Samstar LLC

Samstar LLC, a small business joint venture limited liability company headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with operational performance in Newark, Delaware, procures and delivers specialized equipment across defense and civilian federal agencies, operating exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) under total small business set-aside designations on 85 percent of contracts.

Samstar's capability footprint centers on equipment procurement and logistics support across fragmented commodity categories — no single PSC or NAICS dominates the portfolio. Representative recent work includes a $102,000 powder batch oven with 450F maximum operating temperature and mechanical installation services for Naval Air Warfare Center (April 2026), $123,728 isolation transformers for Norfolk Naval Shipyard delivered through Naval Sea Systems Command (August 2024), a $97,426 delivery order for three Polaris UTVs with accessories to Air Combat Command (September 2024), $51,773 for portable light extinction particle analyzer kits to Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center supporting contamination analysis in oil (February 2026), and a $69,868 contract modification to Air Education and Training Command for leather guest chairs with tablet arms and chrome legs rerouted to Sheppard Air Force Base (September 2024). The portfolio also includes marine boots, paper targets, fuel pressure indicators for C-130 aircraft, electromagnetic relays for HC-130J aircraft, test weights, gymnasium equipment, office furnishings, steam cleaners, and field support items — collectively reflecting a generalist equipment supplier posture rather than deep vertical capability.

Customer concentration is diffuse across thirty agencies with modest repeat ordering. The top five agencies by award count (38 percent coverage) are Naval Sea Systems Command (7 awards, $240 thousand), the Department of the Army (5 awards, $179 thousand), the U.S. Coast Guard (4 awards, $73 thousand), Army Materiel Command Sustainment Command (4 awards, $75 thousand), and Army Test and Evaluation Command (3 awards, $13 thousand). By potential value (46 percent coverage), Naval Sea Systems Command and the Department of the Army anchor the dollars, but the U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Air Combat Command, and Federal Emergency Management Agency also carry meaningful individual awards. No single customer accounts for more than seven awards, and most agencies place one or two orders.

Samstar operates entirely on small business set-aside purchase orders — no parent vehicles such as GWACs, IDIQs, or BPAs appear in the portfolio. All work is direct agency procurement under FAR Parts 12 and 13 simplified acquisition procedures, with firm fixed-price terms and compressed delivery schedules typical of purchase order workflow. The vendor has no documented teaming relationships or subcontract footprint.

Activity has declined year over year, from 34 awards in 2024 to 20 in 2025 to 7 through mid-2026. Combined potential value across all awards totals $1.6 million with $1.5 million obligated (89 percent execution rate). Three awards with combined potential value of $200 thousand reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure. The recent cancellation of a $46,000 zero-turn slope mower to Army Corps of Engineers due to inability to supply reflects execution risk on specialized equipment sourcing. One Coast Guard contract for laser alignment equipment was never established when Samstar declined the award. Samstar's small average award size ($26,000 median) and lack of vehicle positioning mean the vendor competes deal-by-deal in open or small-business-set-aside solicitations without strategic contract vehicles to anchor a pipeline.