Southern Material Handling, Inc.
Portsmouth, VA
- UEI
- UKUJZ8QCYAB8
- CAGE
- 1B6E1
- Primary NAICS
- 238290 Other Building Equipment Contractors
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 238120 Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors
- 238350 Finish Carpentry Contractors
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
- 532490 Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
- 811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 3015 Airline Blvd, Portsmouth, VA 23701, USA
- Website
- smhinc.com
- Founded
- 1986
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Machinery
- Industrial Machinery
- SIC code
- 50 Wholesale Trade – Durable Goods
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $2,496 |
| FY2025 | $30,200 |
| FY2024 | $3,520 |
| FY2023 | $61,132 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Homeland Security | $2,496 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight Sun-Centennial Kirratchiaq JV, LLC | FA480024F0074 | $168,199 |
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About the company
Southern Material Handling, Inc., a Portsmouth, Virginia-based for-profit Subchapter S corporation, provides loading dock equipment maintenance, repair, and installation services to federal agencies as a prime contractor, operating in the open market with no SBA set-aside designations across its recent federal footprint. The vendor competes entirely full-and-open, with 98% of its 47 recent awards as prime contracts and no recurring small business or HUBZone certifications present in the source material.
Southern Material Handling's capability portfolio centers on dock levelers, truck restraints, scissor lifts, overhead doors, and material handling equipment repair and maintenance. Representative work includes a $4,566 firm fixed-price purchase order from the U.S. Coast Guard (awarded June 1, 2026) for quarterly maintenance services on the Aviation Logistics Center's warehouse loading dock equipment in Elizabeth City, North Carolina; a $26,060 emergency dock lift replacement purchase order from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 (awarded September 3, 2025) at the Hampton, Virginia facility; a $46,303 purchase order from the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution (awarded August 25, 2022) for dock maintenance, repair, and installation work; and a $3,520 maintenance and calibration purchase order from the Coast Guard (awarded September 1, 2024) for dock equipment at its facility in Elizabeth City. The vendor also subcontracts specialized equipment repair work — one noted sub-award (June 2024) to Midnight Sun-Centennial Kirratchiaq JV, LLC for vehicle maintenance shop building repair on Langley Air Force Base.
Customer concentration centers on Navy commands and the Defense Logistics Agency. The top five funding agencies account for 72% of recent awards by count and 92% by potential value. Naval Sea Systems Command dominates with 19 awards totaling $632 thousand in combined potential value, followed by Defense Logistics Agency Distribution (6 awards, $114 thousand), the Department of Veterans Affairs (3 awards, $44 thousand), and Naval Supply Systems Command (2 awards, $29 thousand). The Coast Guard accounts for 4 awards valued at $13 thousand. Southern Material Handling sits on an indefinite delivery contract (N0018908A0204) carrying 11 task orders and $115 thousand in combined potential value, and one additional IDC (FA480021D0008) with one task order; both are likely Navy or Air Force vehicles. Activity has remained sparse — one award in 2022, three in 2023, two each in 2024 and 2025, and one in the first half of 2026 — with only two awards (combined potential value $7 thousand) completing within the next twenty-four months. The combined potential value across all 47 awards in the source is $944 thousand, with $1.1 million obligated, indicating that invoiced work has exceeded initial estimates.
Quick answers
Is Southern Material Handling, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Southern Material Handling, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through March 25, 2027.
How much has Southern Material Handling, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $30,200 to Southern Material Handling, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $97,349 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
What is Southern Material Handling, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Southern Material Handling, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Procurement of quarterly maintenance services for aviation logistics center's warehouse loading dock equipment (70Z03826PS0000005), from Coast Guard, on June 1, 2026.
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