Faxon Engineering Co Inc.

Faxon Engineering Co Inc. manufactures and supplies nonmetallic hoses, hose assemblies, fittings, valves, and related hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power components to the federal government as a prime contractor under its own small disadvantaged business designation. The company is a self-certified small disadvantaged business and for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Faxon operates as an authorized Eaton Aeroquip Hose Center and competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements (roughly 75% of awards carry no set-aside designation), with the balance split between Total Small Business set-asides and occasional full-and-open competitions where the company's small disadvantaged status is recognized but no set-aside is applied.

The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates Faxon's customer base and contracting footprint, accounting for 1,137 of 1,520 total awards (75% of all awards) and $22.4 million of $30 million combined potential value (75% of dollars). The Naval Supply Systems Command represents the second-largest customer by dollar value ($3 million across 91 awards), followed by Naval Sea Systems Command ($2.6 million across 189 awards), the U.S. Coast Guard ($499 thousand across 18 awards), and GSA ($140 thousand across 15 awards). This concentration reflects Faxon's core business in delivering consumable fluid power components to support military equipment maintenance and operational readiness across Department of Defense logistics and naval operations. Faxon also works with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on occasional hose and fitting supply orders.

Faxon holds multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, including single-award IDCs established on October 30, 2025 ($350,000 ceiling) and October 20, 2025 ($250,000 ceiling) for nonmetallic hose assemblies, as well as an expired Total Small Business IDC (November 7, 2024, $250,000 ceiling) and another on October 10, 2024 ($250,000 ceiling). These vehicles frame the majority of Faxon's delivery order activity. Representative prime work includes a $799,500 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (August 19, 2025) for nonmetallic hose assemblies; a $401,866.74 Total Small Business set-aside from DLA (January 24, 2025) for 1,122 units of hose assemblies; a $264,140 Total Small Business set-aside from Naval Supply Systems Command (March 7, 2025) for 1-1/4 inch hoses; an $85,251.88 order from the U.S. Coast Guard (November 18, 2025) for MH-60T helicopter hose assemblies under a Total Small Business set-aside; and an $80,046 Total Small Business set-aside from the Coast Guard (November 5, 2025) for additional MH-60T hose assemblies. Smaller routine orders from DLA Land and Maritime in the $5,000 to $50,000 range for nonmetallic hoses, hose assemblies, coupling halves, check valves, adapters, and springs flow continuously.

Activity has remained steady, averaging 113 awards per year over the past five years (2022–2026 YTD). Faxon faces a recompete cliff of 46 awards totaling $1.7 million in combined potential value with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months. Faxon serves as a subcontractor on naval submarine construction, performing work for Electric Boat Corporation on SSN 804 construction (FY20) as of September 2024, and has historically supplied hydraulic cylinders and fluid power components to major defense primes including Huntington Ingalls Inc. on naval shipbuilding programs.

The award portfolio is concentrated in fluid power components: hoses and flexible tubing dominate at 1,017 awards under PSC code, followed by hose, pipe, tube, lubrication, and railing fittings (255 awards), and nonpowered valves (80 awards). By NAICS, miscellaneous fabricated metal product manufacturing (714 awards) and rubber and plastics hoses and belting manufacturing (226 awards) capture the largest share. Place of performance is consistently Bloomfield, Connecticut, where Faxon manufactures these components. All recent awards are firm fixed-price purchase orders or delivery orders; no grants or cost-reimbursable work appears in the award record. Faxon's 80% obligation rate against $30 million combined potential value reflects strong execution velocity and cash flow predictability within its narrow, high-volume supplier niche.

Custom Fabrication, Machining and Welding of Pipe, Hose, Tube and Fittings

Fabrication of Hydraulic and metal hose

Hose and Tube Pressure testing and certification (up to 20,000psi)