Ems Industrial Inc.

Ems Industrial Inc., doing business as Electric Motor Service, is a small business Subchapter S corporation based in Chesapeake, Virginia, that provides electric motor repair, generator rebuild, pump overhaul, and ship equipment maintenance services to the Department of the Navy as both a prime contractor (40% of recent awards) and subcontractor (60%). The company operates entirely under total small business set-asides on its prime work and competes exclusively within the Department of the Navy's maritime maintenance ecosystem.

Ems Industrial holds two master IDIQs with the Military Sealift Command: the $140 million East Coast General Ship Repair IDIQ (established November 2023, ordering period through September 2028) and the $44.6 million Electrical Services MAC IDIQ (awarded June 2025, ordering period through June 2030), both designated total small business set-asides. Under the East Coast General Ship Repair IDIQ, the company has received 20 task orders totaling $6.1 million in combined potential value, including a $913,097 delivery order for EPF-class SSDG alternator overhaul, a $1.94 million order for USNS Pecos pump overhaul, and an $821,348 order for USNS Pecos parts overhaul. Concrete recent delivery orders span fire pump and motor overhaul on USNS Cody ($18,913), stripping pump overhaul on USNS Lenthall ($57,839), and electric motor overhaul on USNS Arctic ($11,200), with work performed at Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and North Charleston shipyard locations. The Electrical Services MAC IDIQ has generated three task orders since award, including a $19,800 motor overhaul on the MUTC sliding pad-eye motor and a $9,100 air conditioning plant motor overhaul at Humphreys. Ems Industrial also holds a prior generator rebuild purchase order from US Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic) valued at $105,208.

Customer concentration is extreme and highly concentrated on the Military Sealift Command, which accounts for 51 awards (99% of combined potential value, $191.3 million). Naval Sea Systems Command places a secondary volume of 122 awards with minimal dollar magnitude ($61 thousand combined), primarily administrative modifications and settlement actions. The gap between award count and dollar concentration reflects Naval Sea Systems Command's role as the administrative contracting office for multiple Navy ship repair contracts on which Ems Industrial subcontracts, while MSC directly awards operational repair task orders.

Ems Industrial's subcontract footprint is substantially larger than its prime footprint by award count. The company subcontracts heavily to BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk Inc. on USS Kearsarge, USS Wasp, and USS Laboon restricted availability and docking selected availability work, performing direct electrical and mechanical labor as a subordinate trade contractor. Ems Industrial also subcontracts to East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC on USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams lay berth and ship repair availability, performing pump and motor overhaul work at Riverport, and to Metro Machine Corp. on non-commercial repair options. The subcontract relationship with BAE Systems is the dominant engagement, spanning FY23 through FY25 amphibious warfare ship and destroyer maintenance work.

Activity trajectory shows sharp growth from 2022 (one award) through 2024 (53 awards), followed by a flatter 2025 (52 awards) and minimal 2026 activity to date (4 awards through July). The recompete cliff is minimal — only 2 awards (combined potential value $61 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, both Naval Sea Systems Command administrative modifications. Ems Industrial has been registered in SAM since 2001 and operates in NAICS 327 (Ship Building and Repairing), which accounts for 167 of the 205 total awards. Work is performed on the U.S. East Coast, primarily at Norfolk, Virginia Beach, North Charleston, and Chesapeake facilities supporting MSC's fleet operations.