SNW TEC LLC

SNW TEC LLC, a woman-owned small disadvantaged business based in Milwaukie, Oregon, supplies precision mechanical components — ball valves, needle valves, hose assemblies, tube fittings, adapters, unions, and weld heads — to the Naval Sea Systems Command and other federal agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open and small business set-aside purchase orders.

SNW TEC LLC is a for-profit limited liability company self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and woman-owned small business. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor; recent award activity shows no subcontract work. Across 51 awards spanning September 2021 through April 2026, SNW TEC LLC has concentrated on supplying Swagelok and equivalent industrial components to support naval nuclear propulsion and fleet maintenance. The portfolio reflects heavy NAICS concentration in Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (28 awards) and Industrial Valve Manufacturing (11 awards), with corresponding PSC alignment to Valves, Nonpowered (24 awards) and Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (18 awards). Pricing is consistently firm fixed price on commercial-item purchase orders; the vendor competes both full-and-open and under Total Small Business set-aside designations, with approximately half the recent awards carrying a set-aside mark.

Customer concentration is acute. The Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 49 of 51 awards (96%) and $1.1 million of combined potential value. The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory placed one $41,621 order in March 2024 for Swagelok fittings, adapters, valves, and tubing; the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration placed one $5,604 order in March 2022 for Swagelok connectors. Representative NAVSEA awards include a $192,410 Total Small Business set-aside for ball valves (July 2025), a $100,511 Total Small Business set-aside for ball valves (November 2021), a $57,718 full-and-open order for reducing tees and female adapters (February 2024), and a $43,410 full-and-open order for AN unions and industrial components (March 2023). The April 2026 most-recent award was a $38,668 full-and-open purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for CoreFlex hose to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center program, completion date October 2026.

Activity declined sharply after 2024. The vendor received 18 awards in 2022, 10 in 2023, and 15 in 2024, dropping to 2 in 2025 and 1 through April 2026. Combined potential value across all 51 awards totals $1.1 million, with dollars obligated at 100% — indicating all orders are firm fixed price with no option periods or uncertain funding. Only one award faces recompete in the next twenty-four months: the April 2026 hose order completes October 2026 and carries $39 thousand potential value.

The source materials reference SNW TEC LLC serving as a subcontractor to Aerojet Rocketdyne, supplying purge carts containing rare gases to maintain controlled atmospheres around sensitive components, and participating as a sub-awardee in a federal grant program titled "Improvements in Ships Maintenance" under the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Inc.; however, these subcontract and sub-award roles are not enumerated as separate line items in the source's award inventory and therefore carry no dollar or award-count detail. The vendor's core competency centers on just-in-time supply of fluid-handling and power-transmission components to naval propulsion and maintenance programs, with no visible work in services, software, or integration roles.