Electro Adapter Inc.

Electro Adapter Inc., doing business as Plating, is a woman-owned manufacturer of connector backshells, adapters, and related electrical components that operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) on small-dollar purchase orders to federal civilian and defense facilities. The firm is based in Chatsworth, California and competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides across a fragmented, high-volume award portfolio spanning 727 recent federal transactions.

Electro Adapter's capability portfolio centers on electronic connector manufacturing — specifically backshells for Micro D Rectangular, D Sub Rectangular, and MIL-DTL connectors, as well as band shield terminators and EMI shielding materials. The vendor's recent representative work includes a $25 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from the U.S. Penitentiary Marion (awarded February 2026) for cable, connectors, and electrical equipment, with performance in Chatsworth; a supply of canister production materials and services to BAE Systems Land & Armaments across four separate 2024–2025 sub-awards; and a C-17 Globemaster III aerospace commodities sub-award to The Boeing Company (December 2024). The award portfolio spans 151 distinct electronic connector manufacturing awards, 127 current-carrying wiring device manufacturing awards, and 387 awards under PSC Connectors, Electrical, reflecting a tight focus on low-volume connector and electrical hardware.

Customer concentration sits with the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons system, which accounts for 304 awards (55% of the award count) and $2.1 million combined potential value. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command contributes 61 awards ($72 thousand), and the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center contributes 37 awards ($31 thousand). The top customers by award count and potential value rankings diverge significantly — BOP Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix ranks second in volume (49 awards) but leads in potential value ($831 thousand), while the BOP central account places 210 awards but trails in aggregate dollars. This pattern reflects Electro Adapter's model: many small transactional orders through prison supply contracts alongside lower-frequency, higher-value defense industrial sub-awards.

Work flows through five primary indefinite delivery contracts with the Bureau of Prisons: IDC DJU4600002664 carries 68 task orders ($2.5 million combined potential value), DJU4600003282 carries 34 task orders ($837 thousand), DJU4600004497 carries 30 task orders ($684 thousand), DJU4600002886 carries 40 task orders ($238 thousand), and 4600000838 carries 30 task orders ($419 thousand). The vendor's sub-award work is minimal (1% of awards) but includes material and service supply to BAE Systems on canister production requirements and to Boeing on C-17 sustainment programs. Activity has slowed in recent years — six awards in 2018, one in 2019, four in 2024, two in 2025, and one so far in 2026 — suggesting either portfolio contraction or a shift in reporting or vehicle structure. The combined potential value across all awards stands at $8.8 million against $12.7 million in combined dollars obligated, indicating significant performance uptake or repricing against ceiling values.

Electro Adapter forms a direct funnel of Military and Commercial equivalent backshells, adapters and related services to cable, harness builders, OEM's and systems integrators for over 42 years. We define ourselves every day by the way we assist customers in selecting the right interconnect hardware for a wide array of applications.