Ervin Industries Inc.

Ervin Industries Inc., doing business as Ervin Amasteel, manufactures specialized steel grit, steel shot, and ferrous metallic abrasive materials to Department of Defense and federal specifications, operating exclusively as a small business prime contractor with no subcontracting activity. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ervin Amasteel competes predominantly under total small business set-asides, with 189 of its 208 federal awards in the abrasive product manufacturing category (NAICS 327910) and a 24-year federal contracting history dating to 2002.

Ervin Amasteel's customer concentration is heavily anchored to the Department of the Navy. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) accounts for 111 awards (87% of recent activity) worth $15.6 million in combined potential value, followed by the Department of the Army's Joint Munitions Command with 35 awards ($7.7 million) and TACOM Life Cycle Management Command with 25 awards ($2.6 million). These three customers cover 98% of the vendor's combined potential value. NAVSEA is the dominant customer by both volume and dollars — the gap reflects NAVSEA's large individual orders (typically $100,000 to $350,000 per delivery order) relative to Army orders. Representative recent work includes a $204,660 total small business set-aside delivery order from NAVSEA for 200 drums of G-50 high-carbon cast steel grit (SAE J1993 and J444 standards) to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in August 2025, a $119,200 small business purchase order from the Army's Joint Munitions Command for 200,000 pounds of Size 40 steel grit to McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in April 2025, and a $14,894 total small business set-aside purchase order from GSA (on behalf of a federal customer) for S330 steel shot in August 2026. Work specifications uniformly require new-manufacturer material (recycled grit excluded), 100 percent sample-rate inspection and hardness testing, and delivery in 1,600-pound drums with Certificates of Compliance.

Ervin Amasteel's work flows through five primary indefinite delivery vehicles. The largest parent vehicle is NAVSEA IDC SPMYM218D0004 (28 task orders, $2.7 million combined potential value), followed by SPMYM213D0002 (19 task orders, $1.3 million), Army IDC W911RQ15D0005 (14 task orders, $308 thousand), Army W911RQ12D0009 (7 task orders, $155 thousand), and Army W52P1J19D3006 (5 task orders, $380 thousand). Activity has averaged eight awards per year over the past five years; the vendor recorded thirteen awards in 2022, declining to two in 2026 (as of late August). With ten awards issued in 2025, the trajectory shows volatility rather than sustained growth or decline. Combined potential value sits at $27 million across 208 awards, with $14.4 million (53%) obligated to date. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no sub-award footprint.