Merelex Corporation
Santa Monica, CA Doing business as American Elements
- UEI
- JGNXJCJ99VK5
- CAGE
- 35SR4
- Primary NAICS
- 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1833 Centinela Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
- Website
- americanelements.com
- Founded
- 1998
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Materials
- Chemicals
- SIC code
- 28 Chemical & Allied Products
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $90,052 |
| FY2025 | $21,317 |
| FY2024 | -$1,641 |
| FY2023 | $8,433 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Commerce | $64,523 | |
| 2 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $25,529 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | N0003020C0101 | $220,761 |
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About the company
Merelex Corporation (American Elements division) manufactures specialty metals, metal powders, and raw materials for federal agencies as a small-business prime contractor, delivering high-purity metallic sheets, rods, powders, and fabricated components across civilian and defense end uses.
American Elements is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Santa Monica, California, competing predominantly in the full-and-open marketplace under total small business set-asides on a subset of awards. The vendor's footprint spans niche materials science: platinum cylinders certified to 99.99% purity with polycrystalline isotropic structure, indium metal sheets for radiation-hardened research, platinum-iridium tubing for temperature probes, specialty alloy powders for additive manufacturing, and rod stock for naval systems. The awards carry modest individual dollar values ($8 thousand to $65 thousand ceiling), driven by the consumable and specialized-component nature of the work rather than program scale.
The customer base concentrates heavily on three agencies. NASA's Shared Services Center dominates by award count and dollars (5 awards, $174 thousand combined potential value), but the National Institute of Standards and Technology (3 awards, $85 thousand) and the Department of the Navy's sub-commands (Naval Sea Systems Command, Information Warfare Systems Command, Strategic Systems Programs combined into the Navy's three awards, $18 thousand) anchor the remainder. The Department of the Army's Joint Munitions Command and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences account for the balance. These five customers represent 85% of award count and 98% of combined potential value. The vendor has no seats on GWACs or broad-based vehicles; all work flows as direct purchase orders from individual agencies or the Shared Services Center.
Over the past five years, activity has remained light and episodic — one award each in 2022 and 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — with a combined potential value across all thirteen recent awards of $435 thousand. Two awards (combined potential value $90 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The vendor carries a single sub-award from Lockheed Martin (May 2024) for D5LE2 missile pre-development R&D powders (C103 and CB752), representing less than one percent of the footprint; 92% of recent activity is prime work. The vendor's NAICS profile aligns with materials supply: Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (5 awards) and All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3 awards) reflect the specialty-metals orientation. American Elements positions as a consumable-materials supplier to specialized federal R&D, manufacturing, and systems-integration programs rather than as a systems integrator or large-scale contractor.
Quick answers
Is Merelex Corporation registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Merelex Corporation's SAM.gov registration is active through March 2, 2027.
How much has Merelex Corporation received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $21,317 to Merelex Corporation in fiscal year 2025 and $118,160 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Merelex Corporation rank among federal contractors?
Merelex Corporation ranked #61 in PSC 9535 and #92 in NAICS 32518 in FY2025.
What is Merelex Corporation's most recent federal award?
Merelex Corporation's most recent federal contract award is OU03-FY26-251-new (1333ND26PNB030553), from National Institute of Standards and Technology, on September 22, 2026.
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