A & A Co Inc.

A & A Co Inc., a small business manufacturer based in South Plainfield, New Jersey, supplies thermal spray coatings, metal finishing, machining, and component restoration services to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor on a full-and-open basis, with no SBA set-aside designations on its recent large awards despite holding total small business set-asides on earlier contracts.

The vendor's federal footprint is exclusively naval. The Department of the Navy accounts for 95% of recent awards across four commands: Naval Air Warfare Center dominates by dollar value at $61.4 million combined potential across 41 awards, anchored by a $4,999,999 single-award BPA running through August 2028; Naval Supply Systems Command follows at $12.9 million across 47 awards, primarily for ceramic and ball valve parts kits; Naval Sea Systems Command has issued 193 awards valued at $2.9 million combined potential, concentrated in thermal spray and NCC connector work; and United States Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic) rounds out the top tier with 7 awards. The top three commands account for 100% of combined potential value. Recent representative work includes a $1.67 million definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for ball valve parts kits (January 2026), a $154,836 total small business set-aside purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for AN/BPS-16 radar mast thermal spray restoration (August 2025), and a $103,394 total small business set-aside order for SSBN 737 USS Kentucky induction mast standpipe thermal spray repairs (May 2026). Concrete capability scope spans non-conductive coated connector coating, INCONEL 625 and METCO 444 thermal spray application with post-machining and surface finishing, ceramic coating removal and replacement on piston rods, plasma spray restoration of radar masts to SUBSAFE and Level 1 quality control standards, and precision machining and metal finishing for submarine and surface vessel components.

A & A Co Inc. holds two active parent vehicles. A $4,999,999 single-award BPA with Naval Air Warfare Center (awarded August 2023, running through August 2028) has generated 13 task orders valued at $50.3 million combined potential, issued as monthly government purchase card calls across the performance period and set aside for total small business on the BPA itself. A $237,000 single-award IDIQ for non-conductive coated connectors with Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded July 2025, running through July 2030) carries no set-aside and enables order placement for NCC connector requirements on an as-needed basis. The vendor also operates under Navy purchase order and delivery order vehicles, including indefinite delivery contracts N6833509A0028 (20 task orders, $77 thousand combined potential value) and N6660425DL500 (3 task orders, $31 thousand combined potential value).

The vendor's award portfolio shows consistent activity over the past five years—6 awards in 2022 rising to 13 in 2024, with 12 in 2025 and 10 in 2026 year-to-date—across 307 total prime awards with combined potential value of $77.8 million and obligated dollars of $19 million (24% of potential value). Set-aside posture has shifted: earlier contracts carried total small business designations, but recent large awards (the Naval Supply Systems Command ball valve definitive contracts, Naval Sea Systems Command radar mast and standpipe orders, and NCC connector IDIQ) carry either no set-aside or were awarded under full-and-open competition despite the vendor's small business status. Two awards totaling $3.3 million combined potential value reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure.

The vendor competes almost exclusively as a prime contractor; one sub award appears in the source—a Raytheon nonrecurring engineering subcontract (September 2024)—representing negligible sub exposure. The top NAICS categories reflect the vendor's core capabilities: Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance (111 awards), Metal Coating, Engraving, and Allied Services to Manufacturers (69 awards), Machine Shops (30 awards), and Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (30 awards). The top PSCs track the same footprint: Valves, Nonpowered (45 awards), Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Aircraft Launching, Landing, and Ground Handling Equipment (37 awards), Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Subsistence Equipment (36 awards), and Ship and Marine Equipment repair (26 awards).

Thermal Spray coatings of metals,ceramics,carbides and specialty materials. Machine shop services, R+D and metallurgical lab.