Federal Equipment Co

Federal Equipment Co, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based manufacturer of goods subsidiary of Fairbanks Morse, LLC, supplies specialized marine defense components, mechanical assemblies, and technical services to the Department of the Navy, Department of Homeland Security, and Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor (70% of awards) and subcontractor on large shipbuilding programs. The company competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements; no set-asides recur across its prime footprint.

Federal Equipment Co's capability portfolio centers on marine equipment manufacture and ship support — hangar door systems, roller curtain doors, hatches, elevator and weapons-platform assemblies, synchro stators, rectifiers, and precision-manufactured weldments and components for naval vessels. Recent prime examples include a $494,240 purchase order from Military Sealift Command for complete helicopter hangar door replacement for USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5), a $331,615 Navy delivery order for original-equipment roller door parts for USNS Amelia Earhart, a $227,562 Coast Guard purchase order for helicopter hangar door assemblies and bottom bar components, a $176,652 Naval Supply Systems Command order for synchro stator repair, and a $158,983 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command for engineering and technical services supporting an unnamed weapons system. The company also holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (valued at $250,000) for supply of seals and related national stock number parts to military depots and logistics networks.

Customer concentration is severe and Navy-dominated. The top five customers account for 78% of recent awards by count and 88% of combined potential value. Naval Sea Systems Command alone anchors the footprint with 542 awards ($27.4 million combined potential value), followed distantly by Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (388 awards, $4.1 million), Military Sealift Command (144 awards, $5.4 million), Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (127 awards, $1.1 million), and the broader Navy department (105 awards, $353 thousand). The Coast Guard represents 68 awards worth $2.6 million combined potential value. Work is distributed across 28 distinct federal agencies, but Navy spend accounts for the vast majority of dollars.

Federal Equipment Co's award activity shows extreme volatility in recent years — 57 awards in 2022, a spike to 476 in 2023, then a sharp drop to 21 in 2024 and 34 in 2025. Only 3 awards (combined potential value $607 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The company maintains positions on five named Navy and DLA Indefinite Delivery Contracts: Indefinite Delivery Contract N6238393D2011 (9 task orders), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM7M109D5P77 (8 task orders, $88 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract N6449818D4022 (5 task orders, $9.3 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM7M111D5C42 (4 task orders, $15 thousand), and Indefinite Delivery Contract N0002421D4103 (3 task orders).

As a subcontractor, Federal Equipment Co delivers specialized weldments, assemblies, and mechanical components to major shipbuilders and ship-support primes. Huntington Ingalls Inc. absorbs the largest share of Federal Equipment Co's sub volume — dozens of sub awards spanning CVN 80/81 aircraft carrier detailed design and construction (stator rails, platforms, weapons elevator assemblies, capacitors, transformers, and control stations), CVN 75 refueling and complex overhaul (aluminum weldments and holders), and CVN 79 detail design and construction (aluminum vanes and mounting fixtures). Federal Equipment Co also performs equipment supply and elevator support on amphibious and carrier vessels for HII Fleet Support Group LLC, participates in FFG(X) guided-missile frigate construction for Marinette Marine Corporation, and supplies crane and hoist systems to BL Harbert International on Tyndall Air Force Base munitions storage facility construction. Recent sub work carries award dates from December 2025 and January 2025, indicating ongoing engagement across the major carrier and combatant-vessel programs.

The company's category concentration reflects its core competencies: Ship Building and Repairing dominates with 651 awards, followed by Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing (107 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (103), Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (76), and Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing (63). PSC concentration aligns — Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (West) accounts for 106 awards, Marine Hardware and Hull Items for 84, Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment for 82, and Gears, Pulleys, Sprockets, and Transmission Chain for 72. Federal Equipment Co is registered in SAM and has maintained continuous federal contracting presence since 2001.