Ashland Electric Products Inc.

Ashland Electric Products Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer based in Rochester, New Hampshire, supplies industrial fans, blowers, and related electrical-mechanical components to the federal government as a prime contractor on purchase orders and delivery orders, competing in both unrestricted and small-business-set-aside procurements.

Ashland Electric is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation that competes predominantly under no set-aside designation (roughly half its recent awards), with meaningful exposure to Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor's posture reflects mixed participation: while it qualifies for small-business programs as a veteran-owned enterprise, it wins substantial unrestricted DLA awards for specialized fan components where competitive positioning and established delivery capability drive selection. Primary NAICS categories are 333413 (Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower Manufacturing) and related codes; Product Service Code 41 (Fans, Air Circulators, and Blower Equipment) covers the vast majority of work.

Ashland Electric's customer footprint is heavily concentrated on defense logistics and military supply. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 92% of recent awards: Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment (1,628 awards, $36.3 million combined potential value) dominates by volume, followed by generic DLA (222 awards), DLA Land and Maritime (95 awards, $2.1 million), Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command (93 awards, $3.9 million), and DLA Troop Support Hardware (74 awards). However, potential-value concentration tells a different story. The Department of the Army anchors the dollars: 23 awards carry $1 billion combined potential value, driven primarily by a single Indefinite Delivery Vehicle contract with the Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command valued at $1,161,828 running through November 2025. This IDV is the company's strategic anchor, allowing the government to issue delivery orders for motor alternators, fans, and spare components supporting military aircraft and weapons systems including the Patriot missile program. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment's 1,628 purchase orders total only $36.3 million—a stark contrast illustrating the difference between high-volume, low-dollar transactional work and deep, sustained program funding.

Ashland Electric's concrete capability is manufacturing and supplying tubeaxial fans, vaneaxial fans, centrifugal fans, circulating fans, ventilating fans, fan impellers, blowers, electric motor assemblies, and specialized housings and adapters. Representative work includes a $76,076 purchase order from DLA Troop Support for 91 tubeaxial fans (NSN 4140012683272) awarded January 7, 2026; a $428,490 delivery order from the Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command for motor alternators awarded December 6, 2023; a $136,952 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from DLA for 19 vaneaxial fans (NSN 4140003361728) awarded February 19, 2025; and a $82,557 purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command for vaneaxial fans awarded June 5, 2023. Work performed at the company's Rochester, New Hampshire facility delivers components to DLA distribution centers nationwide (San Joaquin, Cherry Point, San Diego, Warner Robins, W1A8) and to Navy facilities. Firm fixed-price contracts dominate the award record; performance cycles typically range from 40 to 180 days after order.

Activity has remained stable. Awards per year ran 70 (2022), 72 (2023), 65 (2024), 65 (2025), and 31 year-to-date in 2026 (snapshot as of mid-July). The combined potential value across all 2,290 awards totals $1.06 billion, though only $69.1 million (7%) has been obligated. This large spread reflects the IDV vehicle's placeholder value: the Army contract ceiling anchors potential-value calculations but incremental funding and delivery order execution determine actual spend. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal—only six awards totaling $143 thousand face ultimate completion. The vendor faces no near-term recompete cliff on its primary Army IDV, which runs through November 2025 but is in active delivery-order status rather than approaching expiration.

Ashland Electric's subcontract footprint is negligible (0% of recent awards). The source identifies one active sub-relationship: BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. as the prime on an August 23, 2024 task order modification involving engineering and tooling for a vaneaxial fan (part number V25Z3J-7). This represents incidental sub-work, not a material business line. The vendor operates as a prime-focused supplier to DLA and Army, not as an embedded subcontractor to large defense primes.

Ashland Electric's federal footprint reflects deep specialization in military logistics supply. With 2,290 awards across twenty-four agencies and $1 billion combined potential value, the company has established itself as a reliable supplier of commodity and specialized fan components to defense supply chains. The vendor's stability stems from high-volume DLA transactional purchasing paired with the larger, more durable Army IDV. Near-term growth depends on (1) delivery-order draw velocity against the Army contract and (2) sustained DLA volume for routine replacement components. Competitive positioning turns on delivery speed, cost, and technical conformance to NSN specifications—advantages Ashland Electric leverages through its established relationship with DLA's approved-supplier networks.

DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF FRACTIONAL HORSEPOWER ELECTRIC MOTORS, BLOWERS, AND FANS INCLUDING HYSTERESIS & POLARIZED SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS, INDUCTION MOTORS, TORQUE MOTORS, BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS, GENERAL PRECISION MACHINE SHOP WORK.