Pacific Power Source Inc.

Pacific Power Source Inc., a small business manufacturer of specialized electrical power equipment and AC power supplies based in Irvine, California, operates as a prime contractor on 95% of its recent federal awards, delivering three-phase solid-state AC power sources, frequency converters, power conditioners, and related electrical components to defense and aerospace agencies. The company is a child entity within Ppst, Inc., a for-profit corporate parent, and competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements rather than under set-aside categories, though approximately 30% of recent awards carry Total Small Business or other set-aside designations.

Pacific Power Source's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of the Navy. The Naval Air Systems Command's Naval Air Warfare Center leads with 71 awards and $4.1 million in combined potential value, followed by the Naval Sea Systems Command (62 awards, $1.8 million) and Naval Supply Systems Command (48 awards, $2.2 million). These three Navy commands account for over 53% of all awards. The Department of the Air Force and Air Combat Command round out the top five, with 25 and 22 awards respectively at $875 thousand and $740 thousand. Across distinct customer agencies, Pacific Power Source has worked with 55 federal entities spanning defense, aerospace, and civilian space applications. The vendor's 429 total awards (409 prime, 20 sub) carry a combined potential value of $23.7 million, with $20.4 million obligated (86% realization rate).

Pacific Power Source places the majority of its work on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, where 240 task orders total $7.7 million in combined potential value. This vehicle dominates the vendor's parent-contract footprint; all other IDIQs and BPAs carry minimal order volume. The vendor's award trajectory has remained relatively flat, averaging 14 awards per year over the past five years (2022–2026), with no significant growth trend and minimal recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months (one award worth $33 thousand reaching completion).

Capability concentration aligns with the Naval Air Warfare Center relationship. Top NAICS codes cluster around Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (258 awards), All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (63 awards), and Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing (16 awards). Representative work includes a $598.7 thousand sole-source Naval Air Warfare Center order for three power conditioners (part numbers 320LSXM/M23006, 360LSXM/M23004, 360LSXM/M23005) awarded in September 2024, a $265.9 thousand sole-source Naval Supply Systems Command CAMBRE+ power supply awarded in January 2023, and a $180.4 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command power-supply procurement set aside for total small business in August 2023. The vendor also delivered a $177.8 thousand 30-kilowatt bidirectional DC/AC source to NASA's Shared Services Center in September 2023 and munitions frequency converters to the Air Force at $65.5 thousand and $64.4 thousand across recent calendar years.

As a subcontractor, Pacific Power Source supplies power sources, power supplies, and AC-power-related components to major defense primes including Lockheed Martin (supporting modernized target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision sensor performance-based logistics and legacy launcher programs), Raytheon Company (Romania production UCA AC-AC power supplies), BAE Systems (U-2 electronic warfare suite power supply support), Northrop Grumman (motor generator test set manufacturing), and SAIC (Naval Air Warfare Center support equipment engineering). The subcontract footprint accounts for roughly 5% of all awards by count but reflects strategic teaming with tier-one defense contractors on long-cycle programs rather than transactional supply relationships. Recent sub awards cluster around 2024–2026, suggesting active procurement momentum among these prime relationships.