Carter Machinery Company, Incorporated

Carter Machinery Company, Incorporated's Power Systems Division, operating as Caterpillar Authorized Dealer, is a subsidiary of Carter Machinery Company, Incorporated that provides Caterpillar generator maintenance, repair, parts replacement, and technical services to maritime defense customers as a prime contractor on small purchase orders and delivery orders, with no small business set-aside posture across its federal portfolio.

The vendor delivers concrete Caterpillar equipment support: generator overhauls, emergency diesel generator troubleshooting and commissioning, diesel engine repair and component replacement (fuel injectors, pumps, manifolds, seals, exhaust systems), generator control panel technology refresh, seawater and cooling system component maintenance, dyno testing, and temporary generator rentals. Recent representative work includes a $1.28 million Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for resilient mounts and hardware supporting USS Arlington maintenance (March 2022), a $819.7 thousand NAVSEA delivery for USS Mesa Verde Caterpillar pump parts (September 2023), a $300 thousand Coast Guard delivery order for CGC Ida Lewis Caterpillar maintenance (December 2023), a $306 thousand Fleet Cyber Command order for preventative maintenance and warranty coverage for emergency power systems at Suffolk, Virginia through April 2031 (April 2026), and a $114.6 thousand Air Mobility Command contract for generator emergency maintenance and quarterly inspections through December 2026 (December 2023). The vendor also holds a $264.7 thousand single-award indefinite delivery contract with Naval Facilities Engineering Command for non-recurring generator maintenance, repairs, rentals, and related services at Navy installations in Virginia, running through April 2027.

Customer concentration is heavily maritime defense. The top five customers account for 66% of awards by count. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard dominates at 407 awards ($9.1 million combined potential value), followed by Naval Sea Systems Command (143 awards, $6.8 million), Military Sealift Command (111 awards, $7.1 million), United States Special Operations Command (81 awards, $623 thousand), and Naval Supply Systems Command (60 awards, $1.9 million). The Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command anchor the dollar ranking: together they represent 61% of combined potential value across the portfolio.

Carter Machinery Company operates principally under two large Coast Guard indefinite delivery contracts: IDC HSCG4007D50030 (283 task orders, $6 million combined potential value) and IDC HSCG4004D60044 (42 task orders, $6.8 million). Additional vehicles include Navy IDCs N6133105D0059 (42 task orders, $522 thousand), 70Z08521DP4501800 (27 task orders, $2.1 million), and N6133100D0053 (27 task orders). The Navy Installations Command single-award IDC anchors recurring generator maintenance work.

Award activity has fluctuated: 29 awards in 2022, 27 in 2023, declining to 14 in 2024, then recovering to 26 in 2025. Six awards have reached ultimate completion or are slated to complete within the next twenty-four months, representing $512 thousand in recompete exposure. The portfolio carries 1,205 prime awards (100% of activity) and only 6 subcontract awards, reflecting Carter Machinery's posture as a direct-to-customer generator and marine power systems vendor rather than a teaming partner. Subcontract exposure includes generator preventive maintenance under Emcor Government Services on FBI Central Records Complex facilities work (October 2024, October 2025) and air compressor and dryer support to Huntington Ingalls on USS Columbus extended overhaul planning (April 2022).

The vendor's capability framing is tightly specialized: NAICS codes cluster on Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing (466 awards), Commercial and Industrial Machinery Repair and Maintenance (222), Ship Building and Repairing (112), and Motor and Generator Manufacturing (39). PSC codes emphasize Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment (171 awards), Diesel Engines and Components (90), and Non-Nuclear Ship Repair East (64). Carter Machinery competes without set-aside designation across its entire portfolio, reflecting the proprietary, OEM-level nature of Caterpillar-authorized dealer work in a niche where competition is limited to authorized dealers or manufacturers themselves. The subsidiary structure — under parent Carter Machinery Company, Incorporated, headquartered in Salem, Virginia — provides corporate backing but does not materially alter the Power Systems Division's autonomous federal contracting profile, which remains geographically anchored to Chesapeake, Virginia and regionally focused on maritime facilities and ship maintenance in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Baltimore, and other Atlantic corridor ports.