Kathryn Baumgratz

Kathryn Baumgratz, doing business as Kateco Electronics, operates as a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship supplying standardized electrical and electronic components to the Defense Logistics Agency, competing exclusively as a prime contractor on purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts with no set-aside designation or total small business set-aside designation across her federal portfolio.

Kateco Electronics is headquartered in Fairview, Texas, and maintains woman-owned small business certification. The company specializes in the procurement and supply of Federal Supply Group 8511 components — electrical connectors, circuit breakers, switches, relays, power supplies, electrical contacts, and related assemblies — all sourced and delivered from her Fairview facility with no manufacturing footprint or subcontract activity. The business model is transactional; Kateco Electronics acts as a sole distributor responding to individual purchase orders and indefinite delivery contract vehicles issued by the Defense Logistics Agency, rather than as a systems integrator or prime with subordinate technical staff.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency. The Defense Logistics Agency accounts for 5,021 awards (98% of the portfolio) across four named divisions: Land and Maritime dominates with 3,942 awards valued at $25.4 million combined potential value, Aviation contributes 819 awards valued at $2.3 million, Troop Support Hardware accounts for 164 awards, and Troop Support Construction and Equipment holds 51 awards. The remaining 45 awards in the portfolio are attributed to DLA generically. No other federal agencies appear in the award record. This concentration reflects Kateco Electronics' role as an approved supplier within DLA's standardized electronic components procurement framework rather than competitive positioning across federal IT, logistics, or defense-industrial sectors.

Kateco Electronics holds five active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each valued at $250,000, covering distinct component categories: electrical connectors (NSN 5935004304107, awarded May 18, 2026, through May 18, 2027), electrical contacts (NSN 5999016100393, awarded May 1, 2026, through May 1, 2027), electrical contacts under alternate NSN (5999015935345, awarded April 27, 2026, through April 27, 2027), electrical connector plugs (NSN 5935010457639, awarded November 4, 2025, through November 4, 2026), and an earlier electrical connector vehicle (NSN 5935004304107, awarded March 25, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of March 26, 2026). These are single-award IDCs, most designated total small business set-asides, with guaranteed minimums ranging from one unit to 658 units annually and delivery windows of 41 to 94 days. The portfolio shows recent ordering patterns of four to twelve delivery orders per year per IDC, with individual purchase order values typically ranging from under $1,000 to approximately $90,000.

Recent award activity shows modest volatility. Kateco Electronics received 271 awards in 2022, 318 in 2023, 229 in 2024, and 234 in 2025. Year-to-date 2026 (through July 16) reflects 92 awards. The combined potential value of all awards in the source data is $32.7 million, with $17.7 million (54%) obligated to date. Individual purchase order ceilings in the recent award sample range from under $100 to approximately $65,000. Within the next twenty-four months, twenty awards carrying combined potential value of $118 thousand reach ultimate completion date, presenting modest recompete exposure concentrated in component categories already held on active IDCs.

The vendor holds no parent-level GWAC, agency-wide IDIQ, or GSA Schedule vehicle positions. All work flows through DLA Land and Maritime and Aviation division purchase orders and single-award indefinite delivery contracts. The top five named parent vehicles in the portfolio are DLA IDCs: SPM93005D0107 (15 task orders, $388 thousand combined potential value), SP093002D0045 (9 task orders, $100 thousand), SPE7M521D60TY (7 task orders), SPE7M124D60BG (6 task orders), and SPE7M525D60CM (6 task orders).

Kateco Electronics competes entirely without set-aside advantage despite woman-owned small business status. Across the source data, the vast majority of awards carry no set-aside designation; a minority carry total small business set-aside designation. The business operates as an open-market supplier within DLA's standardized component procurement framework, leveraging her woman-owned small business registration and approved-vendor status to place recurring orders against pre-competed indefinite delivery vehicles.