Carver Pump Company

Carver Pump Company, a for-profit small business manufacturer headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa, supplies centrifugal pumps, pump assemblies, pump repair services, and related components to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on 2,803 awards (98% of its federal footprint) and as a subcontractor on 68 awards. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open and sole-source procurements with no designated set-aside posture on most prime awards, though it holds a five-year small-business-set-aside indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime valued at $6.38 million through August 2026.

Carver Pump manufactures to military specifications including centrifugal pumps (ANSI FL series, M series, and titanium fire pumps for naval applications), fresh water pumps, cooling water pumps, potable water pumps, demineralized water cooling pumps, seawater circulation pumps, pump-motor assemblies, pump rebuild kits, and pump impellers. The company performs in-house manufacturing and specialized repair and overhaul services in Muscatine, with repair turnaround times typically ranging from 80 to 270 days. Representative prime work includes a $7.27 million definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for 43 centrifugal pumps (NSN 7H-4320-012274926-QA) awarded April 2024 as sole source; a $2.043 million definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for repair and modification of centrifugal pump units awarded January 2026; a $1.716 million definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for cooling water pumps awarded April 2026; and a $6.38 million small-business-set-aside indefinite delivery contract with Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (SPM76002D9732) active through August 2026 under which 601 task orders have been placed valued at $5.6 million combined.

Customer concentration sits overwhelmingly with the Department of the Navy. Naval Supply Systems Command alone accounts for 815 awards carrying $120.5 million combined potential value (71% of the company's total portfolio). Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime places the second-largest volume at 1,228 awards but with lower per-order values ($35.6 million combined potential). Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Military Sealift Command, US Coast Guard, and Department of Homeland Security account for the remainder. The ranking by award count and by potential value diverges sharply — DLA places high-volume, lower-value delivery orders against the standing IDC, while Naval Supply Systems Command places lower-volume orders at significantly higher individual values, often for specialized pumps or repair services under sole-source justification.

Carver Pump holds two active indefinite delivery contracts anchoring its prime business. The five-year small-business-set-aside IDC with DLA Land and Maritime (SPM76002D9732, ceiling $6.38 million through August 2026) has generated 601 delivery task orders. A second active IDC with Naval Supply Systems Command (N0010407GA008, ceiling not specified in source) has generated 117 task orders valued at $7.1 million combined. Additional parent vehicles include a Navy Basic Ordering Agreement (N0010412GA008, 69 task orders, $4.4 million) and several other single-award and multiple-award IDCs with DLA and Naval commands, enabling the company to execute routine pump procurement and repair orders without re-competing individual solicitations.

Activity has remained roughly flat over the past five years, averaging 76 awards annually (2022: 86; 2023: 68; 2024: 87; 2025: 104; 2026: 38 year-to-date). Within the next twenty-four months, 58 awards carrying combined potential value of $17.9 million face ultimate completion, creating recompete exposure for the vendor and recompete opportunity for competitors on renewal or replacement contracts with Naval Supply Systems Command and DLA.

Carver Pump subcontracts to Huntington Ingalls Incorporated on LHA-class, DDG-class, and CVN-class ship construction and maintenance programs, delivering pump assemblies, centrifugal pumps, and overhaul kits. Representative sub work includes water circulation pumps and seawater propulsion pumps for LHA 10 advance procurement (June 2026), cooling unit pump repair for DDG 1002 shore support (January 2026), and multiple VSR (Vital Ship Repair) pump overhaul kits for DDG 1000 and DDG 1002 ship maintenance. The company also subcontracts to Raytheon on AN/SPY-6(V) radar production (pump hardware, non-recurring engineering) and to General Atomics on undisclosed programs. Sub awards represent 2% of the portfolio and are predominantly ship-class maintenance and new construction work routing through the Navy's large integrators.

Carver Pump's NAICS profile concentrates in pump manufacturing. Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333911) anchors 1,561 awards; Fluid Power Pump and Motor Manufacturing (333996) accounts for 233; and Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914) covers 118. PSC code 4320 (Power and Hand Pumps) dominates the commodity classification across 2,513 awards. The company's federal footprint reflects a highly specialized, focused business model: centrifugal pump design, manufacture to military specification, repair, and field support for naval and defense logistics operations — with no diversification into broader industrial equipment, services, or non-pump product lines evident in the award data.