Gregory Poole Equipment Company

Gregory Poole Equipment Company, doing business as Caterpillar Authorized Dealer, is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that supplies equipment sales, rentals, parts, and specialized maintenance services to the federal government as a prime contractor on 98% of its recent awards. The vendor competes predominantly full-and-open (no SBA designations apply to the corporate entity), though a recurrent subset of awards carry Total Small Business set-aside designations reflecting customer agency procurement policies rather than vendor certification. Gregory Poole operates as an authorized Caterpillar dealer and brings nearly 25 years of federal contracting history, with a portfolio spanning heavy equipment maintenance, engine overhauls, generator rental and repair, forklift rental and maintenance, and parts supply across the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Interior.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward maritime and maritime-adjacent work. The top five funding agencies account for 45% of recent awards by count, led decisively by the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard (157 awards, $20.4 million combined potential value), followed by the United States Marine Corps (77 awards, $1.3 million), the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 (26 awards, $1.7 million), the Department of the Army (25 awards, $645 thousand), and the Department of Justice's Federal Correctional Complex Butner (22 awards, $1.3 million). By potential value, the Coast Guard dominates: 157 awards worth $20.4 million account for 38% of the vendor's entire portfolio. The Marine Corps concentration by volume (77 awards) masks much smaller dollar magnitude per award ($1.3 million combined), whereas the Navy's Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic) ranks third in dollars ($2 million across nine awards) despite lower count. Representative work includes a $980 thousand Coast Guard delivery order for CGC Hickory Caterpillar maintenance, a $577 thousand delivery order for CGC Caterpillar engine repair, a $419 thousand Coast Guard delivery order for CGC Barbara Mabrity Caterpillar maintenance, and recurring correctional facility generator rental and repair work ($330 thousand, $226 thousand, $176 thousand, $140 thousand).

Gregory Poole holds a nascent position on multiple indefinite delivery contracts anchoring ongoing task-order work. The top five parent vehicles are Coast Guard IDIQs and Marine Corps facilities support contracts: Indefinite Delivery Contract 70Z08521DP4501900 (27 task orders, $5.2 million combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract M6700107A1054 (24 task orders, $156 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract HSCG8512DP30511 (21 task orders, $620 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract HSCG8516DP45938 (12 task orders, $2.2 million), and Indefinite Delivery Contract M6700104A0038 (11 task orders, $37 thousand). Gregory Poole was also awarded a ten-year Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 on August 18, 2025, valued at $12 million, covering heavy equipment maintenance and repair services across 12 states and territories (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) with a ten-year performance period through August 14, 2035. This BPA represents the vendor's largest single vehicle ceiling to date and signals expansion beyond the Coast Guard's maritime dominance.

Activity has remained consistent across the past five years—17 awards in 2022, 27 in 2023, 26 in 2024, 28 in 2025, and 7 in early 2026—with no significant trajectory change. The vendor faces minimal recompete exposure: only two awards (combined potential value $51 thousand) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Gregory Poole's subcontractor footprint is negligible (2% of awards by count, 12 recent sub awards). Notable sub relationships include Huntington Ingalls Inc. for CVN 80 engineering and steel shipbuilding support (forklift rental and delivery, multiple awards spanning fiscal years 2023–2025), Lockheed Martin Corporation for operational logistics support (truck forklift procurement), HII Mission Technologies Corp for engineering and simulation support at Naval Surface Warfare Center (forklift procurement), and Battelle Memorial Institute for field support work (Caterpillar equipment partial disassembly and coupler supply).

The vendor's NAICS concentration confirms the maritime and heavy-equipment services posture: the top category is Ship Building and Repairing (151 awards), followed by Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance (112 awards), Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing (61 awards), Construction and Mining Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (46 awards), and Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (38 awards). PSC distribution mirrors this mix—Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (East) at 76 awards, Earth Moving and Excavating Equipment at 41, Maintenance/Repair of Construction and Mining Equipment at 29, Diesel Engines and Components at 27, and Warehouse Trucks and Tractors at 24. Combined obligated dollars total $40.6 million against $53.3 million in combined potential value (76% obligation rate).

Gregory Poole's capability footprint centers on Caterpillar machinery specialist services: diesel engine overhauls and maintenance (particularly for Coast Guard cutters and buoy tenders), generator rental, repair, and emergency power system provisioning, forklift and material handling equipment rental and maintenance (Hyster brand focus), parts procurement and supply, and mobile and shop-based repair services with licensed and certified technician deployment. The vendor has served as both a prime contractor and subcontractor across defense primes, with primary strength in direct federal agency relationships rather than large prime-contractor supply chains.