Griswold Industries

Griswold Industries, doing business as Cla-Val Co., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Costa Mesa, California, manufactures industrial valves, solenoid valves, check valves, safety relief valves, diaphragm valves, globe valves, and related hydraulic and mechanical components for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) on indefinite delivery contracts and task orders, with a minor subcontract footprint (2% of awards) serving major defense primes on naval vessel construction programs.

The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and manufacturer of goods. Griswold Industries operates through a parent-subsidiary structure and maintains Cla-Val Europe Sàrl as a named subsidiary. The firm competes predominantly on non-set-aside, full-and-open basis across the federal marketplace, though it holds several total small business set-aside indefinite delivery contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime division, reflecting its small disadvantaged business posture. Recent award activity spans 2022–2026, with 553 awards in 2022 declining to 91 awards in 2026 year-to-date, indicating a flattening trajectory.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates by both count and dollars: 3,971 awards worth $182.1 million combined potential value represent 70% of all awards and 62% of total dollar value. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command accounts for 959 awards worth $28.4 million (17% of count, 10% of dollars). These two customers together represent 87% of award count and 72% of potential value across the vendor's prime footprint. The Defense Logistics Agency (corporate-level), Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, and Naval Sea Systems Command round out the top five, together representing 92% of awards and 86% of potential value. This concentrated customer base centers entirely on naval and maritime defense supply chains.

Griswold Industries holds an extensive indefinite delivery contract portfolio with DLA Land and Maritime. The top five parent vehicles are indefinite delivery contracts, each carrying 65 to 1,281 task orders. Contract SPM76003D9701 alone anchors 1,281 task orders worth $24.8 million; SPE7MX21D0105 carries 1,094 task orders worth $18.9 million; and SP076003D9701 supports 141 task orders valued at $23 million. These vehicles procure nonpowered valves (3,220 awards), powered valves (1,481 awards), hose and pipe fittings, springs, and related components across NAICS categories dominated by industrial and metal valve manufacturing (3,021 and 1,705 awards respectively).

Recent representative prime work includes a $2.066 million purchase order from Air Mobility Command for 35 VIPER kits and fueling hoses awarded September 30, 2025; an $81,000 firm fixed-price purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for prototype valve development and shock/vibration testing awarded September 24, 2025; a $2.412 million delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime for solenoid valves awarded March 5, 2026; and a $275.289 million purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command for globe valve repair under Emergency Acquisition Flexibilities awarded October 17, 2025. Task orders under the core DLA IDVs typically range from $1,000 to $100,000 per unit order, supporting rapid replenishment of common valve types across naval and maritime supply chains.

Griswold Industries serves as a subcontractor to Huntington Ingalls Incorporated on multiple naval vessel construction and alteration programs, including work on DDG 51 destroyer class construction, LHA and LPD amphibious ship programs, CVN carrier construction, and LCS littoral combat ship alterations. Named subcontract work includes valve components, control valve kits, backflow prevention devices, and CRES steel valve adapters for naval construction programs spanning 2025–2026. The vendor also performs subcontract work for other major defense primes including Lockheed Martin and Oshkosh Defense on military vehicle and aircraft programs, though Huntington Ingalls dominates the visible subcontract portfolio.

Eleven awards (combined potential value $6.5 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and face recompete. Activity has decelerated from a peak of 553 awards in 2022 to 91 in 2026 year-to-date, reflecting either a consolidation of demand into fewer, larger task orders or reduced ordering frequency from the dominant customer base. The vendor's federal footprint remains locked within defense logistics and maritime supply: 49 distinct customer agencies are served, but five agencies (DLA Land and Maritime, Naval Supply Systems Command, DLA corporate, Army Materiel Command, and Air Force) account for 92% of awards and 86% of potential value. Set-aside posture is mixed—the vendor competes predominantly unrestricted but holds a series of total small business set-aside IDCs with DLA for helical compression springs and seals, awarded in early 2026.