G.d.o., Inc.

G.d.o., Inc. (operating as Gradient Technology), a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Elk River, Minnesota, delivers ammunition demilitarization and disposal, munitions research and development, manufacturing equipment maintenance and repair, and environmental remediation services to the Department of Defense and Army Corps of Engineers as a prime contractor on 91% of its recent awards, competing on a full-and-open basis without set-aside designations.

Gradient Technology's capability portfolio centers on specialized ordnance disposal and munitions engineering. Representative prime work includes a $13.55 million definitive contract with the Engineer Research and Development Center awarded in June 2023 for research and test evaluation of underwater cut and capture system technology on live munitions, running through June 2027; a $6.42 million Other Transaction Agreement with Joint Munitions Command awarded in April 2024 for a waterjet washout and segmenting system at the company's Elk River facility, completing April 2027; a $4.29 million purchase order with Joint Munitions Command for maintenance and repair of manufacturing equipment and systems in explosive operational environments at Crane Army Ammunition Activity through March 2031; and a $3.73 million definitive contract with the Department of the Army for demilitarization and disposal of 5-inch, 6-inch, and 8-inch projectiles and bulk explosive material in Elk River, completing November 2026. The vendor also holds multiple delivery orders for demilitarization of 16-inch Navy gun projectiles totaling approximately $24.7 million across PEO Ammunition and Army organizational units. A small-business set-aside purchase order for $415,100 from Joint Munitions Command covers hazardous accumulator removal at Crane, completing April 2025.

Customer concentration is heavily concentrated in Army ammunition and munitions operations. Joint Munitions Command anchors the portfolio with 15 awards worth $42.2 million combined potential value, while Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Ammunition holds 4 awards totaling $53.8 million — together these two entities account for nearly two-thirds of the combined potential value across eleven distinct customer agencies. The Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center brings $18.5 million (3 awards) in research and environmental remediation work. Gradient Technology places task orders under Indefinite Delivery Contract W52P1J19D0012 (5 task orders, $36.1 million combined potential value) and Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract (2 task orders), signaling sustained access to Army ammunition-focused IDIQs.

Recent activity is flat to declining — two awards in 2025 and two in 2026 after four awards in 2024 and three each in 2022 and 2023. The recompete window over the next twenty-four months presents material exposure, with three awards reaching ultimate completion dates aggregating $23.7 million in combined potential value. The vendor subcontracts on energetics and explosives research work under Leidos (two awards, 2022–2024), providing support to the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and studies of novel explosives for advanced munitions. A March 2025 sub award under an Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract marks recent sub engagement. Gradient Technology's NAICS concentration aligns with its product footprint: 11 awards in ammunition manufacturing, 8 in physical and engineering sciences research and development, 3 in bearing manufacturing, and 2 in hazardous waste disposal.