Metal Fab South Inc.

Metal Fab South Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and for-profit manufacturer based in Kenner, Louisiana, fabricates precision metal components and instrument housings for federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates under NAICS codes spanning machine shops (332710) and specialized instruments manufacturing, with all recent work performed at its Kenner facility.

Metal Fab South's customer footprint is narrowly concentrated: the Department of the Interior's US Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants represents 67% of awards and 96% of combined potential value across the vendor's recent contract history. Four awards to USGS total $241 thousand in potential value. The vendor has completed work fabricating orifice fitting assemblies ($106,050, awarded September 2023), crest-stage gage bottom caps ($75,825, awarded February 2022), storm surge sensor housings ($27,500, awarded March 2026), and reel drive components ($31,807, awarded April 2026). All awards are firm fixed-price purchase orders with 60- to 120-day delivery cycles to the USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Work spans multiple NAICS and PSC categories — machine shops, environmental control manufacturing, and instruments for hydrologic and meteorological measurement — reflecting USGS's diversity of instrumentation needs rather than vendor specialization across a single product line.

Activity is sporadic: six total awards spanning from 2006 through April 2026, with two awards in 2026 following a multi-year gap. All $250 thousand in combined potential value has been obligated. The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint and no seats on government-wide vehicles or BPAs. Its competitive position relies entirely on small business set-aside eligibility and manufacturing responsiveness to USGS's recurring hydrologic instrumentation procurement needs.