John Fabick Tractor Co

John Fabick Tractor Co, operating through its Fabick Cat Division and doing business as John Fabick Tractor Co, sells heavy equipment repair, maintenance, and rebuild services for Caterpillar machinery to federal agencies as a prime contractor (76% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on defense platform programs. The Fenton, Missouri-based authorized Caterpillar dealer competes full-and-open across most customer agencies, with the exception of a Total Small Business set-aside posture on specific Army Corps of Engineers vessel-repair blanket purchase agreements. The company is a for-profit corporate entity with two named subsidiaries: Fabick & Co and Fabick Power Systems, Inc.

John Fabick Tractor Co's prime capability footprint centers on certified Caterpillar equipment rebuild, heavy machinery maintenance, generator overhaul and rental, marine vessel engine and powertrain repair, and equipment parts supply. Representative examples include a $592,670 Defense Logistics Agency purchase order (September 2025) for a Caterpillar D8T dozer certified rebuild with winch installation at Fountain City, Wisconsin; a $480,752 Army Corps of Engineers BPA call (May 2023) for Pathfinder main engine overhaul at St. Louis under the Repair and Alteration of Vessels vehicle; and a $356,678 sole-source Army Corps of Engineers rebuild of a Model D7 bulldozer for the Dredge Goetz Fleet (November 2024), awarded under FAR 6.302-1 citing OEM parts and certified technician requirements exclusive to the Caterpillar dealer network. A $411,950 single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 (awarded June 2024, through June 2029) authorizes authorized-distributor generator maintenance and services at Columbia, Missouri, with three delivery orders issued since award totaling $256,751.

Customer concentration tilts heavily toward two Army entities and defense logistics. The top five customer agencies by combined potential value account for 98% of recent awards, led overwhelmingly by the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District St. Louis (13 awards, $50.2 million combined potential value), followed by the Army Corps of Engineers overall (23 awards, $2.9 million), the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District St. Paul (16 awards, $1.3 million), the Department of Veterans Affairs (6 awards, $940 thousand), and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service (2 awards, $218 thousand). By award count, the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leads with 35 awards, but these carry substantially lower unit values. The divergence between the two rankings reflects the Veterans Affairs and Army Corps relationships anchoring most contract dollars while smaller transactional repairs populate DLA's high-volume, low-value tail.

John Fabick Tractor Co holds position on two primary vehicles. The $49.5 million multiple-award Repair and Alteration of Vessels BPA at USACE St. Louis (awarded May 2022, completion May 2027) carries eight BPA calls totaling $2.3 million in combined potential value for engine overhauls, generator maintenance, and vessel repair supporting inland waterway operations at St. Louis and subordinate locations in Pleasant Valley, Iowa and Fenton, Missouri. Notable calls include a $146,738 April 2026 award for Grand Tower engine and gear repairs (Total Small Business set-aside) and a $124,091 November 2025 award for Prairie du Rocher gensets overhaul (Total Small Business set-aside). The $411,950 Veterans Affairs indefinite delivery contract (single-award, June 2024 through June 2029) provides the second major vehicle and anchor customer relationship.

Prime activity has accelerated year over year, from eight awards in 2022 to 31 in 2024 and 30 in 2025, though 2026 shows ten awards in the partial-year data (first award January 2026, most recent August 2026). Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is modest: three awards with ultimate completion dates between October 2026 and August 2027 carry combined potential value of $262 thousand, posing limited near-term revenue cliff risk. Combined obligated dollars across the portfolio sit at $12.5 million (22% of the $56.8 million combined potential value), indicating substantial remaining performance value downstream.

In its subcontractor role, John Fabick Tractor Co supplies powertrain electronic control units, cab assemblies, and dwell mechanisms to Oshkosh Defense LLC on a recurring basis for the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicle (FHTV) program; recent sub awards through January 2026 span thirty-three documented instances. The company also provides heavy equipment rental support to Environmental Quality Management, Inc. on EPA remediation and environmental cleanup task orders (Superfund site work, equipment rental component).

The vendor's award portfolio spans 31 distinct federal agencies, with NAICS concentration in Commercial and Industrial Machinery Repair and Maintenance (77 awards) and Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing (19 awards). PSC framing aligns with the prime footprint: Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment for Construction/Mining/Excavating/Highway Maintenance (33 awards) and Ships/Small Craft/Pontoons/Floating Docks (11 awards) dominate. Total awards across the portfolio number 195 (prime and sub combined), with combined potential value of $56.8 million and first-award evidence dating to 1986, indicating long-standing federal contractor status.