Bennett-Alvarado, Inc.

Bennett-Alvarado, Inc., a woman-owned small business (WOSB) and certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) based in Arvada, Colorado, supplies specialized electrical power equipment — tank heaters, circuit breaker components, power transformers, and related electrical infrastructure goods — to the federal government as a prime contractor under full-and-open and small-business set-aside purchase orders. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of 466 recent awards) and competes across both set-aside and unrestricted procurement channels.

Bennett-Alvarado's customer footprint is highly concentrated with a single federal agency. The Department of Energy's Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) accounts for 229 of 245 awards tracked in the top-customer analysis (spanning 53% of all awards), with a combined potential value of $80.9 million — 56% of the vendor's total combined potential value of $144.4 million. Three additional awards went to the parent Department of Energy organization ($334 thousand combined potential value) and one to the Southeastern Power Administration ($12 thousand). This concentration reflects Bennett-Alvarado's primary role as a WAPA equipment supplier supporting electrical transmission infrastructure maintenance and operations across the western United States since at least 2002.

Concrete capability work centers on electrical power equipment procurement. Recent awards include a $123.9 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order for PCB refurbishment services (awarded April 20, 2026, completion September 20, 2027), a $67.3 thousand stock order for Mitsubishi tank heaters under a total small business set-aside (awarded April 8, 2025, completion September 25, 2025), a $66.7 thousand purchase order for three 161kV General Electric power transformers (awarded March 10, 2023, completion May 31, 2024), and a $36.3 thousand purchase order for Mitsubishi tank heaters under total small business set-aside (awarded May 21, 2026, completion December 14, 2026). NAICS concentration reflects this portfolio: switchgear and switchboard apparatus manufacturing (198 awards), power and distribution transformer manufacturing (144 awards), and porcelain electrical supply manufacturing (60 awards). Bennett-Alvarado also delivers procurement support and training — notably Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. (MEPPI) training classes to WAPA personnel.

Bennett-Alvarado places the majority of its task orders under WAPA's multi-year Indefinite Delivery contracts: the Instrument Transformers 2016-2021 IDIQ vehicle (23 task orders, $1.1 million combined potential value) and four additional Department of Energy IDIQs ranging from 25 to 56 task orders each, carrying combined potential values from $1.7 million to $5.4 million. Activity has remained modest in recent years — two to four awards annually from 2024 through 2026 — with only $160 thousand in combined potential value facing recompete within the next twenty-four months. Combined dollars obligated total $75.4 million across the portfolio (52% of combined potential value), indicating substantial work in execution.

8(a) certified, Switch Gear, Transformers, Breakers, General Construction, Construction Mgmt, Project Mgmt