The Entwistle Company LLC

The Entwistle Company LLC, a Hudson, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of mechanical, electrical, and technical components for defense applications, operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) on a high-volume, component-driven federal contract footprint dominated by the Defense Logistics Agency and Naval commands. The company is a for-profit limited liability company with no SBA set-aside designation for most of its prime work, though it qualifies for and wins a recurring share of Total Small Business set-aside awards.

The vendor's concrete capability portfolio centers on the manufacturing and supply of specialized defense components: manifold assemblies, hose assemblies (metallic and nonmetallic), valve assemblies and control actuators, bearing and bushing components, padeye assemblies, pillow blocks, shafts, fasteners, seals, hydraulic accumulators, and ship-mounted repair kits for naval vessels. Recent representative prime work includes a $675.7 million definitive contract from Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (January 2026) for manifold assembly manufacturing; a $505.8 million purchase order for shouldered shafts under Total Small Business set-aside (August 2025); a $499.9 million sensitive switch procurement (October 2025); and a $391.6 million shouldered shaft contract (December 2025), also Total Small Business. The vendor also holds a $22.8 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with DLA Land and Maritime running through April 2028 for padeye assemblies and related mechanical components.

Customer concentration is extreme and highly fragmented by function within the Defense Department. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leads by award count (2,470 awards, $109.6 million potential value), but Naval Supply Systems Command dominates by potential value (201 awards, $207.6 million). Together, DLA Land and Maritime, Naval Supply Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center, and Naval Sea Systems Command account for 92% of the vendor's combined potential value. DLA Aviation (825 awards, $26.3 million) and DLA Troop Support divisions add significant volume but smaller per-order values. The funding fragmentation reflects the vendor's role as a core supplier of commodity and specialty mechanical components across broad Naval and DLA procurement operations rather than a prime on large integrated programs.

The vendor's vehicle position consists primarily of single-award and limited-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA and Naval commands. The $22.8 million DLA Land and Maritime IDC for padeye assemblies and mechanical components (April 2024–April 2028) is the largest vehicle in the recent portfolio; two task orders totaling approximately $8.1 million have been issued to date, with substantial remaining capacity. The top parent vehicles by task order count are IDC SPM7MX12D5051 (18 task orders, $139 thousand), SPE4A621D5543 (12 task orders, $167 thousand), and Air Force IDC FA851804D0046 (10 task orders, $65.2 million). The vendor does not appear on major GWACs or government-wide vehicles; its work is distributed across agency-specific IDVs and purchase orders.

Activity has remained consistently high but shows recent compression: 377 awards in 2022, 354 in 2023, 411 in 2024, declining to 255 in 2025 and 68 in the first four months of 2026. This pattern suggests seasonal purchasing behavior rather than a sustained decline. Thirty-three awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry $21.2 million in combined potential value and represent recompete exposure. The vendor's sub footprint is minimal (2% of recent awards by count) but strategically concentrated in naval shipbuilding: Huntington Ingalls Incorporated is the dominant prime, with subcontracts for component assemblies (lock bars, elbows, yokes, structural elements) on CVN-class carrier construction and DDG-51 destroyer builds. BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair and BAE Systems Maritime Solutions San Diego have also engaged the vendor for direct material expense orders on vessel maintenance and availability work. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has subcontracted for systems engineering and technical support.

The category concentration reflects the vendor's core business: Hardware Manufacturing (397 awards), Bolt/Nut/Screw/Rivet/Washer Manufacturing (382 awards), Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing (274 awards), and Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (264 awards) dominate by award count. PSC distribution mirrors this—Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (346 awards); Hose and Flexible Tubing (285 awards); Screws (285 awards); and Nonpowered Valves (242 awards) lead. This is a high-volume, low-to-mid-dollar-value supplier model: 5,546 total awards (prime and sub combined) across 48 customer agencies with an average award value under $100 thousand when spread across the portfolio.

The Entwistle Company competes predominantly full-and-open on DLA and Naval contracts, with recurring access to Total Small Business set-asides. Its business model is transactional component supply—hundreds of small purchase orders and delivery orders annually against multiple agency procurement offices rather than large task orders or master agreements. The vendor holds no teaming arrangements with major defense primes in the source material beyond subcontract relationships with Huntington Ingalls, BAE Systems, and Johns Hopkins APL, suggesting a primarily direct-to-customer go-to-market posture.

Complete build-to-print machine & fabrication shop. Specializing in Deck Machinery, Catapult arresting and launching gear as well as guided missile components.