Empire Southwest, LLC
Show Low, AZ Doing business as Caterpillar Authorized Dealer Empire Machinery
- UEI
- CZJHVLUXNVJ9
- CAGE
- 35PX6
- Primary NAICS
- 811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, Empire Southwest, LLC, ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Partnership or Limited Liability Partnership
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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Parent
Empire Southwest, LLC · Mesa, AZ
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Parent
Empire Southwest, LLC · Mesa, AZ
GPJVLYP4ZBB8
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1501 W Thornton Rd, Show Low, AZ 85901, USA
- Website
- empire-cat.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Construction & Engineering
- SIC code
- 73 Business Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $37,738 |
| FY2025 | $26,905 |
| FY2024 | -$2,595 |
| FY2023 | $169,745 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Health and Human Services | $17,919 | |
| 2 | Department of the Interior | $13,645 | |
| 3 | Department of Justice | $6,174 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Empire Southwest, LLC, operating through its Empire Machinery Division as a Caterpillar Authorized Dealer, supplies heavy equipment repair, maintenance, and equipment sales to federal agencies across the Southwest as a prime contractor on spot purchase orders — all 54 recent awards are prime, zero subcontract revenue. The company is a for-profit limited liability company with no SBA set-aside designations; all awards are competitive, open-market procurements under FAR Part 12 Commercial Items authority, reflecting Empire Southwest's positioning as an established equipment service provider rather than a small-business vendor.
Empire Southwest's capability portfolio centers on Caterpillar equipment repair and maintenance — motor grader transmission and differential rebuilds, engine overhauls, generator diagnosis and repair, articulation pin repairs — alongside heavy equipment rental and direct equipment sales (new hydraulic excavators, vibratory compactors, compact track loaders) to federal facilities. Representative work includes a $270,791 purchase order from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region (September 2022) for delivery of a Caterpillar 320-07E hydraulic excavator to the Western Navajo Transportation program in Tuba City, Arizona; a $125,903 purchase order from the same agency (September 2022) for a new Caterpillar CP34 vibratory compactor; and a $69,722 purchase order (January 2023) from BIA Navajo Region for engine diagnosis, disassembly, inspection, and removal-and-reinstall work on a 140M motor grader. Recent spot orders show continued activity: a $17,919 purchase order from the Indian Health Service (August 2026) for backhoe repair at Whiteriver, Arizona, and a $13,645 firm fixed-price order from BIA Navajo Region (December 2025) for motor grader diagnostic and repair services.
Customer concentration is high and regionally clustered. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region dominates both metrics — 15 awards representing $609 thousand in combined potential value (55% of the portfolio) — with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region adding 9 awards and $114 thousand (10%), and BIA Western Region contributing 5 awards and $105 thousand (9.5%). The Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Herlong, the National Park Service Intermountain Region, and a handful of smaller agencies complete the customer base across 12 named agencies total. The two rankings (by award count and by potential value) align closely, indicating consistent deal size and no outlier awards propping up a secondary customer. Empire Southwest operates no parent contract vehicles, GWACs, BPAs, or IDIQs; all work flows through direct agency purchase orders issued under FAR Part 12.
Activity is sparse and irregular — 1 award in 2021, 4 in 2022, 6 in 2023, 4 in 2025, and 1 in 2026 (as of August) — with only one award carrying an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months ($18 thousand combined recompete exposure). The company is a child entity of a parent vendor also named Empire Southwest, LLC, headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. Empire Southwest competes in the full-and-open market without set-aside protection, pricing as an authorized Caterpillar dealer with established regional capacity and geographic proximity to federal facilities across Arizona and Southeastern California.
Quick answers
Is Empire Southwest, LLC registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Empire Southwest, LLC's SAM.gov registration is active through October 5, 2027.
How much has Empire Southwest, LLC received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $26,905 to Empire Southwest, LLC in fiscal year 2025 and $231,794 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Empire Southwest, LLC rank among federal contractors?
Empire Southwest, LLC's parent company, Empire Southwest, LLC, ranked #12 in PSC J024, #18 in PSC H261 and #32 in PSC 3655 in FY2025.
What is Empire Southwest, LLC's most recent federal award?
Empire Southwest, LLC's most recent federal contract award is Wrsu backhoe repair (75H71226P00089), from Indian Health Service, on August 10, 2026.
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