C O Minot & Son

C O Minot & Son, doing business as Minot & Son, is a for-profit manufacturer of optical and mechanical assemblies and components based in Pasadena, California that operates exclusively as a prime contractor on full-and-open Navy purchase orders with no small business set-asides. The vendor manufactures specialized optical equipment, night vision systems, and mechanical components for naval applications, particularly intensified night vision telescopes and adapter plates in support of defense platforms including the UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter.

Minot & Son's customer base is highly concentrated within the Department of the Navy. Naval Sea Systems Command has issued three awards totaling $322 thousand combined potential value, while Naval Air Warfare Center (a division of Naval Air Systems Command) has placed four awards totaling $89 thousand combined potential value — together representing 100% of the vendor's recorded federal awards. The two Navy commands represent distinct product lines: Naval Sea Systems Command procures telescope plate assemblies and enclosure assemblies, while Naval Air Warfare Center orders intensified night vision telescope assemblies. Representative recent work includes a $141.4 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command awarded in September 2023 for MS13 NV Telescope Plate Assemblies (with a sole-source pre-solicitation notice indicating unique supplier status), and four $22.2 thousand purchase orders from Naval Air Warfare Center issued between January 2024 and June 2026 for intensified night vision telescope assemblies and telescope adapter plates.

Activity remains episodic: seven total awards over the past six years (two in 2020, one in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, one in 2026), with a combined potential value of $410 thousand fully obligated. The vendor carries NAICS classifications spanning machine shops, commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing, and special die and tool manufacturing; primary PSC codes reflect night vision equipment (four awards) and optical instruments. Minot & Son operates only as a prime and has no recorded subcontractor engagements in the available data.