Chesapeake Machining & Fabrication, Inc.

Chesapeake Machining & Fabrication, Inc., doing business as Chesapeake Machine Co., is a Baltimore-based small business manufacturer that provides complex metal fabrication, precision machining, welding, and specialized component manufacturing exclusively as a prime contractor to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies. The company, a Subchapter S corporation registered in SAM.gov since 2001, competes predominantly under small business set-asides — Total Small Business designations account for the plurality of recent awards — though it also holds several full-and-open vehicles and receives task orders without set-aside encumbrance.

Chesapeake's customer concentration is heavily weighted to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), which accounts for 61 awards worth $205.4 million in combined potential value — 72% of the vendor's total award portfolio. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (through Engineering District Louisville and parent command) ranks second with 55 awards worth $53.5 million combined. The Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard contributes 52 awards valued at $5.9 million, and the Naval Air Warfare Center adds 17 awards at $6.2 million. Together, these five customer organizations account for approximately 70% of awards and 96% of combined potential value, creating substantial customer concentration risk concentrated in NAICS 333511 (Machine Shops) and PSC 43 (Structural Shapes), with secondary capability in fabricated structural metal manufacturing and ship-and-marine-equipment categories.

Chesapeake's vehicle position spans several indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring its federal footprint. The NAVSEA Machining and Fabrication IDIQ — a $50 million multiple-award contract established in 2020 — carries 12 task orders worth $17.1 million combined. The Naval Air Warfare Center issued a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement valued at $9 million (awarded December 2024, running through December 2029). The Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District's Operations Machine/Fabrication Multiple Award IDIQ — a $15 million total small business set-aside awarded April 2023 through April 2026 — carries 9 task orders worth approximately $3.3 million, with extension exposure; Chesapeake also maintains a $15 million propulsor support hardware BPA with Naval Sea Systems Command running through September 2026. Additional Army Corps of Engineers IDIQs (W912QR13D0004 and W912QR23D0036) collectively place 27 task orders worth $7.1 million. Representative NAVSEA work includes a $3.56 million rounding ring assembly delivery order (December 2022), a $6.33 million LTSSA (Launch Tube Stiffener Support Assemblies) delivery order (August 2021), a $2.11 million rounding ring assembly order (December 2023), and a $873 thousand davit boom assembly delivery order (September 2021). Representative Army Corps work includes $764 thousand for Tainter Gate Pivot Block Assemblies at Smithland Lock and Dam (July 2025), $882 thousand for Smithland Intake Screen fabrication and painting (September 2023), and $694 thousand for tainter gate pivot block assemblies at JT Myers Locks and Dam (January 2026). Coast Guard awards include $85 thousand for Talon grid substructures (June 2026), $43 thousand for helicopter landing talon grid cover plate assemblies (March 2024), and $135 thousand for chain stopper assemblies (June 2022).

Activity has remained relatively flat at six to eleven awards per year over the past five years, with two awards recorded as of mid-2026; the combined potential value of seven awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months sits at $2.8 million, representing modest recompete exposure relative to the $286 million total portfolio. However, two material vehicles — the Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District IDIQ (April 2026 expiration) and the Naval Sea Systems Command propulsor support hardware BPA (September 2026 expiration) — carry recompete risk in the near term. Chesapeake performs work across multiple locations: primary fabrication occurs in Baltimore, Maryland, with place-of-performance for lock-and-dam work distributed across Kentucky and Illinois waterway facilities (Brookport, Warsaw, Pleasure Ridge Park, and Mt. Vernon). The vendor's footprint is 100% prime-awarded work with no recorded subcontractor awards in the source; this posture reflects Chesapeake's role as an end-supplier rather than a higher-tier integrator.