Space Age Engineering, Inc.

Space Age Engineering, Inc., doing business as Space Age Engineering Inc., is a veteran-owned small business based in Chatsworth, California that provides boxed meals and meal catering services to federal Military Entrance Processing Stations, border detention facilities, and military special operations commands as a prime contractor on 570 total awards spanning federal meal service and food supply contracts. The vendor competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides, leveraging its veteran-owned status across a highly specialized portfolio centered on meal delivery logistics.

Space Age Engineering's customer base is heavily concentrated in two segments with opposing value dynamics. The Department of the Army Headquarters Office of the Secretary dominates by award count with 257 awards worth $52.4 million combined potential value, reflecting the vendor's primary mission: supplying pre-packaged boxed meals (primarily sub sandwiches with chips, fruit, beverage, and sides) to MEPS locations nationwide on firm fixed-price delivery orders. This customer relationship is characterized by numerous single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts, each typically covering one MEPS location with ceiling values ranging from approximately $75,000 to $645,000 and performance periods of three to five years. The Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection, by contrast, represents the majority of potential dollars: 29 awards valued at $209.2 million combined potential value, anchored by the Southwest Border Detainee Meals Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA HSBP1014A00022) valued at over $208 million for providing meals to CBP detention facilities. This BPA has generated 25 task orders. United States Special Operations Command, the Department of the Navy, and smaller military components round out the active set.

Recent activity shows a sharp decline trajectory. Space Age Engineering received 57 awards in 2022, declining to 11 in 2026 year-to-date. The combined potential value across all 570 awards is $281.4 million, with only $35.7 million obligated to date (13% realization). Within the next twenty-four months, 18 awards with combined potential value of $4.4 million are scheduled to complete and face recompete.

Space Age Engineering's work is concentrated in food service NAICS codes. Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311991) accounts for 169 awards, Food Service Contractors (722514) for 152 awards, and Caterers (722320) for 76 awards. PSC coding aligns: Composite Food Packages (PSC 8970) covers 187 awards and Housekeeping-Food (PSC F600) covers 117 awards. The vendor's core capability is firm fixed-price meal logistics—pre-packaged sandwich and boxed-meal delivery on daily or scheduled basis to support military recruitment operations and border security detention functions, with compliance requirements typically including Veterinary Service food protection audit certification and state health department approval.

The vendor's top parent vehicles include IDC W9124D09D0036 (42 task orders, minimal recent value), IDC W9124D14D0013 (28 task orders, minimal recent value), and the CBP Southwest Border Detainee Meals BPA (25 task orders, $149,000 combined potential value of visible task orders). This portfolio structure—dominated by single-award Army IDVs at individual MEPS locations plus the large CBP BPA—reflects a decentralized procurement model where the Army maintains separate IDIQ vehicles for each MEPS facility. The vendor operates as a prime exclusively; no subcontractor footprint is evident in the source data.

Space Age Engineering registered as a federal contractor in October 2003 and has maintained continuous awards since that date, with the peak activity period spanning 2022–2024. The recent collapse in award volume (2026 showing only 11 awards against 57 in 2022) suggests either a shift in government procurement strategy, contract consolidation, or recompete losses at key MEPS locations. The vendor's high-volume, low-margin meal-logistics model is heavily dependent on sustained Army IDV renewals and CBP BPA continuation; loss of either anchor customer would materially impact the portfolio.