Stevens Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Stevens Manufacturing Co., Inc., a division of Essex Industries Inc., manufactures high-precision aerospace and aviation interior components for military helicopter systems, operating as a prime contractor on single-award indefinite delivery contracts with the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard and as a subcontractor to major defense primes Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation. Stevens Manufacturing competes full-and-open without set-aside designation across its prime footprint.

Stevens Manufacturing's customer concentration is acute and coast-guard-centric. The U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 57 awards and $10.8 million in combined potential value—72% of all awards in the source data and 72% of all potential value. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation places 51 awards totaling $2.4 million, the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command places 37 awards for $608 thousand, and the Defense Logistics Agency core places 36 awards for $391 thousand. These four customers account for 73% of awards by count and 96% of potential value. The Coast Guard's dominance reflects Stevens Manufacturing's position as the original equipment manufacturer for MH-60T helicopter interior components—seat and table assemblies, plate assembly bases, centering plates, and fasteners—with delivery orders ranging from $17 thousand to $313 thousand.

Stevens Manufacturing holds two active single-award indefinite delivery contracts with the Coast Guard. The primary IDC, awarded January 25, 2023, carries a $3.68 million ceiling through January 2028 and covers seat and table assemblies for the MH-60T program. The secondary IDC, awarded February 14, 2025, carries a $2 million ceiling through February 2030 and covers centering plates and related aviation parts. The top parent vehicle by task-order count is IDC 70Z03823DJ0000002, which has generated 14 task orders totaling $1.5 million in combined potential value; IDC 70Z03818DJ0000002 has generated 8 task orders for $1.5 million. Recent prime awards to Stevens Manufacturing include a $69,152.50 delivery order from the Coast Guard on January 15, 2026, for right-hand table assemblies; a $57,440.50 delivery order on January 14, 2026, for right-hand plate assembly bases; a $49,070.16 delivery order on April 20, 2026, for left-hand table assemblies; and a $102,502 delivery order on June 7, 2025, for a centering plate beam component. All prime awards are firm fixed-price, issued without set-aside, and performed at Stevens Manufacturing's facility in Milford, Connecticut.

In its subcontractor role, Stevens Manufacturing supplies aircraft parts and services to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation on Black Hawk and Combat Rescue Helicopter production contracts, the MH-60R production contract for the Spanish Armada, and performance-based logistics support for the H-53 platform. Stevens Manufacturing also subcontracts to Lockheed Martin Corporation on MH-60R production work and related engineering change proposal implementation. Recent sub awards date through November 2025, with naming limited to contract line item identifiers and platform references (dampers, control assemblies, shafts, fasteners, spring assemblies) rather than dollar magnitudes.

Activity has trended upward—eight awards in 2022 to 32 in 2024, falling to 28 in 2025 and four as of April 2026—with only five awards (combined potential value $338 thousand) facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Combined potential value across all prime and sub awards in the source data is $15 million against $16.2 million in obligated funds, reflecting substantial Coast Guard spending on MH-60T sustainment. Stevens Manufacturing's parent, Essex Industries Inc., headquartered in Maplewood, Missouri, holds additional single-award IDCs with the Defense Logistics Agency covering specialized aerospace spare parts and components and operates as a prime contractor on F-35 and F-16 production and sustainment work across the Defense Logistics Agency, U.S. Air Force, and Naval Air Warfare Center.