The Flamemaster Corporation

The Flamemaster Corporation, doing business as Chemseal, is a foreign-owned manufacturer of sealing compounds, insulating compounds, and specialized coatings serving the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open purchase orders and delivery orders, with no subcontractor footprint. The company competes without set-aside designations across all recent awards.

Chemseal's capability portfolio centers on preservative and sealing compounds, adhesives, and potting materials used in military equipment maintenance, repair, and overhaul. Recent representative work includes a $28,138 delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Construction and Equipment division in July 2021 for sealing compound (NSN 8508399658); a $16,350 purchase order from DLA in September 2024 for sealing compounds supporting electronic warfare pods, radar systems, and MK-82 reflectors; a $13,140 purchase order from DLA in September 2024 for sealing compound used in aircraft, electronic warfare pod, and radar system maintenance; a $11,751 delivery order from the U.S. Coast Guard in September 2022 for aircraft potting compound; and recurring Naval Sea Systems Command delivery orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) for specialized compounds supporting radar restoration (SPS-49 systems), ALQ-99 electronic warfare pod repair, and MK-82 weapons component servicing. The company holds a GSA MAS contract with a ceiling value up to $18.4 million.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward DLA. The top five customers by award count account for 75% of all awards, with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division dominating at 18,397 awards (67% of volume) and $46.8 million in combined potential value. The GSA Federal Acquisition Service follows at 539 awards and $42.5 million in potential value — a concentration profile where DLA places a high volume of small orders while GSA drives most of the dollar value. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command (535 awards, $352 thousand) and the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (181 awards, $163 thousand) round out the active base. The top five customers represent 92% of combined potential value.

Chemseal's activity has been volatile and is currently declining. The five-year trend shows 45 awards in 2022, dropping to 18 in 2023, recovering to 26 in 2024, falling to 19 in 2025, and hitting just 10 awards in 2026 year-to-date through April. Over 27,175 total awards in the source, combined potential value sits at $97.9 million, though only $28.6 million (29%) has been obligated, indicating a backlog of unexecuted orders typical of DLA's high-volume, low-dollar procurement model.

The vendor's two largest parent vehicles both route through DLA Troop Support. Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE8ES17D0002 carries 9,554 task orders worth $5.5 million in combined potential value, and IDC SPE8EG17D0004 holds 5,199 task orders worth $2.4 million. The GSA MAS contract generates ongoing delivery orders from DLA, Naval Sea Systems Command, and the Coast Guard. Chemseal's product footprint is tightly concentrated: 26,998 of 27,175 awards (99%) fall under PSC code "Preservative and Sealing Compounds," with the remainder spread across miscellaneous chemical specialties and electrical insulators. The company maintains a single facility in Pacoima, California for manufacturing, though source references indicate some work performed at Hansen Hills, California and occasional fulfillment logistics to military installations such as Crane, Indiana.

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