General Metals Powder Co

General Metals Powder Co, operating under the doing business as name Gempco, is a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods headquartered in Akron, Ohio. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of friction materials and custom brake and clutch solutions, including brake repair kits, clutch disks, rotor plates, and friction clutch assemblies. Since its registration with SAM.gov in 1998, Gempco has established itself as a critical supplier to the U.S. Department of Defense, providing essential components that support the maintenance and operational readiness of military ground vehicles and aircraft across Department of Defense logistics networks. The company has received over 50 prime federal contracts since 2019, predominantly from the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime and the Air Education and Training Command, demonstrating its role as a specialized manufacturer of defense-critical friction and brake components.

Gempco's federal contract portfolio reflects its focus on providing specialized brake and clutch components to support military vehicle and aircraft maintenance programs. The company has supplied non-vehicular clutch disks, vehicular clutch disks, brake repair kits, rotor plates, and friction clutch assemblies through numerous firm fixed-price delivery orders and purchase orders awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, with individual contract values ranging from $1,875 to $820,208.18. Beyond DLA Land and Maritime, Gempco has also received awards from the Air Education and Training Command, including total small business set-aside contracts valued at $549,348.00 for Barrier Arresting Kit (BAK)-12 brake repair kits and $119,500.80 for BAK-12 clutch repair kits, as well as multiple small business set-aside contracts from the Army Aviation community. The company's contract awards are structured predominantly as firm fixed-price arrangements with no set-aside designations on the majority of DLA awards, though several contracts have been designated as total small business set-asides. Performance on all contracts occurs at Gempco's facility in Akron, Ohio, with delivery typically completed within 104 to 120 days following order placement to support DLA depots and other Department of Defense locations both within the Continental United States and overseas.

Gempco currently maintains four indefinite delivery contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, which provide the framework for recurring procurement of critical friction and brake components. The largest IDV, awarded on July 28, 2022, carries a ceiling value of $4,224,090.50 and runs through July 27, 2025, providing brake repair kits to support vehicle and aircraft maintenance programs across the Department of Defense. This contract is designated as a total small business set-aside and has generated delivery orders valued from $133,111.00 to $820,208.18. Three additional IDVs, each valued at $250,000, were awarded on November 17, 2022, January 5, 2024, and January 6, 2025, respectively, to provide non-vehicular clutch disks (National Stock Number 3010010756710) with no set-aside designations. These three non-vehicular clutch disk IDVs are structured to anticipate approximately 12 delivery orders annually with delivery timelines of 104 days following order placement. Collectively, these indefinite delivery contracts enable the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime to issue multiple task orders throughout their respective periods of performance to maintain inventory levels and support operational readiness requirements for military ground vehicles and aircraft maintenance programs. Task orders issued under these IDVs have been consistent with anticipated procurement patterns, with the DLA utilizing these contracts to access Gempco's specialized manufacturing capability on a recurring basis to replenish critical spare parts inventories.

We custom engineer sintered metallic friction products for transmissions, pto's, braking applications. We serve agriculture, wind energy, aerospace/defense, mining, mat'l handling, & ATV markets. We also offer paper friction and mating plate services.