Westflex, Inc.

Westflex, Inc., doing business as Western Hose & Gasket, manufactures and supplies hoses, gaskets, fittings, and related hydraulic and maritime components to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on 97% of its recent federal awards, predominantly under total small business set-asides. The company is a small business based in National City, California, with performance conducted at its facility in Lincoln Acres, California, and has maintained continuous System for Award Management registration since February 2002.

The vendor's customer base is heavily concentrated within the Department of the Navy. The top five naval customers account for 80% of awards by count: US Pacific Fleet Forces (103 awards, $537 thousand combined potential value), Naval Sea Systems Command (58 awards, $1.7 million), US Fleet Forces Command Atlantic (32 awards, $5 thousand), the general Department of the Navy (25 awards, $24 thousand), and Naval Supply Systems Command (21 awards, $344 thousand). When ranked by potential value, the portfolio shifts dramatically toward Military Sealift Command, which dominates with 20 awards worth $6.6 million combined potential value—representing 68% of the vendor's total awarded value across 300 recent prime and sub awards. Recent representative work includes a $3.58 million sole-source definitive contract from Military Sealift Command in February 2025 for flight deck hoses and flex hoses in support of the USNS Lewis B. Puller; a $212,532 total small business set-aside purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command in September 2025 for reusable SAE 37 flare swivel fittings in monel; and a $358,650.50 total small business set-aside purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command in September 2024 for flexible hose assemblies at varying pressure ratings.

Award activity has remained modest but consistent—4 awards in 2022 accelerating to 11 in 2024 and 10 in 2025—with four awards already issued in 2026 as of late March. Combined potential value across the portfolio stands at $9.7 million, though obligated dollars total $11.3 million (116% of potential value), indicating completion and payment on many smaller purchase orders. The vendor's category concentration reflects its core business: the top NAICS codes include Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing (27 awards) and Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing (19 awards), while the top PSC categories are Hose and Flexible Tubing (61 awards) and Preservative and Sealing Compounds (115 awards). Westflex operates as a subcontractor on 3% of recent awards (8 sub-awards) to major naval shipbuilders and aerospace contractors including National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, General Atomics, and Vigor Works LLC, supplying non-specification materials, flange-mounting kits, and subassemblies for naval construction and carrier programs. The vendor does not sit on government-wide acquisition contracts or multiagency vehicles; instead, it competes directly against Navy buying activities as a small business set-aside contractor on purchase orders and definitive contracts.

HOSE, FITTINGS, ADAPTERS, ALL TYPES. INDUSTRIAL, HYDRAULIC, METAL SHEET RUBBER, GASKETS, CONVEYOR BELT. PROTECTIVE CLOTHINGS. FIRE HOSE; FITTINGS, ADAPTERS, MISC.