Safety Management Services Inc.

Safety Management Services Inc., a West Jordan, Utah–based technical services firm and a subsidiary of Jensen Hughes Inc., provides specialized testing, maintenance, and consulting services for explosives, energetic materials, and weapons systems to the Department of Defense, federal law enforcement, and civilian agencies, operating primarily as a prime contractor (82% of recent awards) on firm fixed-price purchase orders and blanket purchase agreement calls without set-aside designations.

Safety Management Services Inc. operates as a for-profit corporate entity that has held federal contracting registration since 2001. The company does not hold an awarded federal contract vehicle as a prime IDV contractor but participates on customer agency indefinite delivery vehicles. Its core capability set centers on operating and maintaining specialized testing equipment — friction machines, impact machines, electrostatic discharge apparatus, and blast-analysis instrumentation — used to evaluate safety characteristics and hazard classification of explosives, propellants, and munitions. The company also delivers consulting services on energetic materials testing, cook-off hazard analysis per NATO STANAG 4240 standards, and technical support for weapons systems development and ammunition plant operations.

Recent representative prime work spans defense and civilian explosive-testing missions. The Department of the Army Joint Munitions Command accounts for the largest customer concentration by potential value: 23 awards worth $7.2 million combined, including a $110.5 thousand delivery order (May 2023) for consultant services on energetic materials testing and a $102.7 thousand delivery order (February 2022) for FAST cook-off testing per STANAG 4240. The Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration awarded a $1.49 million definitive contract (September 2022, extended through April 2027) for specialized testing and maintenance of explosives research equipment, performing work in Washington, DC. The Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives established a $300 thousand single-award BPA (June 2023 through June 2028) for preventative maintenance at the West Jordan facility; two BPA calls have been issued ($21.5 thousand in June 2023, $22.7 thousand in June 2024). The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command places frequent small purchase orders for equipment procurement and refurbishment; a September 2025 order valued $219.8 thousand for an Electrostatic Discharge machine and GoDetect camera system, and a June 2025 order valued $9 thousand for refurbishment of friction-plate anvils and friction wheels via machining. The Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation awarded a $106 thousand sole-source purchase order (May 2022) to upgrade its Allegheny Ballistic Laboratory electrostatic discharge test device with a high-speed camera, gas analyzer, and refurbished tester components.

Customer concentration by awards runs strongest with the Naval Sea Systems Command (24 awards, $1 million combined potential value), the Joint Munitions Command (23 awards, $7.2 million), the FBI Headquarters Division (15 awards, $935 thousand), the Naval Air Warfare Center (12 awards, $690 thousand), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (11 awards, $1.6 million). These five customers account for 57% of all awards. By potential value, the Joint Munitions Command, PHMSA, and the ATF together represent 82% of combined potential value. The divergence reflects the Joint Munitions Command's higher-dollar, lower-frequency awards versus the Navy's frequent small purchases under $25 thousand.

Activity has grown modestly in recent years, from four awards in 2022 to thirteen in 2024 and fourteen in 2025 through November. Only one award — a contract valued at $1.5 million — reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, reducing near-term recompete pressure. The parent vehicle footprint centers on Army Materiel Command IDCs: an Indefinite Delivery Contract (W52P1J14D3005) hosts nine task orders worth $729 thousand combined, and a second IDC (W52P1J20D3015) supports four task orders worth $387 thousand. A Navy BPA (N0017411A0014) carries eight task orders worth $32 thousand combined. The company holds no named position on government-wide vehicles such as GWACs or agency-wide IDIQs and does not compete on GSA Schedules in the source data.

Safety Management Services Inc. operates predominantly as a prime, delivering its own labor and equipment expertise; the SCI dataset shows 2.0 FTEs invoiced in FY2023 across $756 thousand in reportable service-contract revenue, with no subcontractor hours recorded across prime contracts captured in SCI. This reflects the company's role as a specialized equipment operator and maintenance technician rather than a program integrator. As a subcontractor, the company serves major defense primes on energetic-materials testing and technical support: Lockheed Martin on THAAD interceptor FHC (Fragmentation, Heat, and Convection) testing and weapon system development hazard analysis; Northrop Grumman on Minuteman III propulsion subsystem sustainment and modernization; Leidos on critical minerals and materials research and Navy surface warfare training lifecycle readiness; and General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems on 25mm cartridge development consulting. The company also subcontracts to Triad National Security (Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operations), Amentum Technology (West Desert Test Center developmental testing), and Burns & McDonnell Engineering (powder delivery system design and testing). On federal grant work, Safety Management Services Inc. appears as a sub-recipient to the University of Dayton, providing engineering services and supplies in support of grants awarded in FY2023.

On federal services contracts captured in the Service Contract Inventory, median government-paid hourly rates run around $281.90 per hour, with senior labor pricing extending through $376.20 per hour and entry-level rates around $187.60 per hour, reflecting a skilled technical workforce in specialized explosives and propellant testing. The company competes on full-and-open contract vehicles without recourse to set-aside categories; no set-asides appear across the recent award portfolio.