Baker Sheet Metal Corporation

Baker Sheet Metal Corporation, a Subchapter S corporation based in Norfolk, Virginia, manufactures precision sheet metal and fabricated metal components for naval vessels and Coast Guard ships as a prime contractor on small business purchase orders (26% of awards) and as a subcontractor on major Navy shipbuilding programs (74% of awards). The vendor operates without SBA set-aside designation on its prime awards; small business set-asides appear on a subset of its purchase order work.

Baker's federal footprint is nearly monolithic in Navy concentration. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) accounts for 1,446 of the vendor's 1,702 total awards—85% of the award count—and $3.4 million of the combined potential value, making it by far the dominant customer. The United States Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic) places 96 awards valued at $2 million combined potential value, and the Naval Air Warfare Center accounts for 9 awards at $1 million combined potential value. The Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard has awarded 25 purchase orders totaling $310 thousand, the only significant non-Navy customer. This concentration reflects Baker's specialization in naval fabrication work.

Recent prime work centers on small-dollar purchase orders for shipboard components. Representative prime awards include a $21,200 firm fixed-price order from the Coast Guard (September 2026) for external deck lockers for Arctic maritime storage, a $72,000 order from NAVSEA (August 2025, small business set-aside) for 6,000 RSL Spring Clips to support the USS Bataan, a $14,100 order from NAVSEA (May 2025, small business set-aside) for stainless steel life jacket lockers with specific corrosion and magnetic specifications, a $3,950 order from Naval Sea Systems Command (March 2026) for stainless steel funnels, and a $1,360 order from NAVSEA (July 2025) for a fabricated ladder. All prime awards are purchase orders; the vendor holds no IDIQ vehicles or blanket purchase agreements in the source data.

Baker's subcontract presence dwarfs its prime footprint. The vendor subcontracts primarily to Huntington Ingalls Inc., supplying steel fabrication, structural assemblies, workbenches, stowage lockers, ladders, and deck hardware for the CVN 80/81 carrier construction program and other major ship overhauls. Subcontracts to Huntington Ingalls dating from January 2024 through December 2025 cover hundreds of line items—ceiling tile assemblies, stainless steel coamings, drain assemblies, shims, stowage lockers, and specialized workbenches—for the detailed design and construction of the Gerald R. Ford-class carriers. Baker also subcontracts to Electric Boat Corporation for submarine coupon and component fabrication (SSBN 826 work, May and June 2024), to General Dynamics Information Technology for Navy C5ISR systems support (December 2025), to Scientific Research Corporation for CVN 74 completion labor (August 2025), to Delphinus Engineering for cabinet and locker supply (January 2025), and to Epsilon Systems Solutions for hyperbaric systems support services (March 2026). The Huntington Ingalls relationship dominates the sub portfolio by order count.

NAICS coding reflects metal fabrication: 1,262 awards fall under Ship Building and Repairing, 92 under Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing, 53 under Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing, 51 under Metal Window and Door Manufacturing, and 51 under All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing. Principal product service codes (PSCs) are Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment (83 awards), Marine Hardware and Hull Items (81 awards), Cabinets, Lockers, Bins, and Shelving (31 awards), Plumbing Fixtures and Accessories (28 awards), and Miscellaneous Furniture and Fixtures (24 awards).

Activity has been highly concentrated in 2023 and 2024, with 227 awards in 2023 and 976 in 2024, then dropping to 57 in 2025 and 2 through the first month of 2026 in the source window. The combined potential value of all 1,702 awards is $8.1 million; the combined dollars obligated across all awards totals $68.2 million, indicating substantial invoicing against past obligated balances. Only one award completion falls within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $21 thousand), representing minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The vendor's award footprint reflects order fulfillment dynamics on Navy and Coast Guard purchase orders rather than large contract vehicles; placed work passes through NAVSEA's indefinite delivery contract N0018901D0257 (15 task orders, $411 thousand combined potential value) and N0018908A0194 (8 task orders, $85 thousand combined potential value), though the vast majority of Baker's awards are direct purchase orders issued against procurement request lines rather than through named IDV vehicles.