Western Chemical Inc.
Ferndale, WA Doing business as Syndel USA
- UEI
- KK5XZJ19CFM3
- CAGE
- 3GHN3
- Primary NAICS
- 112511 Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1441 W Smith Rd, Ferndale, WA 98248, USA
- Website
- syndel.com
- Founded
- 1965
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Health Care
- Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Pharmaceuticals
- SIC code
- 28 Chemical & Allied 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 | $19,824 |
| FY2025 | $19,680 |
| FY2024 | $13,955 |
| FY2023 | $28,751 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Interior | $19,824 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Western Chemical Inc., doing business as Syndel USA, supplies specialized aquatic animal health chemicals to the federal government as a prime contractor, operating exclusively through direct federal purchase orders and a blanket purchase agreement with no subcontract activity. Based in Ferndale, Washington, and registered in SAM.gov since 2003, the company is a for-profit manufacturer of goods classified across pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing (37 awards), finfish farming and fish hatcheries (19 awards), and pesticide and agricultural chemical manufacturing (10 awards), with PSC coding concentrated in chemicals (59 awards) and pest control agents and disinfectants (5 awards). The company competes entirely under Total Small Business set-asides on its purchase orders and holds a small-business-set-aside designation on its single-award BPA vehicle.
Western Chemical's federal customer base is highly concentrated: the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 accounts for 31 awards and $831 thousand combined potential value — 79% of the company's total federal dollars across all sources. The remaining customer concentration sits with FWS Regions 3, 4, and 5, plus sporadic work from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and the Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District. Capability work centers on Ovadine iodine, formalin, Vigorox Trident sanitizing agent, Parasite-S, Virkon Aquatic disinfectant, and US Syncaine Tricaine Methanesulfonate for fungus and parasite control in salmonid hatchery operations. Representative recent awards include an August 2026 $19,824 firm fixed-price purchase order from FWS Region 1 for Ovadine to Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery; a September 2024 $13,955 Total Small Business purchase order for Vigorox Trident sanitizing agent; and a July 2023 $16,095 Total Small Business purchase order for Syndel Ovadine to Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery.
Western Chemical holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with FWS Region 1 awarded September 21, 2023, with a $495 thousand ceiling and an ultimate completion date of September 18, 2028, covering the Leavenworth Fisheries Complex. This BPA was set aside for Total Small Business and supplies five chemical products (formalin, Parasite-S, Virkon Aquatic, Tricaine, and Ovadine) for treatment of adult and juvenile Chinook, coho, and steelhead trout. Award activity has remained sparse over the past five years — one award each in 2024, 2025, and 2026 — with a combined potential value across all 87 federal awards totaling $1.2 million and obligated dollars reaching $739 thousand (60% of combined potential value). The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with zero subcontract activity, serving a single dominant customer (FWS) with highly specialized, low-dollar-value chemical supplies for fish hatchery operations nationwide.
Quick answers
Is Western Chemical Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Western Chemical Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through October 23, 2027.
What is Western Chemical Inc.'s CAGE code?
Western Chemical Inc.'s CAGE code is 3GHN3, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is KK5XZJ19CFM3.
How much has Western Chemical Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $19,680 to Western Chemical Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $82,210 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
What is Western Chemical Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Western Chemical Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is WA-spring CRK NFH-ovadine (140FS126P0229), from Fish and Wildlife Service, on August 24, 2026.
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