Mereen-Johnson LLC

Mereen-Johnson LLC, doing business as A Division Of Mereen-Johnson Diehl Machines, manufactures and delivers specialized woodworking machinery — primarily straight-line rip saws and related components — to federal agencies as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor is a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Wabash, Indiana, competing exclusively under the Total Small Business set-aside category across its six federal awards since March 2024.

The vendor's customer base is concentrated with the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, which accounts for four awards worth $450 thousand combined potential value — 78% of all recent awards and 100% of the recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months. The Department of the Army's Joint Munitions Command has placed one $100 thousand order, and the Federal Aviation Administration's Non-Franchise Acquisition Services has issued one $25 thousand purchase order for rip saw chain assembly replacement. All three customers have rated the vendor favorably enough to place repeat orders; DLA Distribution has awarded four purchase orders in rapid succession between April 2025 and April 2026.

Recent representative work spans two weapon-system maintenance and readiness missions. Mereen-Johnson delivered a Diehl Model SL65-56 straight-line rip saw with 56-inch throat capacity, 20 HP belt-driven spindle, 230-volt operation, anti-kickback safety features, and eight hours of operator training to DLA Distribution's Cherry Point facility in North Carolina (April 2026, $115 thousand). A similar specification rip saw (480-volt operation) was installed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, with one-year manufacturer's warranty on parts and labor (April 2025, $102 thousand). The Army's Joint Munitions Command awarded a $100 thousand purchase order for rip saw equipment under solicitation W911S226U2253 with April 2026 completion.

Activity has accelerated slightly — one award in 2024 to three in 2025 and two to date in 2026 — with two awards reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete opportunity. The vendor operates exclusively from its Wabash, Indiana facility, which handles both manufacturing and delivery logistics. The combined potential value across all six awards is $576 thousand, with $551 thousand obligated (96% of ceiling). The vendor's footprint sits entirely at the prime level with no subcontract relationships or parent vehicle participation; all work flows through purchase orders issued directly by customer agencies. NAICS coding reflects sawmill, woodworking, and paper machinery manufacturing (5 awards) and PSC classification splits evenly between woodworking machines and saws-and-filing-machines categories (3 awards each).