Paxton Co

Paxton Co, a Norfolk, Virginia-based small business, supplies specialized maritime and industrial equipment to federal defense and civilian maritime agencies as a prime contractor on purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts, competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open procurements with no subcontract footprint.

Paxton Co is a for-profit corporation that has operated since at least the early 1980s, registered in SAM.gov, and competes across both Total Small Business set-aside and unrestricted procurements. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on marine safety and industrial equipment for vessel maintenance, repair, and operations—delivered goods include centrifugal pumps, hydraulic steering cylinders and pumps, corrosion prevention anodes, battery chargers and power supply modules, marine toilets, filter elements and separators, winch assemblies, epoxy mixing materials, and specialized marine hardware such as shaft couplings and searchlight retention brackets. Representative prime work includes a $221,241.40 Total Small Business purchase order from the U.S. Coast Guard for 40 steering cylinders for 29-foot rigid-hull boats (May 2025); a $131,100.00 Total Small Business purchase order from the Coast Guard for 75 liquid fuel filter-separator units (September 2024); and a $126,250.00 Total Small Business purchase order for 50 space heaters (June 2023), all firm fixed-price procurements reflecting routine equipment supply to maritime operations.

Paxton Co's customer base is heavily concentrated in maritime defense logistics. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard dominates the footprint with 352 awards carrying $5.7 million combined potential value, representing 78% of the 1,178 prime awards in the award portfolio and accounting for 59% of total combined potential value across all customers. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime follows with 277 awards and $2.1 million in combined potential value. The Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command contributes 147 awards totaling $676 thousand. Together, these three customers represent 78% of awards and 92% of combined potential value. Two rankings align closely—the Coast Guard and DLA Land and Maritime anchor both volume and dollar concentration—indicating sustained large-volume, moderate-dollar ordering patterns from the same customer base rather than occasional large contracts propping up secondary relationships.

Paxton Co holds three active single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime: one valued at $350,000 for battery chargers (awarded October 2025, running through October 2026); one valued at $250,000 for corrosion prevention anodes (awarded February 2023, expired February 2024); and one valued at $250,000 for pump units and table accessories (awarded May 2024, running through May 2025). The vendor also participates in a Blanket Purchase Agreement (GS06F6PXTN) with 31 task orders. These vehicles serve as the backbone for streamlined Coast Guard and DLA ordering. The vast majority of Paxton Co's recent awards—over 1,150 of the 1,178 prime contracts in the portfolio—are individual purchase orders of modest dollar value (typically between one hundred dollars and two hundred thousand dollars per order), issued under simplified acquisition procedures, with performance concentrated in Norfolk, Virginia or at Coast Guard and Navy facilities in Baltimore, Maryland, and other regional logistics centers.

Activity has remained steady but with declining volume in recent years. The vendor received 35 awards in 2022, 54 in 2023, 34 in 2024, 27 in 2025, and 4 as of late March 2026 in the source snapshot. Combined obligated dollars across the entire portfolio total $9.6 million against $9.7 million potential value, indicating near-complete invoicing against the cumulative award footprint. The three active DLA IDCs represent vehicles for future ordering rather than expiring commitments in the near term; the May 2025 IDC does not expire until May 2026. Paxton Co competes entirely as a small-business prime contractor with no recorded subcontract work, positioning the firm as a commodity supplier and direct vendor to federal maritime logistics rather than as a systems integrator or teaming partner.

marine supplies