Control Center, Incorporated

Control Center, Incorporated (doing business as Control Center Inc.) is an SBA-certified HUBZone small business headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, that supplies specialized industrial flow control components — valves, regulators, filter housings, and pressure transducers — to federal agencies as both a prime contractor (61% of recent awards) and subcontractor (39%). The vendor competes across both set-aside (HUBZone Sole Source and Total Small Business designations) and full-and-open procurements, with set-asides recurring across roughly half the prime footprint.

Control Center's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Air Force test infrastructure and aerospace programs. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center accounts for 33 awards and $5.2 million in combined potential value — the single largest customer by both metrics. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (34 awards, primarily driven by the OASIS+ vehicle discussed below) and the Department of the Air Force (11 awards, $932 thousand) round out the top three. NASA facilities contribute secondary but meaningful volume: NASA Stennis Space Center ($939 thousand across two awards), NASA Shared Services Center ($503 thousand across five awards), and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ($188 thousand across seven awards). These top five customers account for 91% of recent awards. Representative prime work includes a $565 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from Air Force Materiel Command Test Center (September 2024) for eight globe valves and optional suction, discharge, and pneumatic actuator components with ultimate completion in February 2026; a $291 thousand order from NASA Shared Services Center (June 2023) for PFC dome-loaded regulators completing in February 2024; a $190 thousand July 2025 purchase order from the Air Force for Grayloc pipe fittings; and a $76 thousand July 2026 order from NASA Shared Services Center for high-pressure ball valves and soft goods repair kits for gaseous helium service at John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.

Control Center places 34 task orders under the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS+) Small Business vehicle, which anchors the Office of the Secretary of Defense award count. The vendor also maintains two task orders under Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract FA910107D0001 ($702 thousand combined potential value). Both vehicles position Control Center for ongoing task-order competition across defense and space agency customers.

Awards per year declined from 19 in 2022 to six in 2025 and two in the current year (through July 2026), signaling contraction in purchase-order velocity. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $107 thousand, resulting in minimal near-term recompete exposure. However, the 99-award historical footprint (first award 1992) and obligated dollars ($15.8 million) exceeding combined potential value ($8.2 million by 192%) indicate accumulated delivery history and backlog across the customer base.

In its subcontractor role, Control Center supplies Grayloc hubs, filter assemblies, and valve components to Beyond New Horizons, LLC under the Test Operations and Sustainment II program (five sub awards, October 2025 and September 2025), and furnishes RSH valves and HPA filter assemblies to Integration Innovation Inc. on aerospace and test-infrastructure modifications (multiple modifications through January 2024 and historical awards through August 2022). The subcontract work spans pressure regulation, component fabrication, and materials delivery for space-systems and test-facility support. Control Center's capability portfolio spans industrial valve manufacturing (41 awards) and research and development in physical and engineering sciences (34 awards), with secondary exposure to general-purpose machinery manufacturing and engineering services — a footprint grounded entirely in specialized component supply rather than systems integration or professional services.