Rickard Metals, Inc.

Rickard Metals, Inc., doing business as Rickard Specialty Metals & Engineering, is a California-based specialty metals manufacturer and supplier headquartered in Santa Fe Springs. The company is registered as a small disadvantaged business and woman-owned small business with the federal government, with its SAM.gov registration set to expire on April 29, 2026. Rickard Metals specializes in the procurement, processing, and delivery of specialty metals and alloys to support defense and aerospace applications, serving as both a prime contractor to federal agencies and as a subcontractor to major defense and aerospace primes.

Rickard Metals has demonstrated consistent performance as a prime contractor to the Naval Air Warfare Center, receiving multiple delivery orders for the supply of specialty metals including aluminum, steel, titanium, and other advanced alloys used in support of naval aviation research, development, test, and evaluation missions. The company's delivery order awards have ranged from $5,575 to $63,160 and have been issued across multiple contract vehicles, with the majority awarded on a firm fixed-price basis. Notable prime contract awards include a $5,575 delivery order issued July 31, 2025, an $8,600 delivery order from March 27, 2025, a $63,160 delivery order from September 20, 2024, and a $45,740 delivery order from August 29, 2024, among others spanning back to 2021. Several of these delivery orders were issued under total small business set-aside designations, while others competed in open competition without set-aside designations. Beyond its prime contractor role, Rickard Metals has also served as a subcontractor to major aerospace and defense primes including The Boeing Company and General Atomics, providing common aerospace commodities and external processing services in awards dating from May 2023 through August 2024, demonstrating its integration within the broader defense industrial base.

Rickard Metals currently holds two active multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts with the Naval Air Warfare Center. The first, awarded June 22, 2021, is valued at $3,358,860 and extends through June 21, 2026, under a total small business set-aside designation. The second and more recent contract, awarded July 31, 2025, carries a significantly larger ceiling value of $19,300,000 and extends through June 30, 2030, also under a total small business set-aside designation and designated as part of the Applied Manufacturing Technology Division program. Both indefinite delivery contracts authorize the Naval Air Warfare Center to issue firm fixed-price delivery orders for specialty metals and alloys in various specifications, shapes, and sizes, along with associated preparatory processing services such as drilling, welding, and heat treating. Performance under these contracts is executed from Rickard Metals' Santa Fe Springs, California facility and supports the Naval Air Warfare Center's ongoing missions across multiple departments including Weapons and Energetics, Airborne Instrumentation Systems, and Threat/Target Systems. The substantial increase in ceiling value between the two contracts, from approximately $3.4 million to $19.3 million, reflects the Naval Air Warfare Center's expanded confidence in Rickard Metals' capabilities to meet its specialty metals procurement requirements over an extended ordering period.

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