Ohio Machinery Co

Ohio Machinery Co, doing business as Ohio Cat, supplies diesel engine components, fuel injectors, hoses, gaskets, seals, pumps, and precision mechanical parts to federal defense and civilian agencies as a prime contractor across full-and-open competition, with no SBA set-aside posture characterizing the bulk of the prime footprint.

Ohio Cat is a child entity of Ohio Machinery Co, a for-profit corporation headquartered in Broadview Heights, Ohio, with operations in Columbus, Ohio. The vendor operates as an authorized Caterpillar equipment dealer and competes in open market procurements without reliance on small-business set-asides; a single Total Small Business IDC ($350,000 ceiling, awarded October 2025) is the only set-aside vehicle in recent activity. The vendor's federal work centers on supplying Caterpillar parts and diesel engine components to defense logistics and civilian infrastructure customers.

Customer concentration is extreme and heavily skewed toward the Defense Logistics Agency. The top five agencies account for 97% of recent awards and 95% of combined potential value, anchored by DLA Land and Maritime with 8,170 awards and $110 million in combined potential value — a concentration that dwarfs all other customers. DLA Aviation (928 awards, $4.9 million), DLA Construction and Equipment (600 awards, $5.2 million), and Naval Supply Systems Command (239 awards, $12.3 million) follow at much smaller scale. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (153 awards, $14.5 million) is the only non-DLA customer in the top five by dollars and ranks fourth in potential value, a signal that the vendor anchors civilian maritime operations outside the primary DLA relationship. The split between award count (DLA Land and Maritime at 76% of total) and potential value (DLA at 71%) tracks closely, indicating a portfolio of mid-sized commodity purchases rather than a few large vehicle holders.

Ohio Cat places work under multiple indefinite delivery contracts with DLA. The largest, SPE7LX15D0061, carries 56 task orders with $55 thousand combined potential value — a placeholder-ceiling IDC that likely serves as a standing vehicle for routine component orders. HSCG4014D40002, an apparent Coast Guard contract, generated 51 task orders valued at $2.2 million. Other vehicles include SPE7L220D5000 (12 task orders, $1.7 million), SPM7L410D5L90 (10 task orders, $54 thousand), and SPE7L720D0009 (9 task orders, $98 thousand). A single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District ($450,000 ceiling through August 2028) supports Caterpillar services and parts for civilian facility operations in Kentucky. The vendor also holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime ($12.48 million ceiling through November 2029) for fuel injector assemblies on an indefinite-quantity basis — a heavyweight vehicle that anchors the vendor's strategic position within DLA supply chains.

Activity has contracted sharply year over year: 926 awards in 2022 declined to 703 in 2024, with only 137 awards recorded in 2026 through early September. The vendor faces modest recompete exposure, with 79 awards (combined potential value $713 thousand) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months — an order-of-magnitude decline from the $155 million combined potential value across the full footprint, indicating either natural completion or recent consolidation of vehicle demand. The category concentration reflects authorized Caterpillar dealer positioning: Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing anchors 1,494 awards; Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing (729 awards), Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (537 awards), and Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing (529 awards) round out the top NAICS framing. Product Service Codes align identically — Hose and Flexible Tubing (851 awards), Diesel Engines and Components (850 awards), Packing and Gasket Materials (681 awards), and Engine Fuel System Components, Nonaircraft (623 awards) constitute the core procurement narrative.

Representative work includes a $22,194 purchase order from the U.S. Coast Guard (September 2026) for 600 filter elements sole-sourced through Caterpillar for the Surface Forces Logistics Center in Baltimore; a $212,376 BPA call from the Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District (March 2026) for Caterpillar services and supplies supporting the SB 185 rebuild in Kentucky; a $162,895 delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime (November 2025) for fuel injector assemblies against the vendor's $12.48 million IDC; a $512,500 purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command (May 2026) for turbosuperchargers; and a $132,717 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (February 2026) for gaskets. The vendor subcontracts minimally — a single sub-award (December 2025) to Battelle Memorial Institute for Arctic Research Support and Logistics Services involving a Caterpillar 308 excavator is the only recorded sub relationship.

The vendor operates as a 100% prime footprint with no material subcontracting revenue. All work is performed at the Columbus, Ohio facility or specified federal distribution depots. The parent company structure and DBA arrangement reflect a multi-entity dealer organization, with Ohio Machinery Co (parent, Broadview Heights) and Ohio Cat (child, Columbus) functioning as operationally unified Caterpillar authorized-dealer supply sources to federal procurement.