Norco Inc.

Norco Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Boise, Idaho, supplies industrial, medical, and laboratory gases; welding equipment; and respiratory equipment to the federal government as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) across 39 distinct customer agencies, competing in the open market without set-aside designation. The company has accumulated over $302.1 million in combined potential value across 1,171 prime and sub awards since 1991, with $123.5 million obligated to date.

Norco's customer base is heavily concentrated in Veterans Affairs home oxygen delivery. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 alone accounts for 333 awards valued at $209.1 million combined potential value—representing 69% of the vendor's total pipeline and 47% of all awards by count. This concentration reflects Norco's position as the incumbent supplier under multiple indefinite delivery vehicles with VISN 20, including IDC VA26013D0103 (136 task orders, $23.7 million potential value) and IDC VA26013D0104 (80 task orders, $27 million potential value). Beyond VA, Norco serves the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (15 awards, $4.1 million), the Indian Health Service (91 awards, $110 thousand), and the Department of the Army Joint Munitions Command (50 awards, $226 thousand) in smaller volumes.

Capability scope is driven by gas supply, equipment rental, and medical device distribution. Representative prime awards include a $1.6 million firm fixed-price delivery order from NIAID (May 2024) for bulk liquid nitrogen and carbon dioxide tanks with weekly refills and 24-hour emergency response at Rocky Mountain Laboratories through January 2029; a $2.9 million firm fixed-price delivery order from VA VISN 20 (September 2022) for home oxygen services across the Pacific Northwest; a $107.5 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from VA (January 2025) for emergency O2 tank replacement; and a $249.3 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from NIAID (May 2023) for compressed and liquid gases bulk delivery to Rocky Mountain Laboratories. Industrial gas manufacturing and home health equipment rental dominate the NAICS distribution (229 and 279 awards respectively), with medical and surgical instruments and medical-other PSCs accounting for 428 and 243 awards respectively.

Norco holds positions on five parent vehicles accounting for 467 task orders. IDC V797P9160 carries 139 task orders valued at $368 thousand combined potential, while the three VA IDCs noted above anchor the portfolio with combined task orders exceeding 275. A Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 blanket purchase agreement for oxygen delivery at the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery (single award, $42,500 ceiling, expiring February 2027) represents smaller-scale recurring work.

Activity has been uneven in recent years—21 awards in 2022, 5 in 2023, 19 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 1 in 2026—reflecting the episodic nature of purchase orders and task order issuance rather than sustained growth. Only 2 awards face ultimate completion in the next 24 months ($130 thousand combined potential value), minimizing recompete exposure; the vast majority of pipeline value derives from indefinite delivery vehicles already in place with VA and other agencies. In its subcontractor role, Norco supplies nitrogen gas, gases, and cylinder rental services to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant operations and maintenance contract (multiple sub awards through 2024) and provides welding equipment to GE Renewables US LLC and industrial gas manufacturing to ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC. The vendor's competitive posture emphasizes reliable supply of commodity gases and equipment rental to established government customers rather than differentiated services or technology solutions.