J.h. Norton Company, Inc.

J.H. Norton Company, Inc., doing business as Norton Sandblasting Equipment, is a small business based in Chesapeake, Virginia that supplies sandblasting and surface preparation equipment, abrasive media, and rental equipment to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 98% of its recent awards. The vendor operates across Total Small Business and full-and-open competitive postures, with Total Small Business set-asides recurrent across roughly half of its recent prime footprint.

Norton Sandblasting Equipment's portfolio centers on concrete equipment and consumables for industrial surface preparation: dust collectors, blast pots, air compressors, hydraulic lances, abrasive grit (garnet, aluminum oxide, steel shot, coal slag), and related maintenance and repair services. Representative work includes a $329,292 contract with the U.S. Coast Guard for six-month blasting operations equipment rental (two dust collectors, two air compressors, four blast pots) at Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland through January 2027; a $227,857.51 Naval Sea Systems Command rental of one diesel air compressor and dryer in Portsmouth, Virginia through August 2026; and a $2.41 million Defense Logistics Agency Aviation purchase of an abrasive tumble blaster with technical data and labor support, delivered to Chesapeake, Virginia with completion through December 2026. The vendor also holds two single-award indefinite delivery contracts: a $240,000 Joint Munitions Command IDC for emergency repair services of a Total Control Spray Booth at Letterkenny Army Depot (completion December 2025) and a $1.595 million IDC for the CIP Blast Booth Phase 1 project (completion June 2026).

Customer concentration is pronounced and skewed toward naval maintenance. The top five funding agencies account for 85% of recent awards by count and 74% by combined potential value. The Naval Sea Systems Command dominates with 325 awards worth $9.8 million combined potential value, reflecting steady small-dollar procurements for blast media, nozzles, filters, and rental equipment in support of shipyard operations. The U.S. Coast Guard places 72 awards valued at $4.6 million, concentrated in Curtis Bay equipment rentals and abrasive media supplies. The Department of the Army Materiel Command's Joint Munitions Command contributes 7 awards worth $3.8 million. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation awards 11 contracts totaling $2.5 million. GSA Federal Acquisition Service places 16 delivery orders under the Multiple Award Schedule for $647 thousand. The Naval Sea Systems Command's dominance—both in count and dollars—reflects Norton's strategic role as a recurring supplier to Navy shipbuilding and maintenance infrastructure.

The vendor places task orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (53 orders, $655 thousand combined potential value) and several single-award and indefinite delivery contracts with NAVSEA and Joint Munitions Command. Activity has remained steady year over year: 43 awards in 2022, 42 in 2023, 41 in 2024, declining to 31 in 2025 and 22 through October 2026. Eight awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry $3.5 million in combined potential value, representing moderate recompete exposure.

Norton Sandblasting Equipment subcontracts to prime contractors in naval and maritime shipbuilding. Named prime partners include Huntington Ingalls Inc., where Norton supplies blast pots, dust collectors, air preparation equipment, and hopper systems across CVN 74 and CVN 80 carrier maintenance and overhaul efforts (multiple sub-awards spanning 2022–2025); Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC, for sandblast grit, hose assemblies, and specialized blast equipment on task orders (2024); Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., for miscellaneous materials on an Offshore Patrol Cutter contract (March 2025); Amentum Services, Inc., for executive airlift aircraft maintenance support (May 2025); and Stampede Ventures, Inc., for blast room encapsulation and disassembly/reassembly services (December 2024). Sub-award work is subordinate to the prime footprint and concentrated in shipyard and maintenance facility support.

The vendor's top NAICS categories reflect its core business: Abrasive Product Manufacturing (199 awards), Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (51), Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance (43), Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (35), and Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing (12). Top PSC codes align with the capability portfolio—Abrasive Materials (151 awards), Miscellaneous Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment (27), Compressors and Vacuum Pumps (22), Hose and Flexible Tubing (21), and Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment (21).

Norton Sandblasting Equipment has been registered in the System for Award Management since 2002 and brings established expertise in surface preparation and blasting equipment to federal defense and maritime sectors. The company's strategic positioning is anchored to Naval Sea Systems Command and the U.S. Coast Guard, where recurring rental and consumable procurements drive volume and relationship depth.

ABRASIVE SANDBLASTING EQUIP & SUPPLIES; CABINETS, ROOMS, PORTABLE BLASTERS, VACUBLASTERS; GLASS BEAD, ALUMINUM OXIDE, STEEL GRIT & SHOT, SILICON CARBIDE; PLASTIC MEDIA & RECYCLING PROGRAM; EQUIP RENTAL, REPAIR & SVC; COMPRESSED AIR FILTERING & DRYING EQUI