Derbyshire Machine & Tool Co

Derbyshire Machine & Tool Co, a Philadelphia-based small business manufacturer, supplies precision-engineered fluid control components and mechanical hardware to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on over 6,800 purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurement without SBA certifications. The company holds no designated set-aside status and operates as a for-profit manufacturer specializing in Computer Numerical Control machining of valves, valve assemblies, strainers, couplings, eductors, bearings, and fasteners for military aviation, land, and maritime applications.

Derbyshire's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward naval supply. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command accounts for 1,984 awards carrying $82 million in combined potential value, while the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime holds 3,343 awards valued at $68.1 million combined potential value. These two customers represent the overwhelming majority of Derbyshire's federal work. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation contributes an additional 314 awards for $6.7 million, and the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (primarily through major prime subcontracts with Huntington Ingalls Incorporated) provides roughly $3.4 million across 188 awards. Together, these four customer organizations account for approximately 98% of Derbyshire's potential award value. Recent award pace has been 268 to 321 contracts per year across 2024–2025, with 108 awards already issued in 2026.

Derbyshire's capability portfolio is narrowly focused on precision-manufactured fluid control and mechanical components for naval and maritime platforms. Representative recent work includes a $970,760 Naval Supply Systems Command purchase order for valve assembly flood components (April 2026, total small business set-aside), a $539,100 naval tailpiece union order (May 2026, total small business), a $519,776 globe valve order from Naval Supply Systems Command (February 2026, total small business), and a $1.73 million definitive contract for tank assembly ICM components from Naval Supply Systems Command (April 2026, total small business). On the Defense Logistics Agency side, Derbyshire supplies recurring orders for disk valves, check valves, ball valves, strainer elements, and eductor-jet components in the $2,000 to $300,000 range; a representative $300,250 order for bonnets and sheaths (October 2025, DLA Land and Maritime, completion April 2028) illustrates the vendor's ongoing commitment to sustained supply. The company also holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with DLA Land and Maritime for retainer sleeve sea components valued at $250,000 (awarded January 2025, completed January 2026), under which two delivery orders totaling $32,250 were issued.

Derbyshire's vehicle footprint is dominated by Navy purchase orders and DLA purchase orders; the vendor operates under five named parent contract vehicles, with an Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM76005D7044 carrying 160 task orders ($937 thousand combined value) and an Indefinite Delivery Contract N0010405G7001 under Naval Supply Systems Command with 121 task orders ($568 thousand combined value). These are small-value vehicles reflecting the transactional, inventory-replenishment character of Derbyshire's business—dozens of $3,000 to $100,000 orders across Naval Supply Systems Command and DLA rather than large consolidated awards.

Derbyshire competes in a split set-aside posture across its prime footprint. Approximately 45% of the vendor's awards carry Total Small Business set-aside designations, while the remainder compete full-and-open without set-aside, indicating the company wins both reserved and unrestricted procurements at comparable rates. The NAICS and PSC concentration reflects specialization: Industrial Valve Manufacturing (NAICS 332911) accounts for 1,962 awards, Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (332919) for 684, and Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (332996) for 627. Valves, Nonpowered (PSC 4820) dominate at 3,089 awards; Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (PSC 4730) account for 1,318.

Derbyshire's subcontract footprint is minimal—only 36 sub-awards (1% of total) appear in the source, primarily to Huntington Ingalls Incorporated on CVN-class and LPD-class modernization and overhaul programs (DDG 1000, LPD-17, CVN-75) for valve components, discs, stems, and hardware. These are small-dollar engineering and production subs, not large program vehicles.

Activity has remained flat to modestly declining: 292 awards in 2022, 268 in 2024, rebounding to 321 in 2025 before dropping to 108 in 2026 year-to-date. The recompete cliff shows 125 awards ($15 million combined potential value) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months—a material recompete exposure for a vendor of Derbyshire's transaction volume. The vendor has been active in federal contracting since at least 1980 and maintains over 100 years of operational history; awards are denominated in long-form dollars and reflect Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the consistent place of performance.

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