Kyodo Shipping & Trading Corp USA

Kyodo Shipping & Trading Corp USA, operating through its Kyodo Shipping & Trading USA Division, supplies maritime equipment and mechanical components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a small disadvantaged business prime contractor, holding over 2,500 purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts concentrated in naval and defense logistics operations.

Kyodo is a for-profit corporate entity headquartered in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, designated as a small disadvantaged business competing under total small business set-asides on the majority of its work. The company operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards), with contract work performed at its Fair Lawn location and delivery to DLA depots across continental and overseas military installations. The vendor's footprint spans multiple DLA divisions but concentrates overwhelmingly in maritime and mechanical parts—gaskets, engine components, fluid filters, pumps, valves, solenoids, bearings, and specialized O-rings identified by National Stock Numbers.

Recent capability work exemplifies the vendor's transactional, high-volume posture. Representative awards include a $150.2 million purchase order issued August 25, 2025, for 1,137 electrical solenoids under total small business set-aside; a $55.7 million diesel engine supply from Naval Supply Systems Command (February 5, 2026); a $48.1 million air starter engines order (December 29, 2025); a $36.2 million engine harness procurement (November 5, 2025); and a $34.4 million storage battery contract for naval vessels including USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Gabrielle Giffords (September 16, 2025). The vendor also holds multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each carrying ceilings of $250 thousand to $350 thousand, structured to support flexible ordering of fluid filters, fuel pumps, filter elements, O-rings, and related components with delivery timelines of 32 to 127 days depending on product complexity.

Customer concentration is extreme. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 1,896 awards (75% of total count) carrying $44.9 million in combined potential value, dominating both volume and dollars. DLA Aviation follows distantly at 348 awards worth $1.2 million, and DLA Construction and Equipment contributes 143 awards valued at $1.5 million. Together these three divisions represent 99% of awards. The remaining customer base—including the Coast Guard, Army Materiel Command, and Naval Sea Systems Command—is negligible. Within DLA Land and Maritime, the vendor holds multiple single-award IDCs (SPE7L420D60CM, SPE7L322D63HS, SPE7M322D60AD, SPE7L323D60TY, SPE7M820D60UX) that serve as parent vehicles for purchase and delivery orders.

Activity has declined materially. The vendor averaged 441 awards per year from 2022–2023, fell to 373 in 2024, dropped to 326 in 2025, and sits at only 80 through mid-2026 in the current year—a 78% year-over-year decline. This trajectory reflects either market saturation, shifting DLA procurement strategy, or competitive pressure. Of the 2,520 total awards in the source, only 19 awards (combined potential value $471 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting minimal near-term recompete exposure but also indicating that most of the vendor's historical contract base has already completed.

The vendor carries minimal subcontract exposure; one sub-award appears in the source (April 1, 2026, ship management services bridge contract for filter procurement), representing less than 0.1% of the footprint. The overwhelming posture is direct prime sales of standardized mechanical and maritime parts to DLA under purchase orders and delivery orders issued monthly or quarterly against standing IDCs. No teaming arrangements, GWAC seats, or GSA Schedule presence appear in the source. Kyodo competes predominantly under total small business set-asides, with occasional full-and-open awards, reflecting its small disadvantaged business status and DLA's preference for reserving routine mechanical component procurement to set-aside vehicles rather than open competition.

The vendor's business model is essentially a high-volume parts distributor supplying military logistics depots. With 2,520 awards totaling $50.1 million in potential value but only $13.5 million obligated (27%), the portfolio reflects heavy concentration in small, transactional purchase orders rather than large prime contracts or sustained platforms. The sharp decline in awards per year signals that this volume-based footprint faces structural headwinds, whether from DLA procurement consolidation, inventory optimization, or competitive displacement by larger integrated suppliers.