Elite Aluminum Corp

Elite Aluminum Corp Forts Division, doing business as Elite Panel Products, manufactures and delivers prefabricated metal shelter systems and deployable medical infrastructure to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards), competing predominantly on full-and-open sole-source and small-business-set-aside purchase orders rather than multi-award vehicles or IDIQs. The company is a Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Coconut Creek, Florida, with primary NAICS classification 332311 (Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing) and operates manufacturing facilities in Pompano Beach and Margate, Florida, with subordinate performance locations in Martinsburg, West Virginia, Port Hueneme, California, and Savannah, Georgia.

Elite Aluminum's federal portfolio is heavily concentrated in the Department of Veterans Affairs across multiple funding and operating components. The top five customer entities account for 63% of recent awards by count and 92% of combined potential value, led by the Department of Veterans Affairs (16 awards, $34.1 million combined potential value), Department of Veterans Affairs Headquarters (6 awards, $17.5 million), and Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 (6 awards, $8.1 million). The Department of the Air Force Air National Guard follows with 6 awards totaling $943 thousand. A single award from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response carries $8.3 million in potential value, anchoring the second-largest dollar position outside the VA. Across all awards, Elite Aluminum has worked with 21 distinct customer agencies since 2012.

Elite Aluminum's capability portfolio centers on manufacturing and supporting mobile intensive care units (MICUs), containerized fold-out rigid tactical shelter (C-FORT) units, medical surge capacity pods, rapidly deployable medical units (RDMUs), and expandable integrated shelter unit (ISU) components. Recent representative work includes a $718.5 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs on October 1, 2026, for climate-controlled storage, inspection, and preventative maintenance of an eighteen-bed MICU through March 31, 2028, performed at the company's Coconut Creek facility; a $498.9 thousand purchase order from the VA issued September 4, 2026, for containerized fold-out rigid tactical shelter units with legal road-transportable rigid hard-side construction; and a $846.2 thousand total small-business-set-aside purchase order from VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 (August 22, 2023) for four rapid deployable medical units delivered to VA facilities in California and Hawaii. Work under Air National Guard awards includes $262.4 thousand (May 2026) and $137.4 thousand (July 2026) purchase orders for expandable ISU components, both designated total small business set-asides. Elite Aluminum manufactures these systems as the original equipment manufacturer and holds proprietary drawings, specifications, and trained personnel and specialized handling equipment — factors cited in VA sole-source justifications under FAR 6.302-1 authority across multiple MICU storage and maintenance awards dating to October 2024.

Activity has been episodic rather than growth-oriented. The past five years show two awards in 2022, seven in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and nine in 2026. Combined potential value across the 60-award portfolio stands at $79.1 million, with $77.3 million (98%) obligated. Seven awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and carry combined potential value of $2.8 million — a modest recompete cliff. The company maintains no named parent vehicles; its awards issue as direct purchase orders under Buildings and Building Materials and Special Operations Equipment vehicles, accounting for only seven awards combined. Elite Aluminum operates predominantly as a prime (59 of 60 awards) and carries one named sub-award as of September 2024, subcontracting to Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. on a FORTS Mobilizer Model MOB02 delivery.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue for federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $769 thousand across FY2023 and FY2024, with 1.3 FTEs delivered in each of those years. Median government-paid hourly rates on these service records ran around $140/hr, with senior labor pricing through $167/hr. The SCI dataset represents a small slice of Elite Aluminum's federal portfolio, which consists predominantly of goods procurement (prefabricated structures, components, and equipment) rather than service contracts; SCI figures do not reflect the company's total federal revenue or workforce scale.