Sexton & Peake Inc.

Sexton & Peake Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Columbia, Maryland, supplies precision hardware components — fluid and intake filters, gaskets, O-rings, seals, washers, and liquid sight glasses — to the Defense Department and other federal agencies as a prime contractor on small-business set-aside purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts. The company competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides and holds recurring WOSB status across its federal footprint.

Customer concentration is extreme and deliberate. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 93 of the company's 157 prime awards (59% of all awards) and $3.2 million of the $3.5 million combined potential value across the portfolio — roughly 91% of total contract value. The remaining DLA divisions (Troop Support Hardware, Aviation, and Troop Support Construction and Equipment) account for an additional 39 awards and $71 thousand. The National Institute of Standards and Technology placed a single $112.8 thousand facility modernization order in August 2025 for cleanroom bench hood replacement and installation at NIST's Gaithersburg facility. The Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard awarded seven orders worth $66 thousand. No other agency represents material opportunity.

Sexton & Peake holds six single-award indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) with DLA Land and Maritime, each with a $250,000 or $350,000 ceiling. The most recent awards — on April 8, 2026, for $350,000 (filter elements, NAICS 333618), and January 15, 2026, for $350,000 (filter elements, NAICS 336390) — run through April and January 2027 respectively. Earlier IDCs, awarded September 1, 2023, January 27, 2025, and June 11, 2025, carry $250,000 ceilings and termination dates ranging through August 2024 to June 2026. These vehicles support approximately 9 to 12 delivery orders per year per contract, with individual task orders ranging from under $1,000 to over $40,000. A single award reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carries $45 thousand in potential value — minimal recompete exposure relative to the company's overall base.

Recent prime contract activity shows decline. Awards per year fell from twelve in 2022 to three in 2026 (partial year). However, this reflects the transition to the indefinite delivery contract model rather than loss of customer trust; DLA has shifted from issuing frequent small purchase orders to consolidating procurement under standing IDCs with guaranteed minimum quantities and automated ordering provisions. The company's core capability aligns tightly with DLA's engine accessories and filter procurement mission under PSC 29 (Engine Accessories); the top five PSC categories across the portfolio — engine filters, packing and gasket materials, centrifugals and separators, O-rings, and flow-measurement instruments — account for 121 of 157 awards. The portfolio is entirely prime work; no subcontractor experience is present in the source material.

The company's federal footprint is specialized and narrow. It does not hold GSA Schedule, GWAC, or multi-agency BPA positions. All recent activity flows through DLA single-award IDCs or small-business RFQs. This posture limits Sexton & Peake's exposure to prime-contract opportunities in other defense agencies or civilian departments and creates vendor lock-in with DLA Land and Maritime. The NIST facility order in 2025 signals potential to expand into construction and renovation services beyond commodity hardware, though the single award does not yet establish that as a recurring capability or customer base.