Bauer Compressors, Inc.

Bauer Compressors, Inc., a Norfolk, Virginia-based foreign-owned manufacturer of high-pressure air and gas compressors, breathing apparatus equipment, and purification systems, operates as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) supplying specialized compression equipment and maintenance services to defense and civilian federal agencies on an unrestricted, full-and-open basis — the vendor does not compete under socioeconomic set-asides. The company has registered in the System for Award Management since 2002 and maintains no SBA certifications.

Bauer Compressors' federal footprint centers on product supply and equipment maintenance across maritime, aviation, emergency response, and industrial applications. Representative recent prime work includes a $3.331 million delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command in February 2026 for 120 stainless steel breathing air compressors under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule; a $1.526 million MAS delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command in May 2023 for a three-stage high-pressure compressor; a $199.206 million definitive contract from Pacific Air Forces in July 2022 for a mobile air compressor system serving Japan operations; and ongoing maintenance contracts such as a $115.547 thousand Coast Guard repair and inspection order for self-contained breathing apparatus diesel and electric compressors (September 2024) and a $34.651 thousand Air Combat Command compressor maintenance contract at Beale Air Force Base running through August 2027. A $101.305 thousand Air Combat Command purchase order (March 2026) for self-contained breathing apparatus air compressor equipment supporting firefighter, emergency management, and explosive ordnance disposal air-tank filling illustrates the mission-critical nature of Bauer's core product portfolio.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Navy operations and Coast Guard procurement. Naval Sea Systems Command dominates by award count (196 awards, $13.3 million combined potential value) and ranks second in potential value, followed closely by Naval Supply Systems Command (153 awards, $8.8 million), the Coast Guard (121 awards, $3.7 million), and the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (119 awards, $739 thousand). These five customer lines account for 52% of all recent awards by count. When ranked by potential value, the GSA Federal Acquisition Service leads at $19 million across 15 awards — the entry point for Bauer's most significant order volumes — with Naval Sea Systems Command at $13.3 million, Naval Supply Systems Command at $8.8 million, the Coast Guard at $3.7 million, and Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service at $3 million. GSA and Navy agencies together represent 62% of combined potential value across the portfolio.

Bauer's vehicle position centers on the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F9711G (389 task orders, $22.9 million combined potential value) and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule more broadly (46 task orders, $7 million). These schedules serve as the primary ordering vehicles for Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, and other DoD customers. The vendor also holds several indefinite-delivery contracts including SPE4A617D6217 (13 task orders, $43 thousand), SPM7M109D5V45 (13 task orders, $93 thousand), and FA851904D0001 (11 task orders, $490 thousand), though these represent smaller order volumes relative to the GSA platforms.

Award activity has declined modestly over the past five years — 27 awards in 2022, declining to 20 in 2023, stabilizing at 23 in 2024, then dropping to 10 in 2025 and 9 in 2026 through mid-June. Combined potential value across all 1,279 awards in the portfolio stands at $77 million, with $71.5 million (93%) already obligated. Only four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $98 thousand), indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure at the prime level, though the flat-to-declining award volume year over year signals potential pipeline pressure.

Bauer Compressors operates as a subcontractor on select large-scale Navy shipbuilding programs. Named sub-award primes include Marinette Marine Corporation (FFG(X) guided-missile frigate detail design and construction work including compressor and fill station systems, awarded multiple times from September 2021 through December 2023), Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (DDG 51-class guided-missile destroyer construction supporting high-pressure compressor systems, May 2024), Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (portable breathing air compressor systems and four-stage compressor supply, January 2024 through September 2024), National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (T-AO pool specification material, September 2024), Electric Boat Corporation (engineering change instruction technical work, March 2023), and University of Dayton (Sustainment and Combat Readiness Capabilities program work, April 2025). These subcontracts position Bauer as a specialized equipment supplier embedded in Navy surface combatant and support-ship construction.

Bauer Compressors' product and service portfolio concentrates in two core NAICS categories: Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing (392 awards) and All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (406 awards), reflecting the vendor's identity as an equipment manufacturer. By Product and Service Code, Compressors and Vacuum Pumps (661 awards) dominate, followed by Safety and Rescue Equipment (98 awards), Marine Lifesaving and Diving Equipment (83 awards), and Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuild services for Pumps and Compressors (40 awards). This mix underscores Bauer's role as both an original equipment manufacturer and a provider of maintenance, repair, and overhaul services across federal agencies with critical breathing, propulsion, and industrial compression requirements.

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