R & G Steel, Inc.

R & G Steel, Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Hazelwood, Missouri, supplies structural steel, pipes, plates, and specialty metal products to federal agencies as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open competitions. Operating as a Subchapter S Corporation, R & G Steel competes across small business set-asides for roughly 85% of its award footprint, with the balance in unrestricted procurements; the company holds no federal contract vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, or agency BPAs) and works exclusively on task orders and purchase orders issued by customer agencies.

Customer concentration runs deep within defense and infrastructure-focused agencies. The top five funding agencies account for 61% of awards by count and 70% of combined potential value. The Department of the Army Test and Evaluation Command leads by award volume (52 awards, $1.9 million combined potential value), while the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers anchors the largest dollar share (21 awards, $2.3 million). The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (26 awards, $1.2 million), the Department of the Army Materiel Command Joint Munitions Command (16 awards, $1.2 million), and the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (12 awards, $454 thousand) round out the active set. The tension between the two rankings—ATEC dominates by count but USACE dominates dollars—reflects R & G Steel's role as a high-volume supplier of lower-unit-cost materials to ATEC's test range operations and a source of larger engineering-grade products for the Corps' lock and dam infrastructure programs.

R & G Steel's capability portfolio centers on raw and semi-finished steel materials: wide-flange beams, steel plates (in thicknesses from 0.25 inches to 3 inches, grades A36 and A572), Schedule 40 and Schedule 80 steel pipes, lead ballast, tungsten bar, specialty alloys (17-4PH stainless steel, aluminum 6061, bronze bar), and fabricated structural shapes. Recent representative work includes a $714,231 purchase order from the Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District (September 2023) for steel items supporting domestic waterway operations, a $302,121 firm fixed-price delivery from USACE St. Paul District (December 2021) for ASTM A709 and A-572 steel plate for miter gate fabrication at locks and dams, a $182,100 Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order (April 2023) for tungsten bar in support of Navy ballistic range activities, and a $136,120 Naval Sea Systems Command order (May 2025) for lead ballast installation aboard USS Kidd (DDG 100). Current activity shows the $50,528 Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center order (April 2026) for wide-flange beams (480 inches long, ASTM A992/A572-50 W24 X 117 grade) and the $97,560 Joint Munitions Command award (July 2025) for 900 linear feet of 20-inch Schedule 40 steel bore pipe for the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant.

The source documents 207 prime awards spanning 2002 to April 2026, with combined potential value of $10.1 million and combined obligated dollars of $10.2 million (101% obligated, indicating contract modifications and completions). Activity has been episodic: 17 awards in 2022, declining to 8 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 7 in 2025, and 1 award recorded in 2026 year-to-date as of the source date (July 15, 2026). The three-year trend (2024–2025) shows flattening activity, though the single 2026 award carries the most recent completion. R & G Steel serves 50 distinct customer agencies across 30+ federal departments and agencies—a broad small-business supplier footprint typical of commodity materials distribution. The top NAICS codes reflect the product mix: Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (34 awards), Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing (30 awards), and Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (21 awards). Top PSC codes align: Plate, Sheet, Strip, Foil, and Leaf (62 awards), Pipe, Tube and Rigid Tubing (26 awards), and Iron and Steel Primary and Semifinished Products (24 awards). R & G Steel is a 100% prime contractor footprint with no recorded subcontract work in the source.