Baja Fabrication & Shock Works Inc.

Baja Fabrication & Shock Works Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business and economically disadvantaged women-owned small business based in Jamul, California, manufactures vehicle modification components — leveling kits, skid plates, suspension components, and protective undercarriage systems — for the federal Bureau of Prisons as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation that operates exclusively in the prime role with no subcontract footprint; all work is self-performed at its Jamul manufacturing facility.

Baja Fabrication's federal business is almost entirely concentrated with the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons. The top five Bureau of Prisons customer entities account for 69% of recent awards, anchored by the Bureau of Prisons Central Office (9 awards, $40.3 million combined potential value), Federal Correctional Institution Bastrop (64 awards, $8.6 million), Federal Correctional Complex Victorville (73 awards, $2.2 million), Federal Correctional Institution La Tuna (62 awards, $1.9 million), and a consolidated Bureau of Prisons grouping (31 awards, $2.4 million). The Central Office dominates the potential-value ranking at 67% of combined potential across the top five, reflecting its role as the parent contracting entity for the company's primary indefinite delivery contract vehicle. Representative delivery orders include a $124.9 thousand call for leveling and skid plate kits to Federal Correctional Complex Victorville (May 2026), a $110.7 thousand delivery order for F-150 skid plate kits to Federal Correctional Institution Bastrop (March 2026), and a $143.8 thousand order for vehicular upfit components to Federal Correctional Institution La Tuna (January 2025).

Baja Fabrication's work flows through a single dominant parent vehicle: Indefinite Delivery Contract DJU4600001979, a total small business set-aside IDC with a $12.85 million ceiling awarded July 15, 2021, and running through July 14, 2026. This vehicle carries 99 task orders and $18.7 million in combined potential value. Four additional Bureau of Prisons IDCs (DJU4600004546, 15UC0C21D00001564, 4600000720, and DJU4600004027) collectively account for 148 task orders and $8.8 million, though these represent a smaller operational footprint. The company's product portfolio reflects primary NAICS classification in Motor Vehicle Steering and Suspension Components (except Spring) Manufacturing (173 awards) and Other Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance (100 awards), with predominant PSC coding in Vehicular Cab, Body, and Frame Structural Components (253 awards). Activity has remained modest and flat across the past five years, running between one and eight awards annually (2022–2026), with total federal awards reaching 346 primes and combined potential value of $82.6 million against $59.3 million obligated. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying a combined potential value of $54 thousand, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure for this vendor. The company's entire federal footprint is reserved for small business set-asides, with no full-and-open or unrestricted competition.