Erie Engineered Products, Inc.

Erie Engineered Products, Inc., a Lancaster, New York-based small business manufacturer, supplies specialized shipping and storage containers, mechanical components, and logistics solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) and holds two active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency and Naval Supply Systems Command. A Subchapter S Corporation registered in SAM since 2002, Erie competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides and Partial Small Business designations, though a material portion of its work carries no set-aside.

Erie's customer concentration is extreme and narrow. Naval Supply Systems Command dominates the portfolio at 360 awards valued at $109.4 million in combined potential value, while DLA Aviation accounts for 138 awards at $90.1 million — together they represent 82% of all awards and $199.5 million of the vendor's $204.3 million combined potential value. Naval Air Warfare Center, DLA Land and Maritime, and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment round out the active set but are substantially smaller by dollar magnitude. This concentration reflects Erie's positioning as a dedicated supplier of standardized logistics components to two anchor customers rather than a diversified defense contractor.

The capability portfolio centers on metal container and specialized shipping-and-storage product manufacturing. Top NAICS categories are Metal Can Manufacturing (187 awards), Other Metal Container Manufacturing (177 awards), and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (72 awards). Recent representative prime work includes a $4.41 million definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command awarded April 7, 2026, for flight-critical shipping and storage containers under total small business set-aside, a $3.03 million NAVSUP contract from February 24, 2026, also small-business set-aside, a $1.84 million NAVSUP contract from June 15, 2023, for specialized containers with an ultimate completion date extending to December 13, 2027, and a $374.4 million DLA Aviation definitive contract from July 27, 2022, for shipping and storage solutions running through September 2, 2024. DLA Land and Maritime awarded Erie a $350,000 single-award IDV on December 16, 2025, for Cylinder Assembly manufacturing, extending through December 16, 2026. Smaller purchase orders are consistent and repetitive: wheels, hinges, gaskets, pins, plates, and mechanical fasteners in the $1 thousand to $80 thousand range, primarily through DLA Aviation.

Erie holds two significant parent IDV vehicles. The Indefinite Delivery Contract SPRPA119D001W carries 56 task orders valued at $27.6 million in combined potential value — the vendor's highest-utilization vehicle. A second IDV, N0038300D032G, shows 24 task orders. These vehicles streamline procurement for recurring logistics components and provide the vendor with a stable, repeatable order flow from its anchor customers.

Activity has been volatile. The award count declined from 24 awards in 2023 to 10 in 2024, recovered to 18 in 2025, and shows only 5 awards year-to-date in 2026 — a three-month snapshot that does not indicate trend. Eleven awards (combined potential value $17.8 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represent recompete exposure for the vendor.

In its subcontractor role, Erie supplies aircraft parts and mechanical assemblies to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation on Blackhawk transmission procurement and Combat Rescue Helicopter main module assemblies (three sub-awards dated May 9, 2025) and to Lockheed Martin Corporation on a MK 8 MOD 5 Standard Module Cable Container enclosure (January 29, 2025). These subs represent a negligible fraction of Erie's total portfolio — 1% — and are secondary to the prime DLA and Navy supply-chain role.

DESIGN, DEVELOP AND MANUFACTURE SPECIAL METAL CONTAINERS, CASES, STANDS WITH SHOCK ISOLATION SYSTEMS, THERMOFORMED PLASTIC CASES, ENCLOSURES AND PARTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH MILITARY STANDARDS.