Puckett Machinery Company

Puckett Machinery Company, doing business as Caterpillar Authorized Dealer, is a small-business prime contractor operating as a for-profit corporate entity from Flowood, Mississippi, that supplies comprehensive maintenance, repair, overhaul, and rebuild services for Caterpillar diesel engines, marine generators, and heavy construction equipment to federal maritime, construction, and military customers on a full-and-open (non-set-aside) basis, with occasional total small business set-aside awards from NOAA and other agencies.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on ship service diesel generator (SSDG) overhauls, main propulsion engine maintenance, and heavy equipment repairs, grounded in concrete federal work. Recent representative contracts include a $5.47 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the U.S. Coast Guard (awarded August 2024, performance through July 2026) for comprehensive maintenance, repair, overhaul, and rebuild of Caterpillar engines aboard the CGC MACKINAW; a $9.42 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District (awarded November 2024, performance through November 2029) for inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting, overhaul, and repair of eight diesel engines aboard the Dredge Wheeler, including four main propulsion Caterpillar C280 marine engines, three Caterpillar 3516 ship service generator engines, and one emergency Caterpillar C7.1 generator engine; and a $609,935 total small business set-aside purchase order from NOAA (awarded November 2025) for 20,000-hour major overhauls on two Caterpillar 3512B engines and 9,000-hour top-end overhauls on two Caterpillar 3508B ship service diesel generators aboard the NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada.

Customer concentration aligns sharply with maritime and construction operations. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (combining Vicksburg District and broader Corps offices) leads by combined potential value at $29.5 million across 148 awards (41% share), followed by the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard at $21.2 million across 84 awards (30% share), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at $9.6 million across 39 awards (13% share), and U.S. Special Operations Command at $4.1 million across 27 awards (6% share). These five customer categories account for approximately 90% of combined potential value. The top-customer rankings by award count and by dollar value track closely; the only material distinction is that Corps of Engineers' total value ($25.3 million from 36 broader Corps awards plus $4.2 million from 112 Vicksburg District awards) substantially exceeds Coast Guard's count-to-value ratio, reflecting larger delivery orders under the Wheeler and other IDCs.

Puckett Machinery holds position on multiple indefinite delivery contracts and places task orders through them. The largest parent vehicles by combined potential value are Indefinite Delivery Contract 70Z08521DP4501700 (32 task orders, $3.7 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract H9224015D0015 (21 task orders, $579 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract 70Z04019DP3205800 (11 task orders, $1.2 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract W912P814D0023 (6 task orders, $1.1 million), and Indefinite Delivery Contract W912P819D0009 (4 task orders, $2.5 million). These vehicles anchor the vendor's recurring delivery-order stream across Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, and other maritime customers.

Recent activity shows modest year-to-year variance: 23 awards in 2022, declining to 15 in 2023 and 16 in 2024, recovering to 22 in 2025, with only 4 awards recorded through August 2026 (snapshot through mid-year). The combined potential value footprint stands at $71.6 million across 457 total prime awards, with $37.4 million obligated (52% of ceiling). Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is light: only one award (combined potential value $60 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within that window. The vendor's award NAICS profile is dominated by Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance (178 awards), Ship Building and Repairing (88 awards), and Construction and Mining Machinery Merchant Wholesalers (40 awards), reflecting its core market as an authorized Caterpillar dealer serving federal vessel and equipment maintenance.

Puckett Machinery subcontracts minimally; the source records only one sub-award, a labor and material engagement with Bowhead Marine Support Services on a marine gensets task (awarded October 2025). Ninety-nine percent of the footprint reflects prime contracting. The vendor registered in SAM.gov since 2002 and operates as a small business across its federal footprint, competing predominantly full-and-open while capturing selective total small business set-asides from NOAA and the Coast Guard when solicited.