Republic Brass Sales Inc.

Republic Brass Sales Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer and distributor based in Lemon Grove, California, supplies commercial off-the-shelf marine fittings, valves, pipe, and plumbing components to the Department of the Navy and Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts (98% of awards). The company competes predominantly full-and-open, without set-aside designations across most orders, though a substantial portion of its idling deliver contracts carry total small business set-asides.

Republic Brass Sales Inc. operates across a deeply focused federal customer base anchored almost entirely in naval and defense logistics procurement. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) dominates the customer mix, accounting for 946 awards (69% of volume) and $11.8 million in combined potential value—nearly all of the company's $17.7 million total federal footprint. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime places the second-largest order volume at 331 awards (24% of volume) with $5.3 million combined potential value. These two agencies together represent 99% of Republic Brass Sales Inc.'s recent federal awards and 100% of its combined potential value. Secondary customers include the Department of the Navy Pacific Fleet Forces (52 awards, $231 thousand), Naval Supply Systems Command (15 awards, $26 thousand), and the US Coast Guard (8 awards, $78 thousand). The gap between volume and dollar concentration reflects the vendor's role as a routine supplier of small-dollar purchase orders for individual pipe fittings, valves, and plumbing components—a single shipboard piping and related material order for USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) in February 2026 carried a $24.8 million ceiling under total small business set-aside, while typical orders range from $365 to $15.3 million with most averaging under $10 thousand.

Activity has contracted sharply. The vendor received 117 awards in 2022, 76 in 2023, and 40 in 2024; only 12 awards arrived in 2025 and 7 in 2026 year-to-date. Over the next twenty-four months, only 2 awards with a combined potential value of $26 thousand face ultimate completion and recompete exposure—minimal future pipeline pressure. NAICS concentration is pronounced: Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (551 awards), Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (280 awards), and Industrial Valve Manufacturing (211 awards) account for the overwhelming majority of the footprint. PSC coding mirrors this focus: Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (883 awards) and Valves, Nonpowered (214 awards) represent the core procurement categories.

Republic Brass Sales Inc. holds multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, each with a $250 thousand ceiling and one-year periods of performance. The most active parent vehicle is an Indefinite Delivery Contract (N0018913D0026) carrying 66 task orders with $3.4 million combined potential value. The company also subcontracts to major naval defense shipbuilders, including recent subs to BAE Systems Maritime Solutions San Diego on USS Green Bay (LPD-20) direct material expense work, Marinette Marine Corporation on FFG(X) guided-missile frigate detail design and construction, Vigor Works LLC on low-rate initial production valves, and Delphinus Engineering on shipboard habitability restoration work aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) and USS Shoup (DDG-86).

Representative prime awards include a $156.4 million purchase order from NAVSEA for pipe hangers to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (award date September 27, 2023), a $77.1 million total small business set-aside for shipboard piping and related materials from NAVSEA (June 30, 2022), and a $155.9 million total small business set-aside delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime for pipe unions (August 2, 2022). The company has maintained registration in the System for Award Management since 2001 and holds an established track record as a supplier to NAVSEA and the Defense Logistics Agency through both prime and subcontracting channels.