Gaven Industries Inc.

Gaven Industries Inc., a for-profit manufacturer based in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, supplies High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) shielded enclosures, containers, and related electromagnetic shielding products to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides, with occasional work as a subcontractor on defense programs.

Gaven operates as a small manufacturer competing predominantly under set-aside vehicles; all four recent prime awards carry Total Small Business or no set-aside designation, with the Total Small Business set-aside appearing on the two most recent awards (March 2026 and July 2024). The company's concrete capability centers on specialized HEMP-shielded containers, CONEX enclosures, swing doors, and related electromagnetic shielding solutions designed for force protection, secure communications infrastructure, and critical electronic warfare applications. Recent named work includes a $764,750 shielded stand-by generator enclosure for Naval Sea Systems Command (March 2026, Total Small Business set-aside, completion December 2026), a $497,180 Operational CONEX Shielded Enclosure, also for Naval Sea Systems Command (July 2024, Total Small Business set-aside, completion May 2025), a $177,580 custom HEMP container for Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (June 2024, no set-aside, completion May 2025), and a $126,903 HEMP swing door service plan covering four doors on a MILSTAR warranty agreement with Army Southern Command (September 2023, no set-aside, completion September 2027).

Customer concentration sits with Navy and Army commands. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command leads by potential value at $1.3 million across two awards (47% of the top-five customers' combined value). The Army Materiel Command's Research, Development and Engineering Command, Air Combat Command, Southern Command, and Communications Electronics Command collectively account for the remainder of the top-customer list. Across all 19 federal awards recorded, the vendor serves 13 distinct customer agencies, though concentration is tight among defense entities. Gaven's top parent vehicle is an Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract (FA873521D0001) from which one task order was placed.

Award activity shows sparse but steady placement: two awards in 2020, one in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026. Combined potential value across all awards is $1.9 million, though combined obligated dollars total $4 million (210% of potential value), indicating that actual invoiced work has exceeded ceiling values on multiple orders. Two awards totaling $892 thousand reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. In its subcontractor role, Gaven supplies goods to Serco Inc. on J Plant Renovation sub-awards (May and August 2025) and provides logistics support for nuclear command, control, and communications integration to Raytheon Company (April 2024). Across NAICS coding, Gaven's work splits among Industrial Building Construction, Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing, Other Metal Container Manufacturing, and Electronic Component Manufacturing, reflecting the breadth of electromagnetic shielding hardware the company manufactures for specialized defense applications.