Westbay Auto Parts, Inc.

Westbay Auto Parts, Inc., a Port Orchard, Washington-based small business, supplies industrial coatings, adhesives, chemical compounds, abrasive materials, and maintenance consumables to the U.S. Navy as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders. The company operates exclusively under full-and-open competition (no set-aside designation on the vast majority of awards), delivering time-sensitive replenishment orders for naval vessel maintenance, repair, and overhaul operations across domestic and overseas naval facilities. Westbay registered as a federal vendor in October 2001 and has maintained continuous NAVSEA engagement for over two decades, with 1,884 prime awards totaling $9.6 million in combined potential value across its footprint.

Westbay's customer base is heavily concentrated in the Department of the Navy. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) accounts for 1,839 awards (97.6% of total award count) worth $8.7 million in combined potential value, dominating both volume and dollars. The remaining six federal customers—US Pacific Fleet Forces, Naval Supply Systems Command, Installations Command, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and US Coast Guard—combine for 42 awards and $655 thousand in value. The concentration is near-total: NAVSEA represents effectively 100% of the addressable market for this vendor.

Westbay's capability portfolio centers on military-specification coatings and chemical supplies. NAICS category concentration reflects the breadth: Paint and Coating Manufacturing leads at 826 awards, followed by Adhesive Manufacturing (312 awards), miscellaneous chemical products (121 awards), petroleum lubricating oils and greases (101 awards), and abrasive products (93 awards). Representative recent contracts include a $75,665 total small business set-aside for ARMORSEAL and SEAGUARD coating products delivered to the Surface Restoration Facility at Yokosuka naval complex (September 2024); a $70,402.50 order for Sherplate PW epoxy white paint kits meeting MIL-PRF-23236 Type VII Class 9/18 specifications (November 2024); a $34,440 order for non-skid deck coating compound meeting MIL-PRF-24667 in gray (August 2024); and recurring sub-thousand-dollar purchase orders for epoxy primers, enamels, solvents, cleaning compounds, lapping compounds, and specialty adhesives. Contract values typically range from a few hundred dollars to $75,000, with most orders carrying 2- to 12-week performance windows reflecting immediate operational replenishment needs.

Activity has remained steady but declining. Awards peaked at 155 in 2022, fell to 96 in 2023, recovered to 101 in 2024, softened to 94 in 2025, and sit at 26 in 2026 (through April). The decline in annual volume reflects NAVSEA's ongoing consolidation of vendor supply chains and shift toward larger contracts and master supply agreements; however, obligated dollars ($9.5 million) equal 100% of potential value, indicating strong cash collection and invoice velocity on existing awards. No future recompete cliff is visible in the source material, as Westbay's awards are individually issued purchase orders rather than contract vehicles with defined expiration dates.

Westbay operates as a parent organization with no identified subcontractor relationships in the federal space; all 1,884 awards are prime contracts. The vendor's corporate structure includes a named subsidiary, Westbay Auto Parts, Inc., designated as woman-owned small business and woman-owned business, which may anchor certain set-aside eligibility for future pursuits, though current award history shows minimal set-aside activity (most orders awarded full and open). The company has built its competitive position on quick-turnaround delivery of commercial-and-military-specification industrial supplies to a single, highly dependent customer (NAVSEA), with an established reputation for meeting precise material specifications and supporting fleet readiness at naval facilities worldwide including forward-deployed locations in Japan and the western Pacific.