Derbyshire Machine & Tool Co

Derbyshire Machine & Tool Co, a Philadelphia-based precision manufacturer, holds a dominant position as a small business prime contractor to the Department of Defense, delivering fluid control components and mechanical hardware across Defense Logistics Agency and Naval Supply Systems Command procurement missions. The vendor operates as a for-profit manufacturer without designated SBA certifications (no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB status), competing predominantly in full-and-open procurement with occasional small business set-asides applied by customer agencies.

Over the past six years, Derbyshire has built a substantial and consistent prime contract footprint: 6,793 prime awards (99% of the portfolio) across 16 federal agencies, with 2025 and 2026 year-to-date activity at 318 and 65 awards respectively, reflecting ongoing high-velocity transaction flow. The vendor's customer concentration sits overwhelmingly with two agencies: the Naval Supply Systems Command anchors the portfolio by combined potential value at $80.3 million across 1,975 awards, while the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime holds the largest award count at 3,311 awards worth $67.5 million in combined potential value. Together these two customers account for 91% of recent awards and 98% of combined potential value. The vendor also serves DLA Aviation (309 awards, $6.7 million), Naval Sea Systems Command (188 awards, $3.4 million), and DLA Troop Support (134 awards, $1.9 million), with smaller exposure across the Army, Air Force, and civilian agencies.

Derbyshire's capability footprint is highly specialized: the vendor manufactures precision-engineered valves (ball, globe, check, needle, safety relief, solenoid, gate, angle), valve assemblies and components (disks, seats, stems, bonnets, guides), fluid control devices (eductors, strainers, restrictors, damp­eners), mechanical hardware (bolts, nuts, screws, washers, pins, fasteners), pipe and hose fittings (elbows, tees, unions, adapters, flanges), bearings and bearing sets, seals and gaskets, and CNC-machined structural parts. The work is characterized by small-dollar, high-frequency purchase orders (ranging from $1,500 to $971,000 with most clustering in the $5,000–$100,000 range) requiring delivery within 90–400 days. Representative recent prime work includes a $1.73 million definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for tank assembly ICM components (April 2026), a $325,000 DLA Land and Maritime parts kit ball valve purchase order (February 2026), a $220,000 Naval Supply Systems Command contract for retaining nuts (January 2026), a $180,000 DLA Land and Maritime sediment strainer (October 2025), and a $162,000 Naval Supply Systems Command parts kit ball valve (August 2025). All work is performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the vendor maintains its manufacturing facility.

The vendor holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with DLA Land and Maritime (awarded January 2025, ceiling $250,000, completion January 2026) for retainer sleeve and sea components, from which two delivery orders totaling $32,250 have been issued as of September 2025. Derbyshire also sits on five top parent vehicles—including IDC SPM76005D7044 (160 task orders, $937 thousand value), IDC N0010405G7001 (121 task orders, $568 thousand), and BPA N0010416A7004 (62 task orders, $1.9 million)—indicating participation in Navy and DLA enterprise-wide procurement vehicles, though the majority of awards are direct purchase orders rather than task order activity.

Derbyshire operates as a small business subcontractor to major defense primes: the source documents five named subcontract awards to Huntington Ingalls Incorporated and one unnamed sub involving centrifugal pump components. Sub work spans valve components for CVN-75 Refueling and Complex Overhaul, DDG-1000/1001 modernization, and LPD-17 work. However, sub-revenue represents only 1% of the portfolio by award count (36 of 6,829 awards), with the vast majority of the vendor's federal footprint rooted in direct prime relationships.

The vendor's NAICS profile centers on industrial valve manufacturing (1,949 awards), other metal valve and pipe fitting manufacturing (681 awards), and fabricated pipe and fitting work (622 awards), with secondary exposure to hardware manufacturing and piston/carburetor component work. PSC codes reflect similar concentration: valves, nonpowered (3,077 awards), hose/pipe/tube fittings (1,302 awards), and pumps and power transmission equipment. Awards are characterized by firm fixed-price purchase orders under Total Small Business set-asides (recurring across Naval Supply Systems Command and DLA) and full-and-open competition (majority of DLA Land and Maritime work).

Activity has remained stable year over year (268–318 awards annually 2022–2025) with combined potential value of $162.7 million across the lifetime dataset. The recompete cliff over the next twenty-four months includes 141 awards totaling $14.8 million in combined potential value at ultimate completion, representing moderate refinancing exposure. The single-award IDC with DLA Land and Maritime expires January 30, 2026, creating near-term recompete opportunity for that vehicle. Derbyshire has delivered continuously to DoD since 1980 and has established itself as a mission-critical supplier within the naval and DLA supply chains, leveraging over 100 years of precision-manufacturing expertise and sustained performance on standardized commodity purchases that anchor military logistics and equipment maintenance operations.

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