Ohio Ordnance Works Inc.

Ohio Ordnance Works Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer based in Chardon, Ohio, designs and manufactures military-grade firearms, ordnance components, and weapons systems for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards), competing predominantly under full-and-open and Total Small Business set-aside designations. The company is a Subchapter S Corporation registered in SAM.gov since 2001, specializing in precision machining and complex ordnance production under primary NAICS 332994 (Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing) and PSC Guns Through 30mm.

Ohio Ordnance Works' federal footprint is heavily concentrated in .50 caliber machine gun platforms and associated components. The company holds a $211 million Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Department of the Army, awarded September 2024, for M2, M48, and M2A1 .50 caliber machine guns, spare barrels, enhanced barrels, spare parts, special tools, and operator and field maintenance training through September 2029. Task orders against this vehicle anchor the portfolio: a $10.7 million Total Small Business delivery order in September 2025 for M2/M2A1 machine gun requirements (ultimate completion July 2027) and a $4.6 million delivery order in September 2024 for M2A1 machine guns, enhanced barrels, and special tools kits (ultimate completion February 2027). Ohio Ordnance Works also holds a $2.6 million Other Transaction Agreement with U.S. Special Operations Command for lightweight machine gun systems, awarded March 2024, and a Basic Ordering Agreement established April 2026 with Army Contracting Command Warren for Class IX supplies under the Basic Ordering Agreement Sustainment Track program running through April 2031.

The customer concentration is extreme: the Department of the Army accounts for 8 awards carrying $443.2 million in combined potential value (90% of the entire portfolio) across both the prime IDC and direct delivery orders. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime ranks second by award count (19 awards) but carries only $4.4 million in combined potential value — these are discrete purchase orders for components (gas regulator plugs, pistons for gun gas cylinders, firing attachments, cartridge guides, slings) rather than platform-level work. This tension reflects Ohio Ordnance Works' dual posture: a prime supplier of large .50 caliber weapons systems to the Army, and a routine component vendor to DLA for ordnance accessories. Department of the Army subordinate commands — Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (4 awards, $27.1 million) and TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (5 awards, $4.2 million) — represent additional Army-focused ordering channels.

Recent activity has accelerated sharply: one award in 2023, six in 2024, and eighteen in 2025, with four awards already placed in 2026. Combined potential value across all fifty-three awards stands at $491.4 million, though only $38.8 million (8% of potential) has been obligated to date, reflecting the multi-year nature of the large Army contract. Eleven awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry $17.3 million in combined potential value and therefore face recompete exposure. The source identifies only one sub-award: a role as subcontractor under Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC's management and operating contract for the Y-12 National Security Complex, awarded December 2023, which represents a materials-supply or component role outside Ohio Ordnance Works' primary defense ordnance mission.

Set-aside posture is mixed. The $211 million Army IDC is not set-aside (full and open), but many discrete DLA purchase orders and the Army Materiel Command Cairo Warren support barrel order carry Total Small Business set-aside designations. The company does not compete under 8(a) or other SBA categorical set-asides despite its veteran-owned status; recent work segments between unrestricted and small-business-only buy lanes. Category concentration is singular: forty-two of fifty-three awards fall under Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing, with the remaining awards scattered across hardware and ammunition manufacturing. PSC concentration tracks ordnance: thirty-four awards in Guns Through 30mm, six in Miscellaneous Weapons, and four in Guns Over 30mm Up To 75mm. This portfolio breadth masquerade — a handful of large platform orders and dozens of small component replenishments — means Ohio Ordnance Works functions as both a prime weapons manufacturer and a spot supplier to defense supply logistics, with minimal exposure to civilian federal agencies or defense support services.