WL Gore & Associates Inc.
Newark, DE Doing business as W L Gore & Associates Inc.
- UEI
- CKVGW3T9KB85
- CAGE
- 17217
- Primary NAICS
- 335929 Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- Corporate family
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 555 Paper Mill Rd, Newark, DE 19711, USA
- Website
- gore.com
- Founded
- 1958
- Employees
- 10K-50K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Machinery
- Industrial Machinery
- SIC code
- 30 Rubber & Miscellaneous Plastics Products
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $165,190 |
| FY2025 | $411,068 |
| FY2024 | $343,458 |
| FY2023 | $241,376 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Justice | $165,190 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. | N0042122F0538 | $94,995 | |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | SPRHA125F0017 | $59,800 | |
| Raytheon Company | FA863425FB005 | $135,804 | |
| The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | 80MSFC22F0048 | $40,015 | |
| BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc. | FA862024FB098 | $36,720 |
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About the company
WL Gore & Associates Inc., headquartered in Newark, Delaware, manufactures and supplies advanced materials and specialized products to the federal government as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards) across a highly fragmented healthcare, corrections, and defense supply base, competing on full-and-open tender without set-aside designations.
Gore's federal footprint spans two distinct capability streams. The primary revenue driver is medical and surgical supplies—adhesives, gaskets, sealing compounds, surgical appliances, and hospital equipment distributed through GSA Federal Acquisition Service and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Recent representative prime awards include a $113,610 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Federal Correctional Institution Manchester (November 2025) for seam tape under the National Work Uniform and Correctional Work Program at UNICOR; a $187,596 seam-tape delivery order to the same facility (July 2025); and a $51,580 seam-tape purchase order also to Manchester (February 2026). All three carry no set-aside designation. These correctional-supply orders cluster under a broader indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity relationship with the Bureau of Prisons Central Office valued above $2.4 million. The second capability stream involves RF cabling, wire harnesses, and specialized interconnect assemblies for defense and aerospace platforms. Gore subcontracts this work rather than pursuing prime defense contracts — it supplies cable assemblies, RF cables, and wire harnesses to Northrop Grumman (Litening targeting pods, F-16 AESA radar, NextStep), Raytheon (F-15EX Eagle Vision, APG-79(V)4 radar production), BAE Systems (Big Safari programs, U-2 electronic warfare sustainment), Lockheed Martin (GPS III Follow-On space vehicles, MH-47G platforms), and Sierra Nevada Company (engineering and manufacturing development programs).
Gore's customer concentration is highly dispersed. The top five federal agencies by award count account for only 30 percent of the award volume. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 anchors the dollars (121 awards, $4 million combined potential value), while GSA Federal Acquisition Service leads by count (166 awards, $2.9 million). The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Manchester ranks third by dollars ($2 million across 33 awards, predominantly small seam-tape delivery orders). The Veterans Integrated Service Networks 10, 22, and 23 round out the top five. This fragmentation reflects Gore's posture as a supplier of commoditized materials and components across decentralized federal facilities rather than as a platform provider or systems integrator. The top parent vehicles—Blanket Purchase Agreement GS06F06690 (174 task orders, $3.1 million) and Indefinite Delivery Contract GS06FP0002 (66 task orders, $5.3 million)—are both GSA supply-schedule vehicles, reinforcing Gore's role as a catalog vendor to multiple civilian agencies.
Recent activity has grown: five awards in the first seven months of 2026, following 60 awards in 2025 and 53 in 2024. However, the combined potential value across Gore's full award portfolio ($35.1 million) trails its combined dollars obligated ($53.7 million), suggesting a substantial backlog of fulfilled orders and ongoing delivery obligations on smaller-dollar, high-frequency supply contracts. The top NAICS categories—Adhesive Manufacturing (432 awards), Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (425 awards), and Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (290 awards)—and the leading PSC code, Medical And Surgical Instruments, Equipment, And Supplies (1,264 awards), define Gore's federal identity as a materials-science supplier to healthcare operations, supplemented by specialized RF component manufacturing for defense primes. The subcontract footprint across defense primes (Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Sierra Nevada) demonstrates Gore's established position as a trusted materials and interconnect supplier on major airframe, radar, and space-vehicle programs, though sub-awards remain a small fraction (6%) of the total award population.
Quick answers
Is WL Gore & Associates Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. WL Gore & Associates Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through August 25, 2027.
How much has WL Gore & Associates Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $411,068 to WL Gore & Associates Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $1,161,092 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does WL Gore & Associates Inc. rank among federal contractors?
WL Gore & Associates Inc. ranked #13 in NAICS 313310, #14 in NAICS 31331 and #14 in NAICS 32613 in FY2025.
What is WL Gore & Associates Inc.'s most recent federal award?
WL Gore & Associates Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Seam tape for NWU and CWP programs at unicor manchester (15UMAN26P00000131), from Federal Correctional Institution Manchester (BOP), on February 11, 2026.
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