Peterson Power Systems, Inc.

Peterson Power Systems, Inc., a small business subsidiary of Peterson Holding Company (doing business as Peterson Cat), operates as a prime contractor providing emergency generator repair, maintenance, and rental services to civilian federal agencies. The company competes full-and-open with no set-aside designation across its federal footprint and is headquartered in San Leandro, California.

Peterson Power Systems specializes in Caterpillar power generation equipment maintenance, diesel engine repairs, load bank testing, turbocharger replacement, SCADA control system upgrades, heat exchanger servicing, and temporary chiller equipment rentals. The company's NAICS concentration runs across Ship Building and Repairing (51 awards), Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (51 awards), and Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance (50 awards), with top PSC categories including Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment (38 awards) and Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment in ship, marine, and electrical power domains. Recent representative work includes a $1.06 million firm fixed-price purchase order from the Bureau of Reclamation for temporary water chiller equipment and services at Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery (July 2021), a $425 thousand emergency generator repair contract from Federal Correctional Institution Sheridan (November 2025), and a $78 thousand maintenance order from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Caterpillar marine diesel engines aboard the M/V John A.B. Dillard Jr. (March 2026).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard, which accounts for 100 awards and $2.9 million in combined potential value — representing 56% of all prime awards. The top five customer agencies by award count represent 56% of total awards and 77% of combined potential value by dollars. The Department of the Interior drives the second-largest dollar concentration through the Bureau of Reclamation ($1.1 million across two awards) and Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 ($923 thousand across eight awards). Veterans Integrated Service Networks 20 and 21 represent recurring maintenance customers for generator and switchgear upkeep.

Peterson Power Systems holds three indefinite delivery contracts as parent vehicles, with one task order each, indicating episodic placement rather than sustained volume through standing IDIQs. Activity has been volatile year over year — four awards in 2022, declining to two in 2023, then recovering to nine in 2024 and seven in 2025, with two awards in the first quarter of 2026. The vendor faces a single recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months: an $87 thousand award completing by March 2028. Peterson Power Systems maintains a minimal subcontract footprint (1% of awards), appearing on two Navy vessel maintenance sub-awards with Vigor Marine LLC for generator rental and water chiller equipment in 2025. The company's 241 total awards across the source period reflect a long operational history anchored in small-dollar ($3 thousand to $40 thousand range) transactional purchase orders interspersed with occasional larger single awards, establishing Peterson Power Systems as a tactical vendor for emergency power infrastructure support rather than a strategic prime on multi-year or volume-driven platforms.