GEA North America Inc.
Columbia, MD Doing business as Westfalia Separator Inc. GEA Mechanical Equipment, US, Inc.
- UEI
- KM85AL8C3183
- CAGE
- 6CYU5
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Corporate family
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 9165 Rumsey Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
- Website
- gea.com
- Founded
- 2000
- Employees
- 10K-50K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- Industry
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- Health Care
- Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Pharmaceuticals
- SIC code
- 28 Chemical & Allied Products
- Profiles
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 | $3,120,935 |
| FY2025 | $598,367 |
| FY2024 | $1,108,500 |
| FY2023 | $826,968 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Navy | $2,210,605 | |
| 2 | Department of Homeland Security | $634,630 | |
| 3 | Department of Health and Human Services | $275,700 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vigor Marine LLC | N3220525C2148 | $35,192 | |
| Vigor Marine LLC | N3220525C2148 | $39,265 | |
| National Steel And Shipbuilding Company | N0002416C2229 | $825,670 | |
| National Steel And Shipbuilding Company | N0002416C2229 | $2,089,540 | |
| Huntington Ingalls Incorporated | HSCG2316CADB016 | $206,495 |
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About the company
GEA North America Inc., GEA Mechanical Equipment, US, Inc. Division (operating as Westfalia Separator Inc. and subsidiaries), manufactures and supplies OEM maritime equipment—lube oil purifiers, fuel oil purifiers, oily water separators, and related components and technical services—to federal agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open procurements, competing predominantly on sole-source purchase orders leveraging exclusive proprietary access to separator and purifier systems for naval and Coast Guard vessels.
The vendor is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Columbia, Maryland (with operational footprints in Janesville, Wisconsin and Germany), with a corporate structure encompassing seven named subsidiaries including GEA Westfalia Separator, Inc., GEA Farm Technologies, Inc. (self-certified small disadvantaged business), and GEA PHE Systems North America Inc. (self-certified SDB). The parent entity, GEA North America Inc., operates without federal SBA set-aside designations in its prime work; a small subset of awards carry Total Small Business set-asides, but the vendor's standard posture is full-and-open competition anchored on OEM proprietary rights and sole-source justifications under FAR simplified acquisition procedures and commercial item clauses.
Customer concentration is heavily maritime. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 100 awards worth $7.4 million combined potential value, and the Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command anchors 131 awards totaling $7.1 million—together representing 95% of the award count in the source. The two agencies rank nearly equally on dollar basis, with Coast Guard slightly ahead. Smaller customers include the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution El Reno (8 awards, $81 thousand), the Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (3 awards, $136 thousand), and the Food and Drug Administration (1 award, $276 thousand for a ConsiGma Process Analytical Technology laboratory test rig). The vendor's capability footprint and pricing power reflect uncontested maritime-equipment supply: most awards are sole-source purchase orders under $300,000 ceiling, with named vessels (USCGC Munro, USNS Mercy, USNS Comfort, USNS Robert E. Peary, USNS Lenthall, USNS Alan Shepard) appearing repeatedly across awards.
On parent vehicles, GEA Mechanical maintains a seat on Indefinite Delivery Contract HSCG4015D20959 (Coast Guard, 40 task orders, $2.6 million combined potential value) and carries minimal exposure to other IDCs. The vendor operates predominantly through direct purchase orders rather than through large contract vehicles, reflecting the simplified acquisition and commercial item nature of its business.
Activity is consistent but modest in scale. Award volume over the past five years averaged roughly 15 per year, with 22 awards in 2024 and 14 in 2026 year-to-date as of September. Combined potential value across all 259 awards (prime and sub) is $15.4 million; obligated dollars total $16.5 million, indicating prior obligations exceeded stated ceilings. Nine awards (combined potential value $2.7 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, constituting the recompete horizon.
Top NAICS codes reflect maritime equipment manufacturing and repair: Ship Building and Repairing (57 awards), Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing (53 awards), and Other Building Equipment Contractors (35 awards). PSC categories align: Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment (79 awards), Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Ship and Marine Equipment (47 awards), and Centrifugals, Separators, and Pressure and Vacuum Filters (33 awards).
In its subcontractor role (3% of total awards), GEA Mechanical performs technical representative services and OEM parts supply under larger shipbuilders. Named primes include Vigor Marine LLC (USNS Guadalupe fiscal-year 2025 overhaul work with fuel oil purifier and lube oil purifier inspection and testing; multiple sub awards), Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (warranty and spare-parts work with $1.5 million modifications to NSC 10 in 2024), National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (T-AO class material specifications), and Marvin Engineering Co, Inc. (MIT Lincoln Laboratory equipment sub-award). Subcontract work is incidental to the prime business; the vendor's federal footprint is almost entirely prime-contract maritime equipment supply to Navy and Coast Guard vessel maintenance and upgrade programs, with recent awards supporting fuel oil purifier motor components for USCGC Waesche ($29,929), purifier bowls for USNS Lenthall and USNS Robert E. Peary (combined $1.84 million), and oily water separator systems and technical representative services across the Coast Guard operational fleet.
Quick answers
Is GEA North America Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. GEA North America Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through June 16, 2027.
How much has GEA North America Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $598,367 to GEA North America Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $5,654,770 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does GEA North America Inc. rank among federal contractors?
GEA North America Inc. ranked #14 in PSC L020, #47 in PSC 4610 and #61 in PSC 46 in FY2025.
What is GEA North America Inc.'s most recent federal award?
GEA North America Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is The purpose of this contract is to award GEA mechanical equipment US, INC. For inspection, troubleshooting, overhaul… (70Z08526PLREP0318), from Coast Guard, on September 2, 2026.
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