Machines & Methods Inc.

Machines & Methods Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, sells specialized industrial machinery and machine tools to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides. The company supplies precision equipment including lathes, grinding machines, bandsaws, plate shears, CNC machines, and related industrial machinery to support naval vessel maintenance, repair, and modernization operations at shipyards and intermediate maintenance facilities across the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.

Machines & Methods operates exclusively as a prime contractor (111 awards, 100% of portfolio) with no subcontract footprint. The company is structured as a Subchapter S corporation and holds woman-owned small business designations. Across the 111 prime awards documented in recent years (first award 1989, most recent July 2026), the company has delivered equipment valued at a combined potential of $14.2 million, with obligated dollars totaling $15.7 million—a 110% obligation rate relative to contract ceiling values, indicating strong execution and contract modification activity.

Navy concentration dominates the customer base entirely. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) funds 82 awards carrying $10.1 million in combined potential value, while United States Pacific Fleet Forces (US Pacific Fleet Forces) funds 26 awards valued at $4 million. Two additional Navy awards and one Naval Supply Systems Command award complete the portfolio, together representing 100% of all customer agencies and combined potential value. This concentration reflects Machines & Methods' strategic positioning as a dedicated supplier to naval maintenance and shipyard operations, with geographic emphasis on Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Trident Refit Facility, and related Pacific Northwest naval installations.

Representative contracts illustrate the machinery procurement pattern: a $425,694 sole-source remanufacturing effort (September 2022–June 2023) for three Monarch engine lathes at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, NAVSEA; a $422,659 turnkey CNC tool grinder (ANCA MX5 Linear) with installation, training, and warranty (September 2025–June 2026) at Trident Refit Facility, US Pacific Fleet Forces; a $493,654 vertical turning center with turnkey installation (September 2024–October 2025), US Pacific Fleet Forces; a $271,840 Drake thread grinder re-control and upgrade (August 2023–December 2026), US Pacific Fleet Forces; and a $364,700 CNC cylindrical grinder with accessories and training (September 2024), NAVSEA. Smaller orders include a $124,880 bandsaw with digital tilt readout and roller conveyor (July 2026), a $213,627 hydraulic plate shear (September 2025–April 2026), and numerous sub-$100,000 purchase orders for specialized dies, tool holders, gasket cutters, and machine components. The majority of awards carry total small business set-aside designations; a smaller subset are competed without set-aside or designated sole-source (notably the Monarch lathe remanufacturing and certain grinder and machine-tool upgrades).

Activity volume has contracted significantly in recent years. The portfolio shows 11 awards in 2022, declining to 7 in 2023, rising to 13 in 2024, then sharply declining to 3 in 2025 and 2 in 2026 to date. Only three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $829 thousand, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure. The award portfolio carries historic depth (first award documented in 1989) but reflects recent slowdown in procurement velocity—a material signal for competitiveness and pipeline health.

Equipment categories and product service codes align narrowly with machine tooling and industrial machinery manufacturing. Top NAICS codes include Machine Tool Manufacturing (29 awards), Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing (16 awards), and Machine Tool (Metal Cutting Types) Manufacturing (10 awards), with smaller clusters in machinery repair and saw blade manufacturing. Top PSC codes include Lathes (12 awards), Saws and Filing Machines (11 awards), Grinding Machines (11 awards), Punching and Shearing Machines (7 awards), and Hydraulic and Pneumatic Presses (5 awards)—a clean concentration in precision cutting and forming machinery. All awards are purchase orders for equipment delivery with installation, training, and warranty components; the company does not appear in the source data as a holder of GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDVs. Performance locations span Bellevue, Washington (company headquarters and primary manufacturing/integration site), La Mirada, California, Everett, Washington, Bremerton, Washington, Silverdale, Washington, and other naval installations, with some place-of-performance variation across awards reflecting the geographic distribution of Navy shipyards and maintenance facilities.

MACHINE TOOLS SALES AND CONSULTING: CNC MACHINES, GRINDERS, EDMs, MATERIAL HANDLING, MEASUREMENT MACHINES, FABRICATION, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINES AND SYSTEMS. FIXTURES, TOOLING, WELDING ROBOTS, ASSEMBLY ROBOTS, FINISHING AND CLEANING.