Protocad Corporation

Protocad Corporation, a small business S corporation based in La Plata, Maryland, delivers precision-manufactured components including frangible spheres, rapid-prototyped parts, and additive-manufactured items to the U.S. Navy as a prime contractor on full-and-open delivery orders under indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements, with no set-aside posture across its footprint.

Protocad operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) with zero subcontract engagement. The company specializes in design engineering, additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and precision manufacturing of specialized components — particularly frangible spheres (hollow spherical targets used in weapons and sensor testing), 3D-printed plastic parts, and custom rapid-prototype assemblies. Recent representative work includes a $49,296.60 delivery order issued April 21, 2026, by the Naval Air Warfare Center for 90 frangible spheres under the five-year Frangible Spheres (FRCS-01) IDC; a $91,815 delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) issued April 23, 2025, for Task #5, Option IV rapid prototyping services; and a $219,931 NAVSEA delivery order from September 2023 for rapid prototyping work.

Customer concentration is extreme and singular: the Department of the Navy accounts for 100% of recent awards across three commands. The Naval Air Warfare Center (NAVAIR) dominates the footprint with 28 awards totaling $8.3 million combined potential value, while NAVSEA carries 15 awards totaling $3.5 million. Both rankings are identical — no tension between volume and dollar concentration — reflecting Protocad's narrow role as a Navy-specialized supplier. Protocad holds two primary IDCs: a $994,804.80 single-award IDC with NAVAIR for frangible spheres (FRCS-01) running through December 2029, awarded December 8, 2024, and a $3 million single-award IDC with NAVSEA for rapid prototyping and manufacturing services through September 2025. The company also operates under a single-award blanket purchase agreement with NAVSEA for additive manufacturing. The five named parent vehicles in the source carry 29 task orders combined, with the largest being indefinite delivery contract N0042115D0002 (13 task orders, $393 thousand combined potential value).

Activity has contracted significantly. Protocad averaged one award per year over 2022–2026, with only four awards spanning 2023–2024 and one each in 2025 and 2026. Combined potential value across all 44 prime awards is $11.8 million, but obligated dollars total only $1.3 million (11% of potential), indicating sparse drawdown relative to the contract ceilings. The primary NAVAIR IDC reaching through 2029 provides a stable renewal vehicle, but near-term recompete exposure is low given the recent award of the core frangible-spheres contract. Work is performed at NAVAIR's Patuxent River, Maryland facility and NAVSEA's Indian Head, Maryland facility, with administrative oversight in La Plata. The company's award footprint is classified under plastics fabrication (PSC code) and plastics product manufacturing (NAICS 326199, All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing), reflecting the specialized nature of frangible-sphere and precision-plastic-component production for naval testing.

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