Western Machine Works, LLC A LIMITED Liability Company Of Delaware

Western Machine Works, LLC A LIMITED Liability Company Of Delaware is a Portland, Oregon–based machine shop and marine equipment repair supplier that operates as a prime contractor on a small but growing federal footprint focused on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Navy projects. The vendor competes under Total Small Business set-asides across its prime work and subcontracts specialized marine bearing and propeller repair services to Vigor Marine LLC on military sealift command overhauls.

The company is a for-profit limited liability company that works primarily in ship building, repairing, and marine equipment maintenance (NAICS 336611 and 332710 — Ship Building and Repairing, and Machine Shops). Recent prime awards include a $1.42 million firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District in November 2025 to fabricate eight replacement track wheel assemblies (stainless steel with nickel-aluminum bronze bushings) for the John Day Dam Navigation Lock, due February and March 2026, and a $590 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order awarded in July 2022 by the Army Corps of Engineers to repair port and starboard hubs and propeller components for the Dredge Yaquina, with a 90-day period of performance from receipt of order. Both awards were Total Small Business set-asides with FAR Part 13 authority.

Customer concentration is narrow and maritime-focused. The Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command accounts for three of five awards; the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (split between the Portland Engineering District and the broader organization) accounts for two awards totaling $2.0 million in combined potential value. The vendor's subcontract footprint is entirely routed through Vigor Marine LLC, where Western Machine Works performs Thordon bearing repair and machining of winch bases on USNS Matthew Perry (fiscal year 2025) and USNS Henry J. Kaiser overhauls and dry-docking availability work. Activity has increased from one award in 2022 to three in 2025; one prime award ($1.4 million) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete. Combined dollars obligated across all awards ($2.2 million) slightly exceed the stated combined potential value ($2.0 million), indicating that some orders have been drawn down or augmented beyond initial ceiling values.