Hydraflow

Hydraflow, a woman-owned small business manufacturer based in Fullerton, California, is a prime contractor (93% of recent awards) and subcontractor delivering nonmetallic hoses, couplings, fittings, cable assemblies, and related low-pressure fluid transfer components to the Department of Defense. The company has been registered as a federal contractor since 2001 and competes predominantly full-and-open, though it has received a handful of Total Small Business set-aside awards.

Hydraflow's customer base is heavily concentrated in defense logistics. The top two funding agencies—Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime—account for 83% of recent awards by count and 61% of combined potential value. DLA Aviation leads in dollar value with 304 awards worth $13.7 million combined potential, while DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 424 awards worth $11.6 million combined potential. The Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, DLA headquarters, the U.S. Coast Guard, and Naval Supply Systems Command round out the active set. The concentration is severe: these five agencies represent the vast majority of Hydraflow's federal work.

Hydraflow's prime work centers on small-to-medium delivery orders and purchase orders under indefinite delivery contracts with DLA. Representative examples include a $697 thousand Total Small Business nonmetallic hose assembly delivery order with DLA Land and Maritime (March 31, 2026), a $116 thousand DLA Land and Maritime delivery order for hose assemblies (March 3, 2025), and a $303 thousand DLA Aviation purchase order for aluminum ferrule components (July 17, 2023). The company also holds three single-award IDCs with DLA Aviation valued at $1,999,999.99 (structural support components), $361,715.20 (cable assemblies), and $250,000 (repair kits for dust caps), all with ultimate completion dates extending through 2026. These IDCs generate recurring task orders averaging $20,000 to $90,000 per order, with firm fixed-price terms and three- to four-month performance windows.

Hydraflow's subcontract footprint emphasizes aerospace and defense platforms. The company serves as a critical sub to Lockheed Martin (F-35 jets, structural fluid fittings and couplings; F-16 funding actions; naval programs), Raytheon (Advanced Technology Support Program sense-and-intercept equipment couplers and hose assemblies; F-22 Sensor Enhancements hose fittings; Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense System couplers and hoses), Boeing (P-8A aircraft common aerospace commodities; Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization), Bell Boeing Joint Project Office (CMV-22 production long-lead-time items), Textron Systems (Future LCAC 100 class craft material), and Laurel Technologies Partnership (USN TI-24 production hoses and connectors). Sub work emphasizes fluid transfer components—hoses, couplings, fittings, sleeves, and connectors—for high-rate production programs across naval, rotary-wing, and missile defense platforms.

The vendor's award concentration by product and capability is pronounced. The top two PSC codes—Hose and Flexible Tubing (407 awards) and Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (268 awards)—together account for the majority of orders. Hardware, Weapon System awards and miscellaneous electrical and structural components round out the portfolio. Activity has remained steady over the past five years (62 awards in 2022, 48 in 2024, 40 in 2025), with one award due for recompete in the next twenty-four months carrying $697 thousand in potential value. Hydraflow maintains CAGE code 24 and CAGE code 2498 qualification for DLA procurement and is listed as a Qualified Products List source.

MANUFACTURE FLEXIBLE HOSE ASSEMBLIES WITH COUPLING END FITTINGS. HOSE ASSEMBLIES FOR OXYGEN, AIRCRAFT FUEL, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS, SNUBBERS, SMALL ACTUATORS, QUICK DISCONNECT COUPLINGS, HOLD OPEN RODS, WELDED MANIFOLD FITTINGS. SPECIAL VALVES, FL