Dare Electronics, Inc.

Dare Electronics, Inc., a woman-owned small business manufacturer based in Troy, Ohio, supplies specialized electromechanical and electronic components—primarily electromagnetic relays, timer assemblies, sensors, and control boxes—to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor (99% of awards). The company operates predominantly in full-and-open competitions rather than under formal socioeconomic set-asides, though it qualifies as a woman-owned small business and has received both Total Small Business set-aside and unrestricted awards across its portfolio. With over seventy-five years of defense industry experience, Dare Electronics holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Aviation valued at $536,766 for timer assemblies through February 2028, which has generated six delivery orders since award in early 2023.

Customer concentration at Dare Electronics is extreme and intentional. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 947 of 1,233 prime awards (77% coverage of the portfolio by count) and $31.7 million of $38.4 million in combined potential value (83% of total dollars). DLA Aviation trails significantly with 40 awards and $2.1 million, while DLA as an undifferentiated entity carries 207 awards and $1.9 million. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command and the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command account for the remainder. This concentration reflects Dare Electronics' deep specialization: 978 awards (70% of the portfolio) carry the Relays and Solenoids PSC code; 526 awards (38%) fall under NAICS 334416 (Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing). The company's footprint is almost entirely DLA Land and Maritime purchase orders for qualified products list electromagnet relays, thermal relays, current sensors, solid state flashers, and timer assemblies—typically firm fixed-price delivery orders ranging from several thousand to several hundred thousand dollars, with performance at the Troy facility.

Recent prime activity shows volatility: twenty-two awards in 2022, forty-seven in 2023, twenty-nine in 2024, thirty-nine in 2025, and eight awards to date in 2026. Combined potential value of $38.4 million sits against combined obligated dollars of $49.2 million (128% of potential value), indicating that actual spending has exceeded contract ceilings—a signal of recurring demand and successful performance. Fourteen awards (combined potential value $2.8 million) reach completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete exposure. The five largest parent vehicles (IDCs SPE7LX15D0014, SPM93006D0003, SP093003D0157, SPE7M515D5012, and SPM7M113D5N74) collectively carry only fifty-four task orders and less than $1.1 million in combined potential value, reflecting Dare Electronics' reliance on direct purchase orders to DLA Land and Maritime rather than deep task-order pipelines under large umbrella vehicles.

Dare Electronics subcontracts on defense programs as a supplier to major primes. Since early 2024, the company has delivered relay and sensor components to Lockheed Martin (relay sequencing and time-delay relay assemblies on 3DELRR integrated logistics support), Boeing (F/A-18E and F-15EX aerospace commodities), Raytheon (A3 Sentinel radar lifecycle contractor support), L3Harris Technologies (BIG SAFARI electronic component manufacturing), Vertex Aerospace (aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment), and Sierra Nevada Company (BIG SAFARI voltage sensors and relays). These subcontract engagements underscore Dare Electronics' role as a specialized supplier of electromechanical components to platform-level defense prime contractors, though the subcontract footprint (thirteen awards across the portfolio, less than 1% of total) remains marginal relative to its DLA prime business. The company has been a federal contractor continuously since 1980, demonstrating sustained capability and compliance in a narrow, mission-critical commodity.

DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE TIME DELAY, SOLID STATE AND HYBRID RELAYS, VOLTAGE FREQUENCY AND PHASE SENSORS, POWER MONITORS, CHOPPERS, FLASHERS, STEPPERS, AMPLIFIERS, FILTERS, DC-DC CONVERTERS AND POWER SUPPLIES.