Salem Manufacturing & Sales Inc.

Salem Manufacturing & Sales Inc., doing business as Salem Industries, is a certified small business manufacturer of precision-engineered industrial fasteners, mechanical components, and hardware that operates as a prime contractor exclusively within the Defense Logistics Agency, with 99% of its 5,205 awards concentrated across DLA's Land and Maritime, Aviation, and Troop Support divisions. Salem competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements (no SBA set-aside designations on most awards), though it holds several Total Small Business indefinite delivery contracts with DLA.

Salem is headquartered in Whitehall, Ohio, with manufacturing operations in Columbus and Whitehall. The company has held federal contracting status since June 2001 and manufactures across primary NAICS categories including Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (980 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (890 awards), Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (291 awards), and Industrial Valve Manufacturing (254 awards). Recent awards include a $44,000 Total Small Business assembly bracket mounting component for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (June 2026), a $41,380 Total Small Business waste drain strainer for Norfolk Naval Shipyard (June 2026), a $34,365 Total Small Business shoulder headless pins delivery (June 2026), and hundreds of firm fixed-price purchase orders for flat washers, plain hexagon nuts, machine screws, spacer plates, bushings, springs, and related components ranging from $500 to $23,073 across DLA Aviation and Land and Maritime in recent months.

Customer concentration is extreme and monolithic. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 2,465 awards and $19.6 million in combined potential value; DLA Aviation places 1,674 awards worth $8.8 million; and DLA Troop Support Hardware generates 703 awards valued at $7.6 million. These three divisions comprise 99% of Salem's award count and 87% of its combined potential value across all nine federal customers served. Salem operates no subcontractor relationships and does not appear as a sub-award in the source data — its entire footprint is prime work.

Salem holds five active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, all single-award vehicles with $350,000 ceilings under Total Small Business set-asides: one for helical compression springs (NSN 5360016410894, awarded May 21, 2026, terminating May 21, 2027) and one for protective dust caps (NSN 5340014923106, awarded May 14, 2026, terminating May 14, 2027). The top five parent vehicles across Salem's portfolio are DLA indefinite delivery contracts, led by SPM75006D7468 with 17 task orders worth $558 thousand combined potential value.

Activity has remained elevated but variable. Salem received 535 awards in 2022, 505 in 2023, 466 in 2024, 675 in 2025, and 329 through mid-2026 — the recent year-to-date count reflects source cutoff in July rather than annual decline. Combined potential value across the entire 5,205-award portfolio stands at $42.4 million, with $21.8 million obligated (51% of potential). One hundred thirty-two awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry $1.3 million in combined potential value and face recompete exposure.

Salem's capability footprint centers on small-lot precision manufacturing of fasteners (washers, nuts, screws, pins, studs, setscrews), mechanical components (bushings, bearings, spacers, shims, sleeves), fluid and valve system parts (valve seats, valve stems, springs, adapters, unions), and structural hardware (plates, brackets, rollers, strainers, assemblies) to National Stock Number specification and military-grade standards. Delivery to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, USS Makin Island (LHD 8), and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard IMF occurs on some larger orders, indicating naval maintenance and supply chain participation. The vendor manufactures to order without holding inventory as a strategic supplier to DLA's distribution network, competing across both unrestricted procurements and small business set-aside categories, though full-and-open awards dominate recent activity by count and value.