Electronic Metal Fabrication, Inc.

Electronic Metal Fabrication, Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business based in San Diego, California, manufactures precision metal fabrication and electronic components for naval defense systems as a prime contractor on purchase orders (35% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to defense primes (65% of recent awards). The company is a Subchapter S Corporation and self-certified small disadvantaged business with a track record dating to SAM registration in October 2004; it competes in full-and-open categories and carries no active seat on government-wide vehicles or IDIQs.

Electronic Metal Fabrication's customer base is entirely Department of the Navy, with 35 of 40 total awards serving Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) — the sole material customer — and subordinate Navy commands (Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center) accounting for the remaining five awards. This extreme concentration means the vendor's pipeline moves with NAVWAR procurement cycles. On the prime side, Electronic Metal Fabrication has delivered plenum assemblies, waterfall panels, UPS support rails, and other precision-machined naval components through purchase orders ranging from $16,600 to $84,800, with representative recent work including a $68,500 C2P metal fabrication order (July 2026), a $34,900 waterfall panel top component order (May 2025), and an $84,800 MOS ECP plenum assembly order (January 2023 under Total Small Business set-aside). Combined potential value across all 40 awards reads as $317 thousand, but obligated dollars total $2.1 million — a signal that the vendor has been paid significantly against its contracts and invoices substantially more than purchase-order ceilings reflect; this gap suggests historical awards with higher ceilings or multiple task orders per IDIQ vehicle.

The subcontractor footprint shows Electronic Metal Fabrication operating almost exclusively under two defense primes: Noblis MSD LLC and Serco Inc. Noblis work centers on submarine production and engineering support — CANES submarine systems, Virginia-class and Columbia-class shipset construction, cryptographic universal enclosure manufacturing, and naval maintenance support — with recent sub awards dating through October 2025. Serco work tracks similarly, covering afloat networks, CANES production units, and Virginia-class shipset parts kits. Over the past five years, 2024 and 2025 drove the activity spike (15 and 13 awards respectively), against 1–2 awards in 2021 and 2023; activity through July 2026 shows only one new prime award, suggesting either seasonal timing in the source or flattening velocity in the current year. Electronic Metal Fabrication's capability portfolio clusters in sheet metal work, precision machining, electronic component assembly, and fabricated naval hardware — work reflected in its top NAICS categories (Engineering Services, Machine Tool Manufacturing, Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing) and PSC assignments (Hardware Commercial, Miscellaneous Machine Tools). The vendor brings no visible IT, software, or services capability; its mission is precision hardware supply to submarine and surface warfare system integrators.

Bending, shearing, rolling, punching, forming, milling sheet metal