Battery Specialties, Inc.

Battery Specialties, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, supplies non-rechargeable batteries, battery cells, and custom lithium battery packs to the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies as a small business prime contractor on 99% of its federal awards. The company competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-aside vehicles, winning the majority of its awards through DLA Land and Maritime delivery orders and purchase orders.

Battery Specialties has built its federal footprint almost entirely around the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, which accounts for 473 of the vendor's 710 total awards (88% coverage by count) and $51 million of the $62.6 million combined potential value. DLA Aviation contributes 69 awards valued at $1.6 million, while the Department of the Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration round out the active customer set. The concentration is stark: DLA Land and Maritime alone represents over 81% of combined potential value, making the vendor substantially dependent on sustained DLA ordering.

The vendor's recent activity shows acceleration. Awards per year rose from 8 in 2022 to 25 in 2025, with 5 awards in the first quarter of 2026, signaling sustained demand. Battery Specialties holds two $250,000 Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Land and Maritime—one set-aside for small businesses, awarded February 23, 2024 (ultimate completion December 4, 2025), and a second non-set-aside IDC awarded September 9, 2025 (ultimate completion September 8, 2030). The February 2024 IDC approaches its completion date; the source notes seventeen delivery orders issued under it between February 2024 and October 2025, ranging from $3,160 to $48,984. Representative task orders include a $28,404.21 delivery order (February 23, 2026, due May 18, 2026), a $467,329 purchase order for 2,393 non-rechargeable batteries (April 10, 2025), a $95,292 purchase order (December 10, 2025), and a $931,984 purchase order (January 17, 2025). The expiring IDC represents recompete risk; no dollar ceiling is given in the source for awards completing in the next twenty-four months, but the February 2024 vehicle's imminent sunset signals a material procurement opportunity.

Battery Specialties also holds indefinite delivery contracts SPE7LX16D0013 (120 task orders, $4.7 million), SPM7LX13D0045 (38 task orders, $2.8 million), and SPM7LX13D0104 (38 task orders, $2.7 million), all held with DLA division variants, demonstrating multi-vehicle positioning within the agency. The vendor's primary NAICS codes reflect its core capability: Primary Battery Manufacturing (441 awards) and Storage Battery Manufacturing (145 awards). PSC coding is equally focused: Batteries, Nonrechargeable account for 575 awards, with Batteries, Rechargeable adding 104 more.

On the civilian side, Battery Specialties has secured custom lithium battery pack awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including a $181,096 purchase order (January 29, 2024) for 168 lithium battery packs to specifications for GPS moorings and a $12,374 purchase order (August 16, 2022) for customized lithium battery packs. The vendor subcontracts minimally (1% of awards): named sub engagements include battery manufacturing work for Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems on the Air Force Subscale Aerial Target program (multiple sub awards, September 2023), equipment procurement for the NOAA DART System recapitalization under Science Applications International Corporation (April 28, 2025), and science operations support under Leidos for the United States Antarctic Program (September 19, 2025). The vendor has been registered in the System for Award Management since May 2001, establishing a twenty-five-year track record as a battery distributor and pack assembler.

Battery Specialties manufactures battery packs for a range of applications used by various government sectors.