Gaffel Equipment

Gaffel Equipment, a veteran-owned sole proprietorship based in Lee Center, New York, supplies industrial plumbing components, electrical connectors, laboratory equipment, and consumable supplies to the Naval Supply Systems Command as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company operates almost exclusively through a single $40 million blanket purchase agreement awarded by NAVSUP in December 2022, running through December 2027, which channels recurring calls for whole body valves and valve piece parts under Federal Supply Class 4820 in support of the Navy's Radcon Program and broader fleet maintenance operations.

Gaffel Equipment's federal footprint is heavily concentrated on NAVSUP; 2,853 of 2,857 total prime awards (99.9%) are purchase orders issued under or by the Naval Supply Systems Command. The combined potential value across all awards is $82.9 million, with $18.1 million obligated to date. Award volume has declined year over year—243 awards in 2022 to 92 through July 2026—reflecting the shift from large one-time procurements to recurring small-dollar call orders under the blanket purchase agreement. The top NAICS categories reflect the vendor's core capability: Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (737 awards), Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (191 awards), and Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (167 awards). The top product service codes mirror this mix—Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (869 awards), Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (298 awards), and Connectors, Electrical (164 awards).

Recent representative work includes a $521,600 firm fixed-price definitive contract for phototrode equipment awarded June 16, 2026; a $110,856 purchase order for laboratory burette supplies awarded February 18, 2026; a $46,200 order for guard column electrical connectors awarded November 24, 2025; and numerous smaller orders ($1,000 to $35,000 range) for adapters, couplings, connectors, laboratory glassware, markers, and specialized fasteners. All work is performed at the contractor's Lee Center facility. The company operates as a sole proprietor with no identified subcontractor relationships and has maintained federal registration since 2004.

Thirty-seven awards with combined potential value of $723 thousand are scheduled for completion in the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure. Gaffel Equipment competes exclusively under total small business set-asides on its NAVSUP vehicle; the blanket purchase agreement itself carries no set-aside designation at the vehicle level, but individual call orders have been consistently designated as total small business set-asides. The company has three ancillary awards from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime totaling $8 thousand, reflecting negligible customer diversification outside NAVSUP. Gaffel Equipment's business model is characterized by high-volume, low-dollar transactional work serving a single customer through a streamlined blanket purchase agreement mechanism rather than large prime contracts or sub arrangements.

Provide wholesale parts and equipment to government agencies.