Our 18 CONUS facilities are configured to handle pharmaceuticals, medical devices, uniforms, base supplies, equipment, and office materials within the same network — not in siloed vendor relationships. A single contract vehicle, a unified technology platform, and one government program team with deep expertise across all verticals. This is what it looks like when government supply chain complexity is genuinely solved rather than just managed.

Why Cart.com

What makes Cart.com the right partner across every vertical

Cart.com's government supply chain platform is designed to meet the requirements of every vertical without compromise — combining the compliance depth of a specialized provider with the operational scale and technology capability of a national logistics platform.

Compliance depth across every vertical

Cart.com maintains the compliance infrastructure required by each government vertical — CGMP and FDA compliance for pharmaceuticals, ITAR and FAR for defense articles, DEA Schedule for controlled substances, DOT and EPA for HAZMAT, and FAR Part 245 GFP accountability across all product types. These are not certifications obtained for one contract; they are operational standards embedded in how Cart.com's facilities and systems work every day.

Technology that scales across programs

Cart.com's OMS, WMS, and TMS are configurable to the specific requirements of each vertical's tracking, documentation, and reporting needs — within a single unified platform that connects every program to the same operational infrastructure. Government program managers access their program's inventory, orders, and performance data through a single interface, regardless of product category. Technology scale enables program scale.

Experienced government operations teams

Cart.com's government operations teams bring deep experience in the specific handling, documentation, and compliance requirements of each vertical — pharmaceutical cold chain, uniform kitting, equipment serialization, HAZMAT packaging, and commissary fulfillment are all managed by teams who know what government programs require. Vertical expertise is not a sales capability at Cart.com; it is an operational one.

Advisors with cross-vertical government experience

Cart.com's government advisory team — including Major General Elder Granger (military healthcare and TRICARE) and Timothy W. Manning (emergency supply chain and FEMA) — brings cross-vertical government supply chain experience that informs how Cart.com develops capabilities across medical, defense, emergency response, and civilian agency programs. Their guidance ensures Cart.com's solutions reflect the real-world requirements of government missions across every vertical.

Fulfillment center locations across the country

Nationwide network of 18 fulfillment facilities with over 10M+ square feet of warehouse space. Strategic locations across the country enable the speed, scalability and flexibility brands need to thrive in today’s ecommerce market.

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Medical and healthcare supply chains

Government medical supply chains span pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices, diagnostic equipment, and consumable medical supplies — each with distinct storage, handling, and compliance requirements.

Cart.com's medical and healthcare supply chain capabilities cover the full range: CGMP-compliant cold chain storage from +2°C through -80°C ultra-cold, DEA Schedule-compliant controlled substance storage, lot and serial traceability throughout the supply chain, and FDA and DoD-compliant documentation from receipt through delivery. DLA pharmaceutical programs, VA medical supply chains, Defense Health Agency immunization programs, and HHS emergency stockpile distribution all require exactly this depth of pharmaceutical-grade infrastructure. Cart.com brings it within a single secure CONUS facility network — with emergency surge capacity for public health response events.

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Uniforms, apparel, and base supplies

Military uniform and government apparel programs have a specific set of fulfillment requirements that most commercial 3PLs are not equipped to meet: garment-level accuracy across size and gender combinations, embroidery and insignia application, multi-item uniform set kitting, direct issue labeling by individual, and distribution to geographically dispersed military installations and government facilities.

Cart.com's garment handling capabilities — including folding, sewing, embroidery, garment-on-hanger processing, and direct issue kitting — are standard services within our government fulfillment operation. Base supply and commissary programs are supported by Cart.com's ordering platform and high-volume fulfillment infrastructure, enabling agencies to manage supply access through a secure, modern ordering experience connected directly to Cart.com's distribution network.

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Equipment, components, and administrative supplies

Government programs managing serialized equipment, technical components, and administrative supplies face very different supply chain challenges — but Cart.com's platform handles all of them. Equipment and component programs require serialized UID/MIL-STD-130 tracking, ITAR-compliant storage for defense articles, secure access-controlled environments, and complete FAR GFP accountability documentation.

Administrative supply programs require high SKU count storage, catalog ordering infrastructure, and efficient nationwide distribution to dispersed government facilities. Education supply programs require accurate kitting, bulk distribution, and the ability to fulfill to individual schools or training facilities across the country. Cart.com's platform serves all three program types within the same operational infrastructure — one partner, every supply chain challenge.

Proven outcomes for apparel brands

Warehouse efficiency

Tripled efficiency across key workflows, speeding up returns handling.

Cart.com gives us detailed insight into how returns are processed, removing subjectivity. That saves a lot of unnecessary work for us.

Joe Gullo SVP, Supply Chain & Logistics, Thursday Boot Company

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Top 20 in Kids Multivitamin

Plus a spot on Amazon's Mother's Day gift list — within months of launch.

When you achieve that growth, maintaining inventory is the hardest part. The Amazon ecosystem is dependent on you maintaining inventory – and you’re penalized if you don’t. It’s critical to maintain inventory and scale our capacity, while maintaining quality, to meet the surging demand.

Cody Griffin Vice President of Strategy, First Day

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Months to a Sephora deal

Hanni landed an exclusive wholesale agreement with Sephora just 8 months post-launch, then outgrew their 3PL's capacity to keep up.

Our business grew very quickly, both our DTC and Wholesale. That became unmanageable for our previous 3PL.

Jennie Pan Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Hanni

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From hundreds of orders a month to thousands

Without losing the brand experience.

Cart.com’s proactiveness, organization structure, and human interaction is a true differentiator among competitors in the industry. It’s rare to find an external solutions provider that feels like internal staff, the Cart.com team is truly vested in our brand success.

Austin Blair Co-Founder, Laundry Sauce

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Warehouse efficiency

Tripled efficiency across key workflows, speeding up returns handling.

Cart.com gives us detailed insight into how returns are processed, removing subjectivity. That saves a lot of unnecessary work for us.

Joe Gullo SVP, Supply Chain & Logistics, Thursday Boot Company

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Why Cart.com

Why government agencies consolidate on Cart.com

Agencies that manage multiple supply chain verticals through Cart.com benefit from the operational and administrative advantages of a single integrated platform — rather than the complexity, cost, and compliance risk of managing multiple vendors across different program types.

One contract vehicle for every vertical

Managing separate vendors for pharmaceutical storage, uniform fulfillment, base supply distribution, and equipment storage creates administrative overhead, compliance complexity, and accountability gaps at every vendor boundary. Cart.com's integrated government supply chain platform consolidates multiple program types under one partner relationship — reducing vendor management burden, simplifying compliance documentation, and creating unified accountability across the full range of government furnished property in Cart.com's custody. One contract, one program team, one audit trail.

Unified visibility across all programs

Government program managers overseeing multiple supply chain verticals through Cart.com have unified visibility into all of their programs through a single interface — inventory levels, order status, fulfillment performance, and freight spend data accessible in one place, regardless of product type. Cross-program reporting enables agencies to understand their total logistics spend, identify optimization opportunities, and produce the accountability documentation that government oversight requires across all program areas. Visibility consolidation is a capability that fragmented vendor models cannot provide.

Scalable across program growth and new missions

Government supply chain requirements evolve as missions change, new programs are added, and emergency situations create new distribution demands. Cart.com's integrated platform and distributed CONUS facility network scale with agency programs — adding new product categories, expanding geographic coverage, or absorbing surge volume without requiring new contract vehicles or onboarding new vendors. Agencies that start with Cart.com for one vertical have a proven partner ready to take on additional programs as their needs grow.

Trusted by multiple federal agencies

Cart.com's government supply chain platform currently serves multiple federal agencies across a range of program types and product categories. Our government team brings the procurement knowledge, compliance expertise, and operational experience to engage effectively with agency contracting officers, program managers, and property administrators from initial proposal through ongoing performance. Agencies that have deployed Cart.com across multiple program verticals consistently describe the experience of working with one integrated provider as a meaningful operational and administrative improvement over their prior multi-vendor models.