Communications & Ear Protection, Inc.

Communications & Ear Protection, Inc., doing business as C E P, manufactures specialized communications and hearing protection equipment for the Defense Department as a prime contractor (100% of awards), operating as a woman-owned small business Subchapter S corporation based in Enterprise, Alabama. The company holds a roster of indefinite delivery contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency and places the bulk of its work under small-business and full-and-open set-asides on DLA vehicles.

C E P's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in a narrow customer base and product set. The top two customers—DLA Land and Maritime and DLA Aviation—account for 82% of the 713 prime awards in the source data and anchor 85% of combined potential value at $30.7 million. The company also places smaller volumes of work with the Army (51 awards, $317 thousand), the Marine Corps (37 awards, $413 thousand), and GSA Federal Acquisition Service (10 awards, $16.9 million), where the GSA dollars reflect a $7.1 million seat on the Multiple Award Schedule. The remaining customer concentration—37 distinct agencies across the federal government—is negligible by dollar value.

The product portfolio is narrow and concrete: electrical headsets (456 awards across the history), cable and cord assemblies for communications equipment (109 awards), wiring harnesses for aircraft and ground systems, CEP kits (bundled communication earplug and hearing protection sets), and branded communication electronics. Representative recent work includes a $99,794 delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime in October 2025 for 731 electrical headsets under Total Small Business set-aside; a $99,645 delivery order from DLA Aviation in June 2025 for wiring harnesses on firm fixed price; and a $127,449 March 2025 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for 1,429 electrical headsets under Total Small Business set-aside. The company also holds newer indefinite delivery contracts: a $1.08 million ceiling IDC with DLA Aviation awarded March 2025 for wiring harnesses running through 2030, a $420,964 IDC with DLA Aviation for branded wiring harnesses (March 2025 to 2030), and a $250,000 single-award IDC with DLA Land and Maritime for electrical headsets awarded December 2025.

Activity has remained flat in recent years, running 18 to 25 awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with minimal recompete pressure: only one award carrying $21 thousand in potential value completes in the next twenty-four months. The top parent vehicles are the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (78 task orders, $7.1 million), followed by three DLA-specific IDCs: SPE7MX14D0042 (31 task orders, $926 thousand), SPM7M907D7008 (23 task orders, $1.6 million), and SPM7M908D5118 (17 task orders, $839 thousand). The source does not indicate any federal grant work or subcontract operations; C E P operates exclusively as a prime contractor. Delivery is performed entirely at the Enterprise, Alabama manufacturing facility, supporting critical military communication and hearing protection requirements across air, land, and maritime operational domains.