Byers And Associates, LLC

Byers And Associates, LLC, doing business as Counter Productive, a woman-owned small disadvantaged business based in Plainwell, Michigan, supplies precision metalworking equipment — laser engravers, CNC machines, grinding systems, and milling equipment — to federal defense and civilian agencies exclusively as a prime contractor under small-business set-asides. The company is a limited liability partnership structured as a self-certified small disadvantaged business and economically disadvantaged women-owned small business.

Byers & Associates operates across three core capability areas: machine tool manufacturing and supply (20 awards), industrial marking systems including laser engravers (6 awards), and equipment repair and maintenance services. Representative recent work includes a $624,700 definitive contract from Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (September 2024) for delivery of three CNC wire electrical discharge machines to Anniston Army Depot; a $791,440.83 purchase order from Defense Department Aviation (May 2022) for milling equipment delivered to Plainwell and installed at military facilities; and a $1.24 million definitive contract from TACOM (November 2021) for four computer numerical controlled cylindrical outside-dimension grinders delivered to Anniston Army Depot within 180 days. The company also delivered a $197,024 Tykma Zetalase XLT 100 laser engraver to Watervliet Arsenal (April 2025) and a $22,525 MINILASE MLM30 laser engraving system to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (March 2026), both with 24/7 technical support and onsite startup assistance.

Customer concentration is split between defense and civilian federal customers. By award count, 76% of recent business derives from two sources: Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (14 awards, $13.4 million combined potential value) and Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (5 awards, $13.8 million combined potential value). By dollar value, the rankings reverse slightly — DLA Aviation anchors $13.8 million while TACOM carries $13.4 million — with NASA Langley Research Center contributing $1.1 million on a single award. Combined, these three customers account for 99% of total potential value. The vendor serves thirteen distinct federal agencies across the Army Materiel Command, Defense Logistics Agency, NASA, the Air Force, and West Point Military Academy.

All 33 awards in the recent footprint are prime contracts (100%); the vendor has no subcontract exposure. Award velocity has declined materially — four awards in 2022 contracted to one award per year in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All $28.8 million in combined potential value has been obligated, indicating full performance or completion across the portfolio. The top machinery and equipment PSC codes cluster around milling machines (9 awards), industrial marking machines (6 awards), and machining centers (4 awards), reflecting Byers & Associates' core manufacturing-equipment supply posture. The company competes almost exclusively under total small business set-asides, with two exceptions: a $791,440.83 defense aviation order and a $1.24 million TACOM definitive contract, both carrying no set-aside designation.