Walz & Krenzer Inc.

Walz & Krenzer Inc. Mapeco Products Division, doing business as Mapeco Products, manufactures custom maritime hardware, watertight closures, doors, hatches, gaskets, seals, and mechanical components for the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security as a prime contractor on the vast majority of its federal work (98% of awards). The company is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation headquartered in Oxford, Connecticut, competing predominantly full-and-open with no recurring set-aside posture, though it qualifies for and has won total small business set-asides on selected purchases from the Coast Guard and Defense Logistics Agency.

Walz & Krenzer's customer base concentrates heavily on logistics and maritime procurement. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates award count (396 awards, $4.3 million combined potential value), followed by DLA Troop Support Hardware (204 awards, $434 thousand) and DLA Aviation (133 awards, $583 thousand). The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard, however, anchors the dollars (103 awards, $6.2 million combined potential value) through larger discrete procurements including $224.4 million for locking cylinders, $232.2 million for various watertight door and seal components, $94 million for a National Security Cutter sideport panel and frame assembly, and $69 thousand for marine hardware modification kits. The Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command and Naval Sea Systems Command together account for roughly $2.6 million in combined potential value across 80 awards. These five agencies cover 90% of recent awards and 90% of combined potential value.

Walz & Krenzer holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each capped at $250 thousand, established for the supply of gaskets (National Stock Number 5330015381008, awarded September 2025 and September 2024), guide piston rod components (NSN 3040015126706, awarded September 2025), door wedges (awarded January 2023), and other maritime hardware. Task orders against these vehicles average three per year with one-unit guaranteed minimums. Representative prime work includes a $303.4 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) door bay assembly (September 2023), a $240.9 thousand Naval Supply Systems Command order for a 24-by-24-inch watertight hatch (April 2025), and a $35.1 thousand NAVSUP order for cylinder assembly components (July 2025). Smaller routine DLA purchases in the $1 thousand to $50 thousand range dominate the prime footprint — fasteners, gaskets, seals, springs, cables, pumps, valves, and spindles flowing to logistics depots across the Continental U.S. and overseas consolidation points.

Activity has declined year over year — 122 awards in 2022 to 17 in 2026 (through May) — reflecting the transactional nature of the Defense Logistics Agency supply-chain work, which generates high award count at modest individual values. Only two awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $257 thousand, indicating minimal recompete pressure. Walz & Krenzer's subcontractor role, representing 2% of awards, routes work through Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, KBR Services LLC, Marine Hydraulics International LLC, BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., and Marinette Marine Corporation on naval vessel modernization, DDG-1000/1001 planning, marine corps prepositioning, and guided-missile frigate construction, delivering hatches, gaskets, and watertight door components. The company's NAICS profile centers on bolt, nut, screw, rivet, and washer manufacturing (136 awards), fabricated structural metal manufacturing (95 awards), mechanical power transmission equipment manufacturing (85 awards), and hardware manufacturing (76 awards), with product service codes dominated by packing and gasket materials (105 awards) and marine hardware and hull items (96 awards). Place of performance is primarily Seymour and Oxford, Connecticut, with delivery to DLA depots, Coast Guard logistics centers, and naval shipyards domestically and abroad.