Michael Gradt Company

Michael Gradt Company, a veteran-owned sole proprietorship based in Milwaukie, Oregon, supplies specialized industrial and mechanical components—bearings, relays, valves, bushings, connectors, switches, and control assemblies—to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders, with no federal prime IDVs, GWACs, or standing contract vehicles.

The company operates entirely as a prime contractor (100% of awards) on full-and-open purchase orders with no socioeconomic set-aside posture across the vast majority of its work; two awards carry Total Small Business set-aside designations. Michael Gradt Company has maintained continuous federal contractor registration since March 2002 and competes in its NAICS space on component price and delivery reliability rather than set-aside advantage. Headquarters and primary place of performance are in the Portland, Oregon area.

Customer concentration is extreme. DLA Aviation accounts for 88 awards with $735 thousand combined potential value, and DLA Land and Maritime adds 54 awards with $237 thousand combined potential value; together these two DLA divisions represent 97% of award count and 97% of potential value. Three additional DLA sub-divisions (Troop Support Construction and Equipment, Troop Support Hardware) and two Navy commands (Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Sea Systems Command) round out the remaining activity. All work supports military maintenance, repair, and overhaul operations for aviation, maritime, and land systems.

The component portfolio clusters heavily around bearings—ball, roller, and plain self-aligning variants dominate the award count—with secondary strength in relays, control assemblies, solenoids, switches, valves, and structural fasteners. Bearing and Roller Bearing Manufacturing (NAICS 332991) and Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (NAICS 334613) represent the top two product categories. Representative awards include a $98 thousand purchase order from DLA Aviation for plain self-aligning bearings (June 2025), a $28 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Aviation for alarm-monitoring components (September 2025), a $15 thousand purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for a connector receptacle (November 2024), and a $12 thousand purchase order from DLA Aviation for a bushing sleeve (September 2023). Individual purchase order ceilings typically range from one thousand to one hundred thousand dollars.

Activity has remained steady over the past five years—ranging from six to nine awards annually between 2022 and 2025, with one award year-to-date in 2026. The portfolio carries $999 thousand in combined potential value across 155 awards, with obligated dollars at $1 million (101% of potential value), indicating routine completion and invoicing of purchase orders. No subcontractor footprint exists; the company does not sub to other primes. No parent vehicles, GWACs, BPAs, or IDVs appear in the award history; all work flows through spot purchase orders issued directly by DLA and Navy commands.