Bauer Compressors, Inc.

Bauer Compressors, Inc., a foreign-owned Norfolk, Virginia-based manufacturer of high-pressure air and gas compressors and breathing apparatus equipment, operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) supplying specialized compression systems and maintenance services to defense and civilian federal agencies on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis. The company competes across unrestricted federal procurements and carries no SBA certifications or socioeconomic set-aside designations in its visible footprint.

Bauer's capability portfolio centers on manufacturing, repair, maintenance, and calibration of breathing air compressors, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) compressors, high-pressure gas compression systems, centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, diving equipment, marine lifesaving systems, and specialized filtration and purification components. Representative recent prime work includes a $1.315 million firm fixed-price purchase order from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Stennis Space Center in August 2026 for two uniquely configured 26.12 helium compressors for the High Pressure Gas Facility; a $3.331 million delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) in February 2026 for 120 Bauer stainless steel breathing air compressors with completion extending to February 2031; a $1.525 million delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command under GSA MAS in May 2023 for a three-stage high-pressure compressor; and a $199 thousand firm fixed-price contract from Pacific Air Forces in July 2022 for a Bauer mobile air compressor system deployed to Japan.

Customer concentration clusters with naval and maritime buyers. The top five customers by award count account for 51% of recent awards, dominated by Naval Sea Systems Command (196 awards, $13.3 million combined potential value), Naval Supply Systems Command (153 awards, $8.8 million), and the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard (122 awards, $3.7 million). The top five customers by potential value account for 61% of combined dollars, with GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchoring $19 million across fifteen awards, followed by Naval Sea Systems Command ($13.3 million) and Naval Supply Systems Command ($8.8 million). Naval customers dominate both volume and dollars; GSA's ranking reflects Bauer's established seat on the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F9711G vehicle, which carries 389 task orders and $22.9 million in combined potential value—the company's largest parent vehicle by volume and value.

Bauer sits on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (48 task orders, $7.1 million combined potential value) and holds an active Federal Supply Schedule position as a primary government-wide vehicle. The company also places orders against several subordinate agency-wide indefinite delivery contracts carrying smaller volumes. Activity has remained stable across recent years—27 awards in 2022, 20 in 2023, 23 in 2024, 11 in 2025, and 16 in 2026—with combined potential value across all 1,287 awards in the source data reaching $78.4 million. Only four awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $1.4 million, indicating minimal recompete pressure in the near term.

Bauer's subcontractor footprint is narrow—sub work represents only 2% of the recent award count—and routes through large prime shipbuilders and systems integrators on high-value naval construction programs. Named sub primes include Marinette Marine Corporation (FFG(X) guided-missile frigate high-pressure compressor systems and SCBA compressor fill stations, multiple awards 2022–2024), Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (DDG 51-class guided-missile destroyer high-pressure compressor systems, May 2024), National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (T-AO tanker auxiliary oiler specialty material, September 2024), Electric Boat Corporation (engineering change instruction support, March 2023), Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (5,000 PSI breathing air compressor systems, multiple awards 2024), Leidos, Inc. (Antarctic Program science operations and maintenance, multiple awards 2026), and University of Dayton (F-16 and combat readiness sustainment programs, 2025). Sub work involves supplying or integrating compressor components and systems into larger platform construction and sustainment programs rather than operating as a service provider.

Bauer maintains primary NAICS concentration in air and gas compressor manufacturing (394 awards) and all-other miscellaneous general-purpose machinery manufacturing (406 awards), with secondary activity in pump and equipment manufacturing and repair. PSC coding reflects the same focus: Compressors and Vacuum Pumps (665 awards) and Safety and Rescue Equipment (98 awards) dominate the portfolio, with marine lifesaving and diving equipment (83 awards) and maintenance/repair services (40 awards) rounding out the services-oriented segment. The company has maintained federal registration since at least 2002 and operates as a long-standing supplier of mission-critical compression equipment across naval, Coast Guard, Air Force, Marine Corps, and civilian agency customers with a track record spanning four decades of federal procurement activity.

MANUFACTURES HIGH PRESSURE RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS FOR BREATHING AIR,INDUSTRIAL AIR, PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY, NATURAL GAS & INERT GAS COMPRESSION.PAINTBALL COMPRESSORS, AND NON-LETHAL WEAPONS