Prysmian Cables And Systems Usa, LLC

Prysmian Cables And Systems USA, LLC, a Highland Heights, Kentucky-based manufacturer of military-specification cable assemblies and fiber optic equipment, operates as a prime contractor (89% of recent awards) in full-and-open competition without set-aside designation, delivering specialized cable solutions and fiber optic rental equipment to the Department of Defense and Navy shipyard operations. The company is a for-profit limited liability corporation structured as a manufacturer of goods with no SBA certifications.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 29 awards carrying $27.9 million in combined potential value—97.9% of Prysmian's entire recent award footprint. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command places the remaining material work at 16 awards for $493 thousand combined potential value, representing rental of fiber optic cable blowing machines (BioLite units) to shipyards in Bremerton, Washington and Portsmouth, Virginia. The imbalance between award count and dollar value is decisive: DLA Aviation dominates both rankings; NAVSEA's volume (16 awards) masks its modest dollar share because each rental contract carries only $24.7 thousand to $57.2 thousand ceiling value. Three other federal customers (Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command, Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Missiles and Space, and Federal Aviation Administration Northwest Mountain Region) appear in single or paired awards with negligible combined potential value.

Prysmian holds five active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation. The largest, awarded October 19, 2021, carried an $8.76 million ceiling through October 2024 and is now expired; replacement IDIQs awarded in May and July 2024 carry ceilings of $1.97 million, $1.74 million, and $2.04 million, extending through mid-2029. Under the top three parent vehicles, Prysmian places 20 task orders: Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A622D0003 (14 task orders, $5.8 million combined potential value), SPE4A624D0079 (4 task orders, $998 thousand), and SPE4A621D0200 (2 task orders, $1.4 million). The recent award pattern shows consistent delivery-order activity: firm-fixed-price cable assembly orders ranging from $166 thousand to $702 thousand, performed at the contractor's Willimantic, Connecticut facility. Representative DLA Aviation delivery orders include a $599.6 thousand cable assembly order awarded July 21, 2025 (completion October 27, 2025), a $332.7 thousand order from June 24, 2025 (completion May 20, 2026), and a $166.4 thousand order from September 24, 2025 (completion November 18, 2026). NAVSEA procurements are sole-source purchases for one-year BioLite fiber blow machine rentals at $24.7 thousand to $28.6 thousand per unit, justified by Prysmian's exclusive access to BICC proprietary technology for blown fiber optic equipment approved for CVN-class naval vessels.

Activity has concentrated heavily in the past three years: 2023 saw 17 awards, followed by 11 in 2024 and 13 in 2025, with only one award posted in 2026 year-to-date. Only five awards (combined potential value $252 thousand) face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, limiting recompete exposure in the immediate window. However, the expiration of the $8.76 million DLA IDIQ in October 2024 and the replacement of that vehicle with three smaller IDIQs suggests DLA may have segmented or reduced its ceiling—a material shift in Prysmian's single-customer dependency. Combined dollars obligated ($15.4 million) represent 54% of combined potential value, indicating approximately 46% of awarded work remains unexecuted or not yet invoiced.

In subcontracting roles, Prysmian supplies cable assemblies and harness components to Raytheon Company on PATRIOT missile system production (Romania production and launching-station requirements for Switzerland, awarded between July 2024 and November 2025) and provides goods to Serco Inc. on facility-support and logistics work (three awards, December 2021 and February 2024).

Prysmian holds a single prime federal grant: a cooperative agreement with the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), awarded August 9, 2024, for an "error-free splicing machine for underground power cables" under the GOPHURRS program, with completion scheduled August 8, 2027. This grant represents early expansion into civilian energy infrastructure R&D, distinct from the company's core defense cable-manufacturing footprint.

Prysmian's capability portfolio, grounded in recent awards, centers on military-specification cable assemblies (special purpose and standard), fiber optic installation and blowing equipment rental, and cable harness manufacturing for missile and naval platforms. NAICS concentration shows Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing (18 awards) and Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (16 awards); PSC distribution aligns to Miscellaneous Electric Power and Distribution Equipment (29 awards) and Fiber Optic Cable-related services (14 awards). The vendor competes exclusively in full-and-open, non-set-aside procurements, with no minority, small-business, or veteran designations present in the portfolio.