The Ericson Manufacturing Company

The Ericson Manufacturing Company, doing business as Ericson Manufacturing Co, manufactures specialized lighting equipment, electrical connectors, power distribution systems, and electrical enclosures for Department of Defense logistics operations and other federal agencies as a prime contractor on small-business set-aside and unrestricted delivery orders. Headquartered in Willoughby, Ohio, Ericson is a for-profit manufacturer registered in the System for Award Management since 2001 and competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides across its prime footprint—approximately 60% of recent awards carry small-business set-aside designations.

Ericson's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense logistics. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 144 awards (68% of Ericson's top-customer volume slice) with $10.2 million in combined potential value; DLA Land and Maritime follows with 73 awards worth $1.6 million; and DLA Troop Support, Construction and Equipment carries 24 awards with $205 thousand combined potential value. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command rounds out the active set with 20 awards totaling $679 thousand. This top-five customer group covers 68% of Ericson's recent awards. Dollar concentration amplifies the DLA Aviation dominance: across the top-five customers by potential-value ranking, DLA Aviation anchors $10.2 million of the company's $21.3 million portfolio, while GSA Federal Acquisition Service (primarily Multiple Award Schedule task orders) carries $2.9 million and DLA Troop Support carries $2.5 million.

Representative work includes a $117,720 Total Small Business delivery order from DLA Aviation for light assemblies and streamer components awarded April 2026 with completion in July 2026; a $72,212 Total Small Business purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for light streamers awarded January 2026; a $78,660 Total Small Business BPA call from the Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District for 200-ampere splitter panels for the Louisville Repair Station awarded May 2025; and a $156,170 Total Small Business purchase order from the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for power bunker conversion cables and Camlock cordsets awarded August 2023. Ericson also maintains a GSA Multiple Award Schedule position supporting Naval Sea Systems Command and other Navy customers for specialized electrical equipment such as extreme-weather plugs and brow lights.

Ericson's vehicle portfolio centers on single-award indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements with the Defense Logistics Agency. The company holds a $1,093,830 single-award IDC with DLA Aviation for light assemblies and light extensions through July 2028 (designated Total Small Business, issued July 2023); a $595,650 single-award IDC with DLA Aviation for light extensions through July 2027 (Total Small Business, issued July 2022); a $450,000 single-award BPA with the Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District for electrical supplies through October 2027 (Total Small Business, issued December 2022); a $350,000 single-award IDC with DLA Aviation for electrical safety and lighting equipment through November 2030 (Total Small Business, issued November 2025); and a $250,000 single-award IDC with DLA Land and Maritime for electrical connectors through October 2026 (no set-aside, issued October 2025). The company also holds a $1 million single-award BPA with the Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District for electrical equipment through April 2031 (no set-aside, issued April 2026). Twenty task orders flow through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule for lighting and connector products totaling $268 thousand combined potential value.

Activity has contracted year over year—23 awards in 2022 declining to six awards through mid-2026—with only two awards (combined potential value $178 thousand) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The portfolio is concentrated in five NAICS codes: Residential Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (73 awards), Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (69 awards), Electronic Connector Manufacturing (39 awards), Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (22 awards), and All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (24 awards). Product Service Code concentration follows similarly, with Electric Portable and Hand Lighting Equipment (186 awards) and Connectors, Electrical (78 awards) dominating. Ericson carries a minimal subcontracting footprint: two recent sub-awards to Tidewater Distributors LLC for custom ECart2 50KVA power distribution units (September 2025 and August 2024), with no prime-contractor relationships disclosed in the source.

Established in 1918, Ericson Manufacturing has supported the federal government since the first World War with 100% American-made products. As an OEM specializing in commercial and custom electrical solutions, Ericson has secured 30+ NSNs, has directly supported 5 federal agencies, and has a long- established track record within the military (DLA, Navy, Air Force). Ericson offers both COTS and custom Fabrication solutions tailored specifically to the needs of each federal client.

GSA CONTRACT # GS-07F-0313Y, Fedmall contract # SP47W1-21-D-0021