Gravitec Systems Inc.

Gravitec Systems Inc., a Poulsbo, Washington–based small business subchapter S corporation, delivers fall protection and rescue services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing across both set-aside and full-and-open procurement channels. The company specializes in occupational safety for work at heights, delivering training, engineering, system design and installation, equipment sales, testing, and consulting—with a $24.6 million combined potential value across 349 prime awards spanning twenty-seven years of federal contracting.

Gravitec's capability portfolio centers on hands-on fall protection competency training (tower climber certification, rescue course instruction, competent person qualifications), fall protection system inspection and installation, and personal protective equipment procurement. Representative work includes a $577,769 definitive contract from an unnamed federal agency for fall protection upgrades in Orlando, Florida (completed December 2025), a $230,398 definitive contract with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District to install a personal fall protection system at Chief Joseph Dam in Bridgeport, Washington, a $201,580 delivery order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fall protection certification training courses for the Office of Coast Survey and Local Offices, a $156,807 purchase order from Customs and Border Protection for tower climbing training in Poulsbo (completed September 2024), and a $95,694 purchase order from NASA's Shared Services Center to design, fabricate, and install a fall protection static line on a crane in Chincoteague, Virginia. Training work dominates the portfolio, with 60 awards under NAICS 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training), though the vendor also carries 110 awards under NAICS 339920 (Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing), reflecting its equipment sales activity. Award dollars obligated stand at $12.5 million (51% of potential value), indicating active execution.

Customer concentration spreads across defense and civilian agencies. The top five by award count—Naval Sea Systems Command (38 awards, $819 thousand combined potential value), U.S. Coast Guard (22 awards, $464 thousand), Department of the Army (10 awards, $67 thousand), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (9 awards, $3.4 million), and Federal Aviation Administration Aeronautical Center (9 awards, $305 thousand)—account for 25% of all awards. A different ranking emerges by potential-value concentration: GSA Federal Acquisition Service (5 awards, $6.3 million), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (9 awards, $3.4 million), Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters (5 awards, $962 thousand), Naval Sea Systems Command (38 awards, $819 thousand), and U.S. Coast Guard (22 awards, $464 thousand) account for 49% of combined potential value. The GSA concentration is anchored by vehicle holdings, not transaction volume—a characteristic signal that the vendor holds favorable positions on government-wide procurements rather than competing for many small task orders.

Gravitec holds two parent vehicles that shape procurement posture. A General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contract (Special Item Number 339920S, $1 million ceiling, awarded April 1, 2024, running through March 31, 2029) generates 123 task orders totaling $2.5 million in combined potential value across multiple agencies, enabling federal customers nationwide to procure fall protection equipment and services through streamlined GSA ordering. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Indefinite Delivery Contract ($2.14 million ceiling, total small business set-aside, awarded September 30, 2023, running through September 29, 2028) delivers fall protection certification training courses and related services to NOAA's Office of Coast Survey and Local Offices, with multiple delivery orders drawn against it. Additionally, Gravitec places work against Federal Aviation Administration Blanket Purchase Agreements (DTFAAC17A00007, 6 task orders, $422 thousand; DTFAAC11A00038, 4 task orders, $102 thousand) for training and equipment.

Activity trends modestly but consistently. Awards per year over the past five years: 8 (2022), 8 (2023), 9 (2024), 11 (2025), 2 (2026—partial year through mid-May). The two awards completing in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $106 thousand, indicating minimal near-term recompete cliff risk. The vendor competes across both set-aside and unrestricted channels, with recent awards split between total small business set-asides (fall protection upgrades, Miami Beach tower climbing training, Naval Air Systems Command fall protection inspection, Fairchild Air Force Base annual inspections) and full-and-open purchase orders (Coast Guard tower climber training, Naval Sea Systems Command training, Smithsonian Institution fall protection safety training). This balanced posture reflects the fragmented, low-dollar nature of the vendor's customer base—no single agency drives volume, and individual task orders range from $435 (GSA helmet delivery order) to $577,769, with typical training and equipment orders in the $10,000–$100,000 range. Gravitec operates as a specialized occupational-safety contractor with deep federal agency relationships but remains a small business subchapter S corporation without SBA certification beyond the small business size standard itself.

Gravitec Systems Inc. provides Fall Protection and Industrial Rescue Engineering, Training and Consulting Services. Suppliers for DBI, Elk River,Guardian, Miller, MSA/Rose, Petzel, PMI, UCL, Bullard, and Tractel fall protection equipment.