S.j. Smith Co., Inc.

S.J. Smith Co., Inc., operating as S J Smith Welding Supply, sells welding equipment, consolidated gases, and metalworking consumables to the federal government as a prime contractor, predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides and competing full-and-open where unset-aside orders are issued. Headquartered in Davenport, Iowa, and registered as a federal contractor since 2002, the company is a for-profit small business with primary NAICS classification in Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing (333992) and Product Service Code 3431 (Electric Arc Welding Equipment).

The Department of the Army dominates S.J. Smith's customer footprint. TACOM Life Cycle Management Command accounts for 348 awards (83% of the recent award count documented) with a combined potential value of $73.9 million—roughly 82% of the company's $90 million total portfolio. The remaining top customers, by combined potential value, are the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Comptroller (56 awards, $5.5 million), the broader Department of the Army (125 awards, $5.2 million), and the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment (119 awards, $1.9 million). Across all recent activity, the vendor serves 30 distinct customer agencies but derives the vast majority of dollar value from TACOM. Work is performed at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois and Davenport, Iowa, with subordinate performance at military installations supporting the Joint Munitions Technology Command and Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center.

Capability delivery centers on multiprocess welding machines (modified to government specifications), consolidated bulk gases (nitrogen, argon, oxygen, helium), plasma cutter power supplies, oxy fuel torch kits, TIG welding systems, hydraulic components, and gas cylinder rental services. Recent representative orders include a $1.585 million delivery order (November 2025, TACOM) for bulk gas infrastructure and welding operations streamlining at Davenport facilities, a $1 million delivery order (March 2026, TACOM) for gas line work supporting additive manufacturing equipment installation, a $627 thousand delivery order (July 2025, TACOM) for a modified multiprocess welding machine at Rock Island Arsenal, and an $846 thousand delivery order (April 2025, TACOM) under a consolidated-gases IDC with completion April 2026.

S.J. Smith holds two active single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with TACOM awarded in 2025: one for $9.03 million (through August 2030) covering multiprocess welding machines and related equipment in support of Machine Working Metal Shop Set sustainment, and a second for $7.075 million (through April 2030) for consolidated gases supporting industrial base and weapon systems operations. The top-named parent vehicles across the portfolio are TACOM IDCs DAAE2002D0129 (28 task orders, $6.9 million combined potential value) and W52H0907D5012 (16 task orders, $6.3 million). The company also holds a GSA Multiple Award Schedule BPA (GS06F5SJSM) with 22 task orders on record.

Activity has remained modest and stable, with four awards in 2022, five in 2023, seven in 2024, nine in 2025, and four year-to-date in 2026. Combined obligations total $51.8 million across 58% of combined potential value. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is $2.7 million across three awards, a relatively small cliff. The vendor does not subcontract; all 817 documented awards are prime performance. Award category concentration reflects the core business: Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing (296 awards), Industrial Gas Manufacturing (91 awards), and Electric Arc Welding Equipment PSC designation (214 awards) dominate the footprint. The portfolio demonstrates sustained, narrow-band focus on Army sustainment and industrial base support through long-standing TACOM relationships.