Valad Electric Heating Corp.

Valad Electric Heating Corp., a third-generation family-owned manufacturer of industrial and commercial electric heating equipment based in Montgomery, New York, supplies specialized heating components, food service equipment, and electrical parts to the Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Coast Guard as a prime contractor on a predominantly full-and-open basis, with recurring participation in small business set-asides. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation registered in SAM.gov since 2001 and has no SBA certifications.

Valad's capability footprint centers on electric space heaters, electric warming ovens, vent duct heaters, nonmetallic seals, heating elements, thermostats, thermostatic switches, and related electrical components for military food service, vessel maintenance, and equipment repair. Representative work includes a $683.840 million total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Troop Support Subsistence in December 2024 for 32 electric warming ovens; a $479.140 million total small business set-aside order from DLA Troop Support Subsistence in March 2025 for 20 electric warming ovens; and a $62.057 thousand total small business set-aside purchase order from the U.S. Coast Guard in July 2026 for Navy-standard electric duct heaters. Recent indefinite delivery contracts include a $350 thousand single-award IDIQ from DLA Land and Maritime awarded December 2025 for nonmetallic seals and a $350 thousand single-award IDIQ from DLA Land and Maritime awarded April 2026 for nonmetallic seals.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. DLA divisions dominate the footprint: DLA Troop Support Subsistence accounts for 652 awards with $11.1 million combined potential value; DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment holds 438 awards with $4.6 million; and DLA Land and Maritime holds 166 awards with $2.1 million. Together, these three DLA divisions represent 84% of award count and 79% of combined potential value. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard places 49 awards worth $997 thousand, the only non-DLA customer of material scale. Valad competes across both full-and-open and small-business set-aside categories, with set-asides appearing in roughly 40% to 50% of recent awards.

Valad holds multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime for nonmetallic seals—including a $250 thousand IDIQ awarded March 2025 (completion March 2026) that has issued three delivery orders totaling $60.939 thousand as of January 2026. The vendor places the majority of its work as firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders against these IDIQs rather than as task orders on government-wide vehicles; top parent vehicles by task-order count include IDIQs SPM3SE12D0002 (282 task orders, $706 thousand), SPM3SE07D0001 (122 task orders, $1.3 million), and SPE3SE19D0003 (64 task orders, $366 thousand).

Activity has averaged 36 to 49 awards per year over the past five years, with 17 awards recorded to date in 2026. The recompete cliff over the next twenty-four months is modest: four awards with ultimate completion dates in that window carry combined potential value of $292 thousand. Category concentration aligns with capability: heating equipment manufacturing dominates (347 awards), followed by food product machinery manufacturing (285 awards) and sealing-device manufacturing (116 awards). The PSC profile mirrors this: food cooking, baking, and serving equipment (696 awards) and space and water heating equipment (488 awards) together represent the vast majority of the footprint.

Valad operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract awards in the source data. The company competes in a highly specialized, transactional market serving DLA's recurring heating and food-service equipment needs through small-value purchase orders and delivery orders, with occasional larger awards in the $200 thousand to $700 thousand range for warming ovens. The narrow customer base, repetitive product scope, and predominance of small-dollar firm fixed-price awards position Valad as a reliable commodity supplier rather than a strategic systems integrator or prime contractor on complex programs.