Sales Systems, LIMITED

Sales Systems, LIMITED, doing business as Sales Systems LTD, is a woman-owned small business based in Portsmouth, Virginia that supplies threaded fasteners, hardware components, and related metal goods to the federal government as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides and full-and-open vehicles.

The vendor operates as a specialized fastener distributor within NAICS 325710 (Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing) and allied wholesale NAICS categories, with a product portfolio centered on hex head cap screws, socket head cap screws, machine screws, welding studs, continuous threaded rods, nuts, and related hardware. Sales Systems has maintained SAM.gov registration since 2002. Across 1,131 prime awards spanning four decades, the vendor has established itself as a high-volume, low-dollar supplier to naval maintenance and shipyard operations, with recent awards including a $9,748 purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for screw caps (June 2025), a $13,125 total small business set-aside from NAVSEA for hex head cap screws and related fasteners (April 2025), a $2,622 firm fixed-price order for machine screws (April 2025), and a $30,425.60 purchase order from NAVSEA for miscellaneous hardware (February 2022).

Customer concentration is acute: NAVSEA accounts for 1,028 of 1,131 prime awards (91% of award count) and $3.3 million of $3.7 million combined potential value (89% of dollars). The remaining five customer agencies—the Department of the Navy general, Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, U.S. Pacific Fleet Forces, Naval Supply Systems Command, and the U.S. Coast Guard—collectively represent 103 awards and $314 thousand in potential value. This concentration reflects Sales Systems' role as a routine, small-order supplier to a single dominant customer rather than a diversified contractor with multi-agency reach.

Sales Systems holds positions on two indefinite delivery contracts: Indefinite Delivery Contract N0018906A0039 (9 task orders, $31 thousand combined potential value) and Indefinite Delivery Contract N0018186C0156 (1 task order). The vendor does not appear on GSA Schedules, GWACs, or government-wide IDIQs; its work flows through NAVSEA's direct purchase-order authority and small business set-aside vehicles.

Activity has contracted sharply. The vendor recorded 32 awards in 2022, declining to 15 in 2023, 6 in 2024, and 5 in 2025, with only 1 award in 2026 to date. This trajectory reflects either reduced demand from NAVSEA, competitive displacement, or a shift in naval procurement patterns away from individual fastener orders. Combined obligated dollars ($4.9 million) exceed combined potential value ($3.7 million), indicating that some awards have been invoiced and completed at or above ceiling.

Sales Systems operates exclusively as a prime contractor; the source contains zero subcontract awards. The vendor does not appear as a subcontractor to larger primes, nor does it manage a supply chain of subs. Its business model is direct fulfillment of small naval hardware purchases.

The vendor's product set—screws (717 awards across PSC category), bolts (157 awards), nuts and washers (117 awards), studs (102 awards)—reflects commodity procurement patterns typical of ship maintenance and repair supply chains. Purchase-order values cluster in the hundreds to low tens of thousands, with median awards substantially under $5,000, indicating transactional, consumption-based demand rather than systems integration or engineering work.