Southern Maryland Cable, Inc.

Southern Maryland Cable, Inc., a subsidiary of Argan, Inc., provides structured cabling, fiber optic installation, and telecommunications infrastructure services to the federal government as a prime contractor on 79% of its awards, competing on full-and-open basis without set-aside designation. Headquartered in Tracys Landing, Maryland, the company operates across electrical contracting (NAICS 27102, Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors) and fiber optic specialty work (PSC codes for fiber optic cables, electrical wire and cable, and network support labor), with a footprint spanning federal facilities infrastructure modernization.

Southern Maryland Cable's customer concentration centers on the Department of the Navy, which accounts for 58% of recent awards ($543 thousand combined potential value) across multiple commands: Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) leads with 16 awards valued at $426 thousand, followed by Chief of Naval Operations (2 awards, $46 thousand) and Naval Strategic Systems Programs (1 award, $81 thousand). The Department of Homeland Security Federal Law Enforcement Training Center ranks second with 4 awards worth $117 thousand. The top five customers by award count and potential value track closely, indicating stable customer concentration rather than divergent order patterns. Nineteen distinct agencies have engaged Southern Maryland Cable across the source record, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), and the Department of the Air Force.

Representative prime work includes a $199 thousand firm-fixed-price purchase order from NAVSEA awarded in December 2023 for cables, patch panels, and HDMI materials (completion September 2024); a $81 thousand delivery of fiber optic cable installation at a Washington, D.C. naval facility for Naval Strategic Systems Programs (completion December 2025); a $89 thousand purchase order from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in September 2026 for PTZ cameras, mounts, cables, racks, and network video recorders (completion November 2026); and a $43 thousand fiber optic and voice drop installation contract at the Washington Navy Yard for the Chief of Naval Operations (completion July 2023). Most awards are sub-$100 thousand purchase orders for materials and labor, reflecting the company's role as a field-level infrastructure supplier rather than a prime systems integrator.

Southern Maryland Cable operates on a commercial contracting vehicle footprint. The vendor sits on the Seaport Next Generation contract (3 task orders) and the Federal Supply Schedule GS35F0026R (2 task orders, $21 thousand combined potential value), indicating access to Navy acquisition and general-schedule GSA contracting channels. Activity has remained modest and relatively flat—ranging from 2 awards in 2022 to 6 in 2024, with 3 awards in 2026 year-to-date—with only 1 award ($89 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. Combined potential value across all 48 awards stands at $1.5 million, though combined obligated dollars total $2.4 million (162% of potential value), suggesting completed work and invoicing in excess of initial ceiling estimates.

In its subcontractor role, Southern Maryland Cable supplies structured cabling and fiber installation support to primes including Eastern Research Group (supporting design engineering and facility inspection for Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division and Department of Defense energetics manufacturing), Fluor Marine Propulsion (Naval Nuclear Laboratory management and operations infrastructure work), and American Electronic Warfare Associates (fiber installation at an industrial facility). The vendor also subcontracts on the Advanced Enterprise Global Information Technology Solutions (AEGIS) contract, providing telecommunications and network infrastructure goods and services across multiple fiscal-year increments. SCI-reported invoicing shows minimal service-contract activity—1.8 FTEs in FY2025 as a named subcontractor on a service contract above the $150,000 threshold—indicating that Southern Maryland Cable's federal revenue is dominated by goods procurement (cables, hardware, materials) and short-term installation labor rather than longer-duration managed services.