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 to the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor exclusively (100% of recent awards). The company is a Subchapter S corporation registered since 2001 and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides, which designate the majority of its active contract portfolio.

Naval shipbuilding and water infrastructure dominate Chesapeake's customer base. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) accounts for 63 awards valued at $205.7 million in combined potential value—71% of the vendor's total portfolio by dollars—anchored by a $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement for fabrication and machine shop services running through September 2027. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Louisville holds the second largest share with 37 awards worth $48.8 million, concentrated on lock and dam refurbishment and fabrication work. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard places 52 awards totaling $5.9 million, primarily for helicopter landing grid assemblies and maritime equipment. Together, these three customers account for 152 of the vendor's recent 268 awards (covering 70% of award count) and 95% of combined potential value. The vendor also serves Naval Air Systems Command (Naval Air Warfare Center), Naval Strategic Systems Programs, and the U.S. Geological Survey, demonstrating customer concentration in naval and infrastructure operations rather than spread across civilian agencies.

Chesapeake's work sits on multiple Navy and Army Corps of Engineers IDIQs. The NAVSEA Machining and Fabrication IDIQ ($50 million, established 2020) supports 12 task orders worth $17.1 million for rounding ring assemblies, launch tube extensions, davit spalt kits, and launch tube shipping and storage arrangement fabrication. The Army Corps of Engineers Operations Machine/Fabrication IDIQ ($15 million, awarded April 2023, expiring April 2026) generates nine task orders totaling approximately $3.3 million for tainter gate pivot block assemblies, gate anchorage assemblies, sector gear refurbishments, and miter and quoin blocks across Kentucky and Illinois waterway facilities. Chesapeake also holds a $9 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with Naval Air Warfare Center (awarded December 2024, running through December 2029) for machined components and fabricated structures. These vehicles enable task-order procurement without additional competitive solicitation, positioning Chesapeake as a standing supplier across Navy shipbuilding and Army infrastructure missions.

Representative capability work illustrates the vendor's scope. For NAVSEA, Chesapeake delivered a $3.56 million delivery order for rounding ring assemblies (December 2022–June 2025), a $2.11 million rounding ring assembly delivery order (December 2023–February 2025), a $368,680 launch tube extension delivery order (March–November 2024), and a $704,090 davit spalt kits delivery order (September 2022–May 2023). For the Army Corps of Engineers, representative awards include a $882,888 Smithland intake screen fabrication and painting delivery order (September 2023–September 2024), a $764,592 Smithland lock and dam tainter gate pivot block assembly delivery order (July 2025–July 2026), a $694,984.86 JT Myers locks and dam tainter gate pivot block assembly delivery order (January–August 2026), and a $1,006,200 purchase order for steel and aluminum bronze miter gate parts (April 2026–April 2027). For the Coast Guard, Chesapeake supplied a $135,000 chain stopper assembly purchase order and multiple helicopter landing grid assembly and substructure awards in the $43,000–$85,000 range.

Award activity has been consistent but recently contracted. The vendor averaged 8–11 awards per year from 2023 through 2025, dropping to four awards in 2026 and one in 2027 to date (as of October 15, 2026). This recent decline may reflect pipeline timing rather than sustained contraction. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: two awards with combined potential value of $1.1 million reach ultimate completion within that window. The Army Corps of Engineers IDIQ expires April 26, 2026, but Chesapeake's NAVSEA vehicles (the $50 million BPA through September 2027 and the $9 million NAWC BPA through December 2029) provide substantial ongoing task-order authority. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $54.8 million against $287.1 million in combined potential value (19% invoiced), reflecting a portfolio weighted toward future delivery.

Chesapeake's work is categorized primarily under NAICS 333511 (Machine Shops, 103 awards), 332312 (Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing, 33 awards), and 332999 (All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, 29 awards), with secondary exposure in bolt and fastener manufacturing and ship building and repairing. PSC coding clusters around Structural Shapes (46 awards), Marine Hardware and Hull Items (17 awards), and Miscellaneous Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment (14 awards). The vendor has no identifiable subcontractor footprint in the source data; all 268 awards are prime awards, indicating a direct supplier posture rather than a teaming or subcontracting model.