Chem-Trade International Inc.

Chem-Trade International Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of industrial chemicals based in Washington, Pennsylvania, supplies virgin carbon drums, caustic soda, propylene glycol, sodium hydroxide solution, and activated coconut shell carbon to the U.S. Navy as a prime contractor exclusively under Naval Sea Systems Command purchase orders and blanket purchase agreements.

Chem-Trade operates entirely within the defense industrial base and serves a single customer agency: the Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command, which accounts for 30 of 34 recorded prime awards and the full $7.7 million in combined potential value. The vendor's federal contracting footprint spans more than two decades, with awards dating to 2003, but recent activity has been sparse — one award per year in 2023 and 2024, with two awards in 2025 and one in early 2026. The company competes under both Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open solicitations; recent awards split between the two designations, with small business set-asides appearing on four of the seven named awards. Combined dollars obligated stand at $2.7 million, representing 35 percent of the $7.7 million combined potential value across all awards, indicating that many awards remain unfilled or partially performed.

Chem-Trade's primary vehicle is a $5 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with NAVSEA (N0017425A0100) that runs through June 15, 2029, awarded November 1, 2024. Under this BPA, the vendor has received two task orders valued at $598 thousand in combined potential value. The vendor also maintains positions on two older NAVSEA indefinite delivery vehicles: BPA N0017414A0108, which carries 11 task orders totaling $778 thousand, and IDC N0017409A0013, which carries six task orders totaling $365 thousand. The current BPA represents the primary future ordering vehicle for new work. Representative recent awards include a $201 thousand BPA call placed February 27, 2026 for virgin carbon drums to remove nitrate esters from process wastewaters (Total Small Business set-aside, completion April 2026); a $396,900 BPA call placed September 25, 2025 for 50 percent caustic soda (no set-aside); and a $192.8 thousand purchase order placed June 3, 2025 for activated coconut shell carbon in 8x30 mesh configuration (Total Small Business set-aside).

Work is performed at Chem-Trade's Washington, Pennsylvania facility. The vendor's product portfolio centers on PSC category Chemicals (26 awards) and Miscellaneous Chemical Specialties (5 awards), with primary NAICS alignment to All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (25 awards). All 34 awards are prime contracts or BPA task orders; Chem-Trade maintains no subcontract footprint in the source data.