The Electric Heater Co

The Electric Heater Co, doing business as Hubbell Electric Heater CO., manufactures and supplies electric water heaters, heating elements, tankless water heaters, safety relief valves, and related thermal components to the Department of Defense and federal maritime agencies as a prime contractor on 96 percent of its recent awards, with a small-business posture that recurs across set-aside and unrestricted purchase orders. Headquartered in Stratford, Connecticut, the company is a for-profit manufacturer competing under the Total Small Business set-aside category on roughly half its awards, with the remainder on full-and-open competitive solicitations.

The Electric Heater Co's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Navy and logistics commands. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 75 percent of recent awards, dominated by Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment (320 awards, $10.2 million combined potential value) and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (235 awards, $3.4 million). However, the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command leads by dollar value at 93 awards worth $22.8 million combined potential value—a significant divergence from the award-count ranking. Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, and the U.S. Coast Guard round out the active set across both rankings. Representative prime work includes a $753 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command order (May 2023) for a complete potable hot water heater system (1,250-gallon electric hot water tank, circulation unit, heated pumps, and proportioning valve); a $925.9 thousand Military Sealift Command purchase order (June 2025) for ten potable hot water tanks delivered to San Diego and Norfolk; and recurring DLA awards for heating elements and electric water heaters, such as a $313.4 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command contract (July 2025) for an accumulator tank part with delivery to Yokosuka, Japan.

The Electric Heater Co places task orders under five named parent vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract N6554008D0002 (5 task orders, $6.1 million combined potential value), Basic Ordering Agreement SPRMM110G0902 (5 task orders, $828 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM7M110D5C08 (6 task orders, $31 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM7M108D5B89 (4 task orders, $22 thousand), and the GSA Federal Supply Schedule GS07F9531S (4 task orders, $16 thousand). These vehicles are used episodically rather than as anchors; the vendor's footprint is driven by individual purchase orders on standing DLA and Navy sourcing agreements.

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years—25 awards in 2022 to 36 in 2024, declining to 20 in 2026 year-to-date—with twelve awards (combined potential value $1.6 million) reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete. Across NAICS and PSC codes, the vendor's work concentrates in heating equipment manufacturing (201 awards under NAICS 333414 and related categories) and space-and-water-heating-equipment procurement (466 awards under PSC 4520), with secondary exposure in industrial valve manufacturing and boiler-related equipment.

As a subcontractor, the Electric Heater Co supplies water heating systems and components to major Navy shipbuilders. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated is the largest sub-prime engagement, with recent sub-awards spanning CVN 80/81 carrier construction (July 2024, customized water heating solutions and control panels), LPD 30/31/32 amphibious transport dock construction (January 2025, tankless water heater rebuy; March 2025, heating system supply; October 2024, material supply), LHA 8 amphibious assault ship construction (November 2024, modification request work; October 2024, material supply), and DDG 51 destroyer construction (July 2024). Marinette Marine Corporation receives water heating solutions for FFG(X) guided missile frigate detail design and construction (December 2024, October 2023). Electric Boat Corporation engages the vendor for submarine programs, including SSBN 826 streamlined changes and fire control system integration (2022–2023). Additional sub-primes include National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (T-AO tanker pool work, September 2024), QED Systems (USS Faragut tankless water heater procurement, May 2025), and Phoenix International Holdings (SDRW sonar dome cofferdam hot water heater, July 2026). The subcontractor footprint underscores the vendor's role as a component supplier to large-scale Navy ship construction and modernization programs.

WATER HEATERS; COMMERCIAL, MARINE, INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTRIC, STEAM, BOILER WATER UNITS; INSTANTANEOUS POINT-OF-USE TO LARGE PACKAGED SYSTEMS.