Heco Slings Corporation

Heco Slings Corporation, doing business as Heco Slings Corp, manufactures lifting and rigging equipment — wire rope, slings, shackles, turnbuckles, davits, and related hardware — as a prime contractor on purchase orders for the U.S. Navy and other federal agencies. The company competes as a small business in full-and-open procurements; a subset of recent awards (at least five visible in the source) carry a Total Small Business set-aside designation, but the majority do not.

Heco Slings is a for-profit manufacturing corporation based in Norfolk, Virginia, with performance centers in Portsmouth, Virginia. The company has held a federal contractor registration since April 2002. The organization operates exclusively as a prime contractor — 100 percent of its 399 federal awards are prime contracts, with no subcontract engagement in the source data. Across a 44-year award history in the source spanning 1982 to 2026, Heco Slings has accumulated $3 million in combined potential value with $4.3 million obligated across all awards, reflecting high obligation-to-ceiling ratios typical of small, rapid-turn purchase orders for naval shipyard inventory and maintenance.

Customer concentration is extreme and stable. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 234 of 399 awards (59 percent by count) and $1.3 million of $3 million combined potential value (43 percent by dollars), making it the dominant customer by both metrics. The next tier — Department of the Navy United States Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic) with 30 awards and $251 thousand, Department of the Navy with 27 awards and $273 thousand, and Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard with 16 awards and $169 thousand — collectively represent an additional 73 awards, or 18 percent of the portfolio. Five customers cover 81 percent of awards. This concentration reflects Heco Slings' role as a dedicated supplier to the naval supply chain, with all visible work supporting shipbuilding, maintenance, overhaul, and logistics operations at Navy yards and Coast Guard facilities.

Representative prime awards illustrate the scale and scope. A June 2026 Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for a sling basket carries a ceiling of $24,343.60 with delivery by September 2026. A July 2025 order for nylon totaled $2,174, completing in August 2025. A December 2021 order for wire rope valued $107,784 with a July 2022 completion date — among the largest single awards in the visible set. A July 2024 order for various rigging hardware including turnbuckles, slings, and shackles totaled $9,149.54. Most awards are firm fixed-price purchase orders with delivery windows of days to weeks, reflecting just-in-time inventory replenishment for operating shipyards.

Product mix tracks to two dominant NAICS categories: Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing (188 awards) and Hardware Manufacturing (47 awards). Top PSC codes are Chain And Wire Rope (86 awards), Fittings For Rope, Cable, And Chain (67 awards), and Blocks, Tackle, Rigging, And Slings (60 awards). The award portfolio is distributed across 23 customer agencies but concentrated in Navy and Coast Guard maintenance and construction operations.

Activity has declined year over year, from six awards in 2022 to four in 2026 (partial year). The most recent award is dated June 26, 2026, indicating ongoing engagement but at reduced velocity compared to the prior five-year window. The company does not appear on government-wide vehicles (GWACs, multiagency IDIQs, or GSA Schedules) in the source data; task orders flow from Navy and Coast Guard-specific indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements, with Indefinite Delivery Contract N0018906A0001 carrying 19 task orders and $201 thousand combined value as the largest visible parent vehicle.

MANUFACTURE WIRE ROPE, CHAIN AND SYNTHETIC SLINGS AND TESTING OF THESE PRODUCTS: HOISTS, CORDAGE, WIRE ROPE, RIGGING HARDWARE, BLOCKS, NYLON SLINGS, CHAIN, WIRE ROPE LUBRICANT, WIRE ROPE FITTINGS PRODUCTS.