Eastern Burlap And Trading Company

Eastern Burlap And Trading Company, doing business as Eastern Burlap & Trading Co, supplies composite materials, adhesives, epoxy resins, sealants, fiberglass cloth, and specialized repair compounds to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor on full-and-open purchase orders. The Norfolk, Virginia-based firm is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation competing predominantly without set-aside designation, though approximately 20% of its recent award volume carries total small business set-aside status. The vendor does not hold parent contract vehicles or seats on GWACs; it operates as a direct supplier through routine Navy purchase orders averaging low five-to-mid-five-figure values.

Eastern Burlap's customer concentration is extreme and highly specialized. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) accounts for 262 of 363 total prime awards (92% of award count) and $1.2 million of the $2.1 million combined potential value across the vendor's footprint. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment ranks second with 24 awards and $619 thousand in combined potential value, followed by the Coast Guard (21 awards, $98 thousand), Pacific Fleet Forces (20 awards, $34 thousand), and other Navy entities. The concentration reflects Eastern Burlap's role as a dedicated supplier of naval shipbuilding, maintenance, and repair materials. Two GSA Federal Acquisition Service task orders carry $160 thousand combined potential value, but Navy and Navy-adjacent customers (NAVSEA, Coast Guard, PACFLT, DLA Troop Support) represent 97% of potential value.

The vendor's product portfolio is narrowly defined by NAICS and PSC concentration. Across 363 awards, adhesive manufacturing accounts for 265 awards, miscellaneous textile product mills for 39, and industrial supplies wholesaling for 13. By procurement service code, preservative and sealing compounds dominate at 213 awards; adhesives at 88; wallboard and thermal insulation materials at 41. This specificity signals no diversification into consulting, labor augmentation, systems integration, or non-material supply: Eastern Burlap delivers chemical compounds and composite materials, period.

Activity has declined sharply. The vendor recorded 25 awards in 2022, 11 in 2023, 6 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 1 in 2026 as of mid-March. Over the past five years, annual award count has contracted by 96 percent. The source reflects 363 total awards spanning from April 1981 through March 2026, indicating a long-standing Navy supplier relationship, but the recent trajectory—three awards in the past eighteen months—suggests either NAVSEA's demand decline, Eastern Burlap's loss of preferred vendor status, or inventory-clearing behavior on the Navy side. No recompete-cliff data is provided in the source; the oldest active award in the sample completed in March 2026, so pipeline visibility is constrained.

Eastern Burlap operates as a pure prime contractor (100% of awards) with no subcontract footprint in the source data. The vendor does not appear in the source as a sub receiving work from larger primes. One historical reference notes performance as a subcontractor to BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair Inc. on naval repair work, but this relationship does not appear in the current award stream.

The vendor qualifies as a small business in federal contracting (registered in SAM since October 2001) and holds no SBA certifications such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB in the recent awards. Its two primary parent vehicles—Blanket Purchase Agreements GS06F19016 (35 task orders, $51 thousand combined potential value) and GS06F3EBUR (2 task orders, $3 thousand combined potential value)—are GSA schedules under the General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service. The overwhelming majority of work flows through direct Navy purchase orders bearing no parent vehicle.

Representative contracts illustrate the vendor's consistent capability footprint. A March 2026 $1,876.28 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Naval Supply Systems Command for a 2-gallon kit repair compound, scheduled completion March 2026, reflects the typical order size and scope. A December 2024 $13,644.70 total small business set-aside delivery of a 2-part epoxy adhesive kit meeting MIL-A-24456 requirements to NAVSEA, awarded through Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, shows compliance-heavy material supply. A September 2024 $26,600 total small business set-aside for liquid epoxy resin adhesive (Phillybond product) scheduled October 2024 completion, and a $20,424.60 August 2024 non-set-aside delivery of composite materials and fiberglass cloth to Pacific Fleet Forces, complete the capability profile: naval-grade adhesives, resins, fiberglass, and repair compounds with firm-fixed pricing and completion windows of weeks to months.