Qualified Fasteners Inc.

Qualified Fasteners Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in West Babylon, New York, manufactures and supplies military-specification fasteners—cap screws, hex head screws, socket head cap screws, nuts, bolts, studs, washers, and related components—to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders. The company competes full-and-open on the vast majority of awards; approximately 30 percent recur under Total Small Business set-asides, but most transactions bypass small business designations entirely.

Qualified Fasteners Inc. operates almost exclusively within a single customer relationship. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) accounts for 7,006 of 7,658 total awards (91% of volume) and $21.3 million of $25.8 million in combined potential value (83% of dollars). The Naval Supply Systems Command holds 376 awards ($2.6 million), and the U.S. Pacific Fleet Forces holds 204 awards ($646 thousand). All other customers—including DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Troop Support, and other Navy components—together represent fewer than 50 awards. Customer concentration is extreme and deepening. Award volume has declined sharply: 264 orders in 2022, 275 in 2023, 164 in 2024, 121 in 2025, and 14 through late March 2026. The decline tracks a shift in purchase order patterns rather than loss of customer favor; NAVSEA continues to award regularly but in smaller transaction counts.

The company's primary contract vehicle is Indefinite Delivery Contract N0010201A0802 (NAVSEA), which has generated 256 task orders over the source's coverage period. Two secondary IDCs—N0010403DZD01 (16 task orders, $873 thousand) and N0018908A0177 (2 task orders, $14 thousand)—represent marginal volume.

Work is performed across multiple domestic and overseas locations, with Babylon, New York cited most frequently as the primary place of performance; representative orders also name Cleveland, Ohio; Waycross, Georgia; Alma, Georgia; Fall River, Massachusetts; Tennent, New Jersey; Newport, Rhode Island; and international destinations including Japan and Taiwan. Performance spans shipyard support (Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington) and fleet logistics distribution (Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii).

Qualified Fasteners Inc. manufactures fasteners to Federal Specification FF-S-92, FF-S-86H, MIL-DTL-1222, QQ-N-281, and related military standards, using materials including carbon steel, stainless steel 316, K-Monel, brass, and specialized alloys. Fastener products span hex head cap screws, socket head cap screws, machine screws, self-locking nuts, plain nuts, washers, studs (continuous thread and welding studs), bolts (hex head and machine), and custom-manufactured components to military drawings. Recent representative awards include a $49.3 million Total Small Business set-aside for socket head cap screws (March 2025, NAVSEA), a $41 million Total Small Business set-aside for K-Monel socket head cap screws and hex head cap screws (February 2025), a $36.4 million Total Small Business set-aside for self-locking hex nuts and socket flat countersunk head cap screws (March 2025), and a $37 million Total Small Business set-aside for hex head screws (July 2024). Smaller orders ($1,000–$15,000) recur monthly across the same product categories.

The primary NAICS classification is 332722 (Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing), representing 7,233 of 7,658 awards. Secondary classifications—Hardware Merchant Wholesalers, Precision Turned Product Manufacturing, Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers, and Machine Shops—account for fewer than 220 combined awards. Product Service Code concentration aligns: Screws (5,245 awards), Nuts and Washers (1,176), Bolts (604), and Studs (419) dominate the portfolio.

The vendor maintains no parent-company affiliations or subsidiaries named in the source. No subcontract work appears in the award record; Qualified Fasteners Inc. operates exclusively as a prime contractor.

MIL-S-1222 FASTENERS, FF-S-85 CAP SCREWS, FF-S-92 SCREWS, FF-S-86 SOCKETS, FF-W-92 WASHERS, SCREW MACHINE, SPECIALS, MS, AN, NAS PARTS, VARIOUS PINS, RIVETS, LOCKNUTS (MIL-N-25027), LATHES, INSERTS. BOLTS, NUTS & WASHERS, RIVETS.