Fluid System Components, Inc.

Fluid System Components, Inc.'s Fluid Systems Components Division, headquartered in De Pere, Wisconsin, manufactures and supplies hydraulic and pneumatic components to the federal government as a prime contractor (50% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor (50%), competing without set-aside designations in full-and-open procurements. The company is a for-profit manufacturer of goods with no SBA certifications or disadvantaged-business designations in the source.

The company's federal work splits sharply between two customer streams. Prime work centers on direct purchase orders from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime, where Fluid System Components holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $250,000 through October 2, 2025, for pump subassemblies; this IDC anchors approximately 50 direct purchase orders since 2024 for fluid system components including valves (linear direct, ball, check, solenoid, safety relief, shuttle, flow control), filters and filter elements, accumulators, coolers, seal kits, gaskets, hose assemblies, springs, and manifolds. Representative prime awards to DLA Land and Maritime include a $14,650.20 purchase order for a linear direct valve (December 2025), a $9,176.58 order for fluid filters (April 2025), and a $7,950 order for a hydraulic accumulator (May 2025), all firm fixed-price with completion dates in 2025 and 2026. DLA also places orders through its Aviation division; a $3,421.10 May 2025 purchase order for a bladder accumulator exemplifies that work. The company also holds a single sub-award from the Department of Agriculture valued at $6 thousand.

Sub work routes almost exclusively through Oshkosh Defense LLC, the prime contractor on the Army's Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) program. Fluid System Components supplies hydraulic components for FHTV vehicle builds and retrofits, including delivery orders for M977A4, M983A4, M984A4, M1075A1, and M1092A1 platform variants, with supporting work for foreign military sales to Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and Saudi Arabia. This subcontract stream has grown substantially — the source lists 56 Oshkosh sub-awards spanning 2023 through April 2026, reflecting consistent engagement as Oshkosh's hydraulic supply partner across the FHTV requirements contract family.

Customer concentration is extreme on the prime side. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 53 of 55 prime awards and $367 thousand of combined potential value, with DLA Aviation contributing 5 awards and $6 thousand. On the sub side, Oshkosh Defense represents the entire active portfolio. The distinction is critical: prime work is transactional, component-level purchase orders under a modest ceiling IDC; sub work is volume-driven and program-dependent, tied to tactical vehicle production schedules.

Recent activity shows sharp growth — one award in 2020, two in 2023, thirty-three in 2024, and fifty-nine in 2025 — driven primarily by the ramp in FHTV sub-orders to Oshkosh. The source reports combined potential value of $379 thousand across all 111 awards, but obligated dollars total $1.9 million (505% of potential value), indicating that actual invoiced work significantly exceeds the floor stated in the purchase orders. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $6 thousand, exposing minimal recompete risk on the prime IDC side; the Oshkosh FHTV stream, however, remains subject to program-level recompete and production fluctuation.

The company competes full-and-open across both prime and sub roles — no set-aside designations appear in the source. Top NAICS categories reflect the dual footprint: Truck Trailer Manufacturing (43 awards, primarily FHTV sub work), Industrial Valve Manufacturing (20 awards, primarily DLA prime orders), and Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing (6 awards). Top PSCs include Valves, Powered and Nonpowered (11 awards each), Packing and Gasket Materials (5 awards), and Aircraft Hydraulic, Vacuum, and De-Icing System Components (3 awards).