Valves West, Inc.

Valves West, Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer headquartered in Burbank, California, supplies solenoid valves, hydraulic system fuses, fuel valve assemblies, and other precision valve components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor, operating exclusively in the full-and-open competitive space with no subcontract footprint. The company operates under 100% prime contracting—43 awards across recent activity with zero sub-awards—and holds two active single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA: a $2 million ceiling agreement with DLA Aviation for hydraulic system fuses running through November 2025, and a $250,000 agreement with DLA Land and Maritime for fuel valve assemblies expiring November 2024.

Valves West's customer base is concentrated entirely within the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Land and Maritime anchors 34 of 43 awards (accounting for $775 thousand in combined potential value), while DLA Aviation holds 7 awards ($2.1 million combined potential value). A single outlier—two awards from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal—represents $80 thousand. The company registered in SAM in November 2015 and has maintained consistent DLA supplier status since. Recent activity shows recovery after a 2023 lull: four awards in 2022, two in 2023, ten in 2024, and eight in 2025, with one award issued in early 2026. Combined potential value across all 43 awards stands at $2.9 million, with $691 thousand obligated to date (24% realization).

Valves West's capability portfolio centers on industrial valve manufacturing (18 awards) and fluid power valve and hose fitting manufacturing (11 awards), with secondary exposure in aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment (10 awards). Top NAICS categories are 332912 (Industrial Valve Manufacturing), 332993 (Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing), and 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing). PSC coding reflects the same mix: Valves, Powered (14 awards), Valves, Nonpowered (12 awards), and Aircraft Hydraulic, Vacuum, and De-Icing System Components (7 awards). Representative work includes a $147,056 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for 209 units of regulating flow valves (awarded November 2023, completion June 2025); a $55,356 delivery order from DLA Aviation for hydraulic system fuses (February 2025, completion September 2025); and a $45,416 modification to exercise an option through ACC Warren for 14 linear directional valves (July 2025, completion December 2026). The $45,416 ACC Warren award carries a total small business set-aside designation, as do the underlying DLA IDVs, although individual purchase orders and delivery orders predominantly issue without set-aside designation.

Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $51 thousand—minimal recompete exposure. The vendor's annual award volume in 2024 and 2025 (ten and eight awards respectively) represents growth from the 2023 trough but remains below the historical cadence, suggesting either contract consolidation or narrowed procurement windows. All work performs at the Burbank facility; no overseas or remote performance is indicated in the source material.