Custom Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc.

Custom Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc., doing business as C M E, is a Women-Owned Small Business based in Pinellas Park, Florida that manufactures electronic, electrical, and mechanical assemblies for defense agencies as a prime contractor (96% of awards) and as a subcontractor on major defense platforms. The company is a Subchapter S corporation and SBA-certified WOSB that competes predominantly under small-business set-asides on direct purchases and indefinite-delivery vehicles; roughly 60% of prime awards carry small-business set-aside designations, while the remainder compete full-and-open.

CME's capability footprint centers on precision manufacturing of cable assemblies, wiring harnesses, circuit card assemblies, power supply equipment, test sets, switching units, and structural components for military systems. Representative recent prime work includes a $3.21 million definitive contract from DLA Land and Maritime (November 2024) for 59 Engine Memory Unit modification kits; a $750 thousand SBIR Phase II award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (July 2024) for augmented nondestructive inspection services; a $236.6 thousand total-small-business set-aside definitive contract from DLA Land and Maritime (September 2025) for 184 units of wiring harness (NSN 6150-01-106-7911); a $190.3 thousand total-small-business purchase order from Air Force Materiel Command (August 2025) for cable assemblies; and a $250 thousand SBIR Phase I award from the Department of the Army (July 2025) for shop tools and enablers innovation under Topic A244-P058. The company holds two significant indefinite-delivery vehicles: a $1.675 billion Support Equipment Vehicles Strategic Replenishment Contract (SEV SRC) with Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, extending through September 2031, from which 24 task orders worth $47 million have been placed, and a Basic Ordering Agreement for Class IX supplies with Army Contracting Command Warren (BOAST Program), effective April 2026 through April 2031.

Customer concentration is extreme. The top five federal agencies account for 98% of combined potential value, led overwhelmingly by Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center Robins (25 awards, $1.76 billion combined potential value—90% of the total portfolio), followed at distance by Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command (54 awards, $49.4 million), Naval Sea Systems Command (15 awards, $47.1 million), Army Materiel Command Detroit Arsenal (14 awards, $27 million), and DLA Land and Maritime (26 awards, $22.2 million). The SEV SRC vehicle anchors the Air Force concentration; without it, portfolio composition would shift significantly toward the Army and Navy. The company serves 47 distinct federal agencies overall, but award volume and dollars concentrate sharply on AFMC Robins and Army logistics command customers.

Top NAICS codes cluster around electronic component manufacturing and assembly work: Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (31 awards), Search/Detection/Navigation/Guidance Instrument Manufacturing (30 awards), Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (28 awards), Power/Distribution/Specialty Transformer Manufacturing (25 awards), and Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing (21 awards). Top product/service codes track the assembly-centric profile: Electrical and Electronic Assemblies, Boards, Cards (65 awards), Cable/Cord/Wire Assemblies (48 awards), Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment (28 awards), Converters (24 awards), and Rechargeable Batteries (16 awards).

Activity has grown materially year over year—7 awards in 2022 to 20 in 2024—though recent 2025–2026 activity shows a deceleration to 14 and 2 awards respectively, a signal to monitor. Only 7 awards with combined potential value of $2.5 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure but also thin pipeline visibility in the immediate outlook. Obligated dollars represent 11% of combined potential value—$221.4 million obligated against $1.95 billion ceiling—reflecting the indefinite-delivery structure of the largest vehicle and the firm-fixed-price purchase-order volume typical of DLA and service logistics commands.

In its subcontractor role, CME delivers air data test sets, flight control system test sets, electronic control panels, and structural assemblies to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-9B test sets for foreign military sales), BAE Systems (F-16 flight control test equipment), DRS Sustainment Systems (Joint Assault Bridge electronic control panels), Lockheed Martin (F-35 boresight module assemblies and F-16 test sets), and Bechtel National (Space Launch System Mobile Launcher 2 thermal control and enclosure assemblies). Sub work spans defense platforms, foreign military sales logistics support, and civil space construction—13 of 14 recent sub awards cluster on airframe and UAS platform support.

CME registered in SAM.gov in 2002 and has maintained continuous federal contracting presence since. The source data spans 332 total awards (prime and sub combined) with a first award dating to November 1997. Set-aside posture across the prime footprint is decisively weighted toward total-small-business and woman-owned-small-business set-asides on IDIQs, BOAs, and definitive contracts; roughly 40% of recent prime awards carry no set-aside, reflecting full-and-open purchases from DLA, Army, and Air Force logistics commands where CME has earned supply positions through prior competition or has been selected on favorable pricing and lead time for urgent replenishment.

CME design/produces electronic/electrical hardware, software or firmware for our industrial and Government customers in Defense/Aerospace, Automotive/Transportation, Heavy Equipment & Industrial Machinery, and Energy markets. Calibration & Repair Services. ISO9001 & AS9100D QMS registrations, TS16949 Conformance; and A2LA accredited ISO 17025 Compliant Calibration Lab. UL508A Control Panel Builder.