Monarch Lathes LP

Monarch Lathes LP, a woman-owned small business based in Sidney, Ohio, manufactures and supplies precision metalworking machinery, lathe components, and equipment repair services to the Department of Defense and related federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation, though approximately one-third of recent awards carry Total Small Business set-aside status.

Monarch Lathes operates as a limited liability partnership and has maintained SAM registration since 2002. The company's federal work centers on lathe manufacturing, rebuild, and repair; industrial plant equipment (IPE) components; and on-site technical training. Core NAICS codes span machine tool metal cutting manufacturing (86 awards), general machine tool manufacturing (50 awards), and metalworking machinery repair and maintenance (32 awards). PSC concentration aligns tightly: lathes (83 awards), machine tool accessories (33 awards), and equipment rebuild services (30 awards) dominate the footprint. Recent representative work includes a $585,896.80 Total Small Business set-aside from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Huntington District) awarded September 25, 2025, for procurement and installation of two lathes with turnkey setup at the Marietta Repair Station; a $79,373 equipment refurbishment order from an unnamed civilian federal agency for metal shop lathe refurbishment (September 2, 2025); and multiple Defense Logistics Agency Aviation purchases of IPE components and OEM machine parts ranging from $3,315 to $61,159.98 across September and October 2025.

Customer concentration skews toward defense aviation and Navy repair operations. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 45 awards valued at $6.2 million combined potential value (44% of total portfolio dollars), followed by the Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District (12 awards, $1.7 million), Naval Air Systems Command (14 awards, $1.2 million), and Naval Sea Systems Command (79 awards, $1 million). The Navy volume-to-value split reflects numerous small-dollar component and training awards alongside larger rebuild contracts such as a $101,873 Naval Sea Systems Command rebuild of a Monarch Lathe Series 2013 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (June 2023, ultimate completion January 31, 2025) and a $75,222 Naval Information Warfare Systems Command lathe rebuild (December 2021).

Monarch Lathes holds active indefinite-delivery vehicles anchoring recurring work. A $500,000 multiple-award BPA with the Army Corps of Engineers covers lathe and milling machine parts, supplies, testing, and repair services through March 2026. A Federal Supply Schedule contract (GS06F0058M) carries 18 task orders valued at $844 thousand. The vendor also maintains a $250,000 Defense Logistics Agency Aviation BPA (referenced in older summaries as active through August 2024) for metalworking equipment procurement.

Activity patterns show cyclical volume: 11 awards in 2022, decline to 2 awards each in 2023 and 2024, resurgence to 11 awards in 2025, with 1 award recorded through March 2026. The portfolio spans 248 awards across 44 customer agencies with combined potential value of $13.9 million and $9.4 million obligated (67% drawdown). The vast majority are prime awards (247 of 248); subcontract exposure is negligible, with one sub-award listed under Fluor Marine Propulsion for Naval Nuclear Laboratory operations involving a Monarch lathe trade-in (January 2024). Monarch Lathes competes full-and-open with frequency, though set-aside awards signal federal recognition of woman-owned small business status and access to restricted vehicles when applicable.

Monarch Lathes has been manufacturing precision Lathes and machine shop equipment for over 100 years. Monarch Lathes is the only remaining Lathe manufacturer in the United States. Monarch Lathes has unique position to supply new lathes and OEM parts and service. We are the only company with the ability to rebuild and recondition Monarch Lathes to exact OEM specifications. At Monarch Lathes we also sell and service radial drills, universal milling and cnc milling machines, vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers, gantry machines and horizontal boring mills.