Connecticut Valley Industries, LLC

Connecticut Valley Industries, LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, manufactures electronic components and specialized lighting equipment for military applications as a prime contractor to the Defense Logistics Agency across 863 recent awards. The vendor competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements, with approximately 20 percent of its contract footprint designated as total small business set-asides.

Connecticut Valley Industries' capability portfolio centers on defense electronics manufacturing grounded in concrete named work: indicator lights, deck light status fixtures, flash sequencers, junction boxes, circuit card assemblies, optical assemblies, transformers, motors, switches, and perimeter light assemblies for aviation, land, and maritime platforms. Representative prime work includes a $301 million marker light filter purchase order (DLA Land and Maritime, January 2024), a $190.5 million electrostatic discharger order (DLA Land and Maritime, May 2023), a $183.5 million electrostatic discharger procurement (DLA Land and Maritime, August 2024), and a $2 million five-year indefinite delivery contract for electric vehicular lights awarded September 2025 (DLA Aviation, total small business set-aside). The vendor also supplies specialized lighting for naval vessels: a $150.8 thousand flight deck lighting package for USNS Comfort awarded September 2025 (Military Sealift Command).

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime together account for 91 percent of recent awards by count and 99 percent of combined potential value—Aviation alone carries 350 awards valued at $11.6 million, and Land and Maritime carries 290 awards valued at $9.8 million. The Department of the Navy, Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command, and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment round out the active set but represent minimal additional revenue. This concentration reflects Connecticut Valley Industries' exclusive positioning as a DLA supplier for lighting and electronic components across defense logistics.

The vendor holds nine single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA across Aviation and Land and Maritime divisions, each with $250 thousand ceilings, plus a $2 million five-year IDC awarded September 2025. These vehicles generated the bulk of recent task order activity: the top five parent vehicles carried 40 task orders with combined potential value of $631 thousand. The indefinite delivery structure enables streamlined procurement with estimated order frequencies of two to three orders annually and guaranteed minimum orders, typical of DLA's approach to commonly required parts.

Activity has fluctuated year over year—37 awards in 2022, peaking at 71 in 2025, then dropping to 14 in 2026 to date through April. Twenty-eight awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.4 million, exposing the vendor to modest recompete activity in the near term. Subcontract exposure is minimal: the vendor holds five recent subcontract awards to Huntington Ingalls Incorporated for LPD 30 (Landing Platform Dock) and LHA 9 (Amphibious Assault Ship) lighting and structural components, representing less than one percent of the overall footprint.

Connecticut Valley Industries operates as a limited liability company and for-profit manufacturer of goods, with primary NAICS framing in commercial and industrial electric lighting fixture manufacturing (97 awards), other electronic component manufacturing (87 awards), and other lighting equipment manufacturing (64 awards). Product service codes concentrate in indoor and outdoor electric lighting fixtures (278 awards), miscellaneous alarm and signal systems (105 awards), and electric vehicular lights (57 awards), reflecting the vendor's deep specialization in defense lighting systems rather than broad component distribution.