Metro Assemblies Inc.

Metro Assemblies Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business manufacturer based in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, supplies precision electrical and electronic components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor, competing almost exclusively in full-and-open and total-small-business-set-aside procurements. The company manufactures wiring harnesses, electrical connectors, cable assemblies, insulation sleeving, terminal lugs, and modular connector components for defense applications, with all work performed at its St. Anthony, Minnesota facility.

Metro Assemblies serves a concentrated customer base anchored entirely within the Defense Logistics Agency. The company holds 132 awards across two DLA divisions: DLA Aviation (65 awards, $616 thousand combined potential value) and DLA Land and Maritime (66 awards, $339 thousand combined potential value), with a single award from Naval Sea Systems Command ($14 thousand). The two divisions contribute roughly equally to the award count, though Aviation's order values run higher per unit; both rankings are identical, reflecting flat distribution across DLA's two primary customer divisions.

The company's prime vehicle footprint includes two Indefinite Delivery Contracts. A $250,000 single-award IDC with DLA Land and Maritime (June 2024–June 2025, now expired) procured RJ45 8-pin modular electrical components (NSN 5935015326234) with an anticipated nine orders per year, a guaranteed minimum of 1,422 units, and 93-day delivery windows. In April 2026, DLA Aviation awarded a successor $350,000 single-award IDC running through April 2027 for wiring harness components (NSN 5995017144986) under total small business set-aside, structured with an estimated twelve orders per year and a guaranteed minimum of seven units per order. Beyond these IDCs, Metro's awards are predominantly small purchase orders ranging from sub-$100 micro-purchases to orders in the $58,000 range, denominated in the thousands of dollars rather than millions. Representative work includes a $58,035 wiring harness delivery order to DLA Aviation in July 2025, a $32,200 RJ45 modular component delivery order to DLA Land and Maritime in September 2024, a $31,440 wiring harness order to DLA Aviation in February 2026, and a $22,943 wiring harness order to DLA Aviation in December 2025.

Activity has accelerated sharply: one award in 2016, ten in 2023, twenty-six in 2024, and eighty-two in 2025, with thirteen awards in the first quarter of 2026. This trajectory reflects increased purchase-order velocity against the two IDCs rather than new vehicle wins. Four awards carrying combined potential value of $69 thousand face completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure centered on the Aviation IDC renewal cycle. Metro's capability portfolio is tightly focused: the top five NAICS categories across all awards are Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (35 awards), Electronic Connector Manufacturing (20 awards), Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (20 awards), Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (19 awards), and Noncurrent-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (9 awards). The top five PSCs track identically: Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components (33 awards), Connectors (22 awards), Lugs and Terminals (22 awards), Electrical Insulators (20 awards), and Power Distribution Equipment (15 awards). Metro operates as a 100% prime contractor with no recorded subcontractor activity, performing all manufacturing in-house. The company competes almost exclusively on total-small-business-set-aside and unrestricted full-and-open DLA purchase orders, with no apparent presence on government-wide vehicles, GWACs, or multi-agency IDIQs. Combined potential value across all 132 awards is $968 thousand, with $371 thousand (38%) obligated, reflecting the small-order, high-velocity posture characteristic of DLA's electrical component replenishment buying.

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