Richard Manufacturing Company

Richard Manufacturing Company, doing business as Richard Manufacturing Co, is a small business manufacturer of electrical components and wiring harnesses for military aviation platforms, operating as a prime contractor on 3,204 federal awards with a combined potential value of $2.16 billion. The company competes predominantly on full-and-open and Total Small Business set-aside contracts—roughly 55% of recent awards carry explicit small business set-aside designations—rather than pursuing restricted socioeconomic categories such as 8(a) or HUBZone.

Headquartered in Ogden, Utah, Richard Manufacturing specializes in concrete electrical assembly work: wiring harnesses, cable assemblies, power distribution panels, electrical control panels, circuit card assemblies, relay assemblies, and related components for F-16 fighter jets, Minuteman III missile systems, and other Department of Defense platforms. NAICS code 334419 (Other Electronic Component Manufacturing) and PSC 61 (Electric Wire and Power Distribution Equipment) dominate its classification. The company has held active federal contractor status since 2002 and maintains a straightforward operational footprint—manufacturing takes place in Ogden, Utah, with no reported offshore sites.

Customer concentration is extreme and tied to a single vehicle. The Air Force Materiel Command's Ogden Air Logistics Complex accounts for $1.98 billion (92%) of all potential value across just 206 awards. Within that anchor sits the F-16 Harness Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity master contract, valued at $1.8 billion, under which Richard Manufacturing competes for delivery orders supporting F-16 modernization and sustainment. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation represents the second customer by volume—1,883 awards carrying $117 million in potential value—but at far lower per-award magnitude. These DLA Aviation awards are predominantly small purchase orders and single-award indefinite delivery contracts ($250 thousand to $4.1 million ceilings) for routine electrical component replenishment. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime and various Air Force Sustainment Center activities round out a top-five customer set that covers 92% of recent award count.

Richard Manufacturing holds at least fifteen active parent vehicles. The F-16 Harness IDIQ ($1.8 billion) anchors the portfolio. Below that sit multiple DLA Aviation single-award indefinite delivery contracts with $350 thousand to $5 million ceilings, awarded 2025–2026 and extending through 2030, covering wiring harnesses, cable assemblies, relay assemblies, and control panels. Task orders under DLA indefinite delivery vehicles generate steady small-dollar awards—recent delivery orders in the $5 thousand to $300 thousand range appear monthly.

Award activity has remained relatively stable. Across the past five years (2022–2026), the vendor averaged 115 awards annually, with no significant growth trend: 126 awards (2022), 123 (2023), 162 (2024), 144 (2025), and 22 through mid-2026. Within the next twenty-four months, 123 awards carrying combined potential value of $16.5 million reach ultimate completion and face recompete. This recompete exposure is material but concentrated in low-dollar DLA Aviation purchase orders and small indefinite delivery contracts rather than the mega-vehicle F-16 Harness master contract, which does not appear in the cliff window.

In its subcontractor role, Richard Manufacturing delivers cable assemblies and harness kits to The Boeing Company, Derco Aerospace, Atlantic Diving Supply, and KBR Wyle Services on F-16 modernization and related defense aerospace programs. Sub-award volume is negligible (16 sub-awards across a 3,220-award portfolio), and subcontracting appears incidental rather than strategic.

Richard Manufacturing competes across multiple procurement set-aside categories. Roughly 55% of recent prime awards carry explicit Total Small Business set-aside designations; the remaining 45% are awarded full-and-open or carry no set-aside. The vendor does not pursue 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or women-owned small business certifications—its federal footprint rests on small-business status alone, typical of a long-established defense electrical components manufacturer with broad customer access. The absence of socioeconomic-category specialization signals a vendor focused on technical capability and delivery performance rather than compliance with additional SBA programs.

WIRE BUNDLES, CABLE ASSEMBLIES, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLIES.