Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation
Danbury, CT Doing business as Preferred Instruments Preferred Utilities Mfg. Corp
- UEI
- T21LSW432R45
- CAGE
- 70976
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 31-35 South St, Danbury, CT 06810, USA
- Website
- preferred-mfg.com
- Founded
- 1920
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Industrial Conglomerates
- Industrials & Manufacturing
- SIC code
- 36 Electronic & Other Electric Equipment
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $8,940 |
| FY2025 | $0 |
| FY2024 | $27,952 |
| FY2023 | $18,500 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Homeland Security | $8,940 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| KBR Wyle Services, LLC | W912DY20F0401 | $42,443 |
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About the company
Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation, doing business as Preferred Instruments, manufactures boiler control systems and power generation equipment and delivers maintenance, repair, and diagnostic services for boiler and combustion systems to federal agencies as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) through full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. The Danbury, Connecticut–based for-profit manufacturer has held federal contractor status since June 2001 and operates across two primary service lines: mechanical equipment repair and maintenance (PSC 4944, plumbing and heating equipment repair and furnace/steam plant maintenance) and combustion tuning and burner management.
Preferred Utilities' customer base spans fifteen federal agencies, though concentration is fragmented across smaller awards. The top five customers by award count, accounting for 64% of awards, are the Department of the Army (5 awards), the VA VISN 5 at Huntington (4 awards, $37 thousand combined potential value), the Army Installation Management Command Northeast Region (4 awards, $48 thousand), the Armed Forces Retirement Home (3 awards, $47 thousand), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (2 awards). When ranked by potential value, NASA's Shared Services Center anchors the dollar concentration at $49 thousand on a single award, followed closely by Army Installation Management Northeast at $48 thousand and Armed Forces Retirement Home at $47 thousand. The divergence between volume and dollar rankings reflects Preferred Utilities' characteristic work pattern: frequent small purchase orders averaging $7,000 to $25,000 per award rather than sustained contract vehicles.
Recent representative work includes a $25,587 burner management repair order from VA VISN 4 (February 2024), a $10 thousand emergency boiler program repair order from VA VISN 5 (May 2023), a $8,500 combustion tuning contract for Boiler 1 at Huntington VA Medical Center (September 2023), and a $8,940 boiler controller troubleshooting and repair task for the U.S. Coast Guard at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (December 2025). Preferred Utilities occupies one named parent vehicle: the Utility Monitoring and Control Systems Fifth Generation contract, on which it holds one task order. The subcontractor footprint is minimal; a single sub-award appears under KBR Wyle Services for incremental funding material in December 2024. Over the past five years, activity has remained sparse at one award per year in 2019 and 2020, three awards each in 2023 and 2024, and one award in 2025. Combined potential value across all twenty-eight recent awards in source data is $257 thousand, though combined obligated dollars reach $819 thousand, indicating invoicing against smaller standing purchase orders.
Quick answers
Is Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation's SAM.gov registration is active through February 10, 2027.
How much has Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $55,392 to Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
What is Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation's most recent federal award?
Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation's most recent federal contract award is CGC polar star boiler controller troubleshoot and repair (70Z08526PLREP0031), from Coast Guard, on December 8, 2025.
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- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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