Stainless Shapes Inc.

Stainless Shapes Inc., a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) certified and self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Elgin, Illinois, supplies metal bars, sheets, plates, structural angles, and specialized alloy components to the federal government as a prime contractor on purchase orders, with 100% of recent awards structured as individual transactions against standing indefinite-quantity vehicles rather than prime contract wins. The vendor is a Subchapter S corporation and operates as a parent company with subsidiaries under the same Stainless Shapes corporate structure; all federal work is performed in Elgin, Illinois, and centers on commercial metallic materials procured through Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) components and NASA's Langley Research Center.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward DLA. Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment accounts for 848 awards totaling $4.1 million combined potential value; the broader DLA enterprise (including DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Aviation, and DLA Troop Support) represents the overwhelming majority of activity. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center accounts for 31 awards worth $382 thousand. The top two ranking tables—by award count and by potential value—track nearly identically, indicating no material tension between volume and dollar concentration; all customer activity is DLA-dominated.

Stainless Shapes Inc. holds two active parent vehicles. A Blanket Purchase Agreement with NASA Langley Research Center (80LARC20A0007) carries 28 task orders worth $381 thousand in combined potential value and runs through March 23, 2030 as a 100% total small business set-aside for metallic materials including sheet, plate, and bar stock of aluminum alloys, carbon steels, copper alloys, nickel alloys, and stainless steels. Individual call orders on this BPA may not exceed $5 million. A second, more recent BPA with NASA Langley Research Center (80LARC25AA004) holds one task order worth $869 and is likewise structured as a 100% total small business set-aside. DLA awards themselves are not sitting on named parent vehicles in the source but instead represent direct purchase orders issued against DLA's general authority to procure metal stock; the source describes references to an Indefinite Delivery Contract with DLA Land and Maritime valued at $250,000, which appears in multiple award narratives as enabling periodic ordering of metal bars but is not enumerated separately in the top parent vehicles block.

Recent activity has declined. The vendor secured 259 awards in 2024, 215 in 2025, and only 48 awards through mid-2026; the trajectory is downward, though the source captures only the first four months of calendar 2026. Four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and represent combined potential value of $405 thousand, positioning a modest recompete risk limited to a small set of expiring purchase orders.

Stainless Shapes Inc. competes in full-and-open procurement, though its WOSB and small disadvantaged business certifications position it competitively in woman-owned and total small business set-aside competitions, which recur across the award footprint. The vendor does not subcontract to primes; all awards name Stainless Shapes Inc. as the prime contractor. Capability framing is concrete and repetitive across DLA purchase orders: supply of metal bars (854 awards in the top PSC category), metal plates and sheet stock (425 and 224 awards respectively), and specialized nonferrous bar and structural shapes (150 and 79 awards) to support defense logistics operations and aerospace research. Representative recent work includes a $268,140 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment on December 15, 2025, for metal plates (NSN 9515015714464) with delivery through September 21, 2026; an $83,520.84 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Aviation on September 3, 2025, for stainless steel bars (2.25 inches OD, 10–12 feet length) with delivery through February 20, 2026; and a $98,586 woman-owned small business set-aside award from DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment on October 27, 2025, for metal plates (NSN 9515015714697) with delivery through October 2, 2026. The vendor is a supplier of standardized, off-the-shelf industrial metals rather than a services contractor; all work is manufacturing and supply-chain fulfillment.