Federal Metal Co

Federal Metal Co, a for-profit manufacturer of metal products headquartered in Bedford, Ohio, provides nonferrous metal chip conversion, ingot manufacturing, and material handling services to the U.S. Navy as a prime contractor (86% of recent awards), with smaller subcontracting exposure to naval propulsion and defense manufacturers. Federal Metal Co is a small business registered with SAM.gov since 2009 and competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on its prime IDIQs; individual delivery orders typically carry no set-aside designation but are issued against vehicles reserved for small businesses.

The vendor's customer footprint is monolithic: Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) accounts for 100% of the combined potential value across 110 awards, with one additional small award ($11 thousand) each from the Department of the Navy and Naval Supply Systems Command. This concentration reflects Federal Metal Co's specialization in Navy-specific metallurgical work — the vendor converts metal chips and scrap byproducts into finished ingots (24-inch, 42-inch, and 60-inch configurations) for shipbuilding and submarine maintenance, and provides pickup, weighing, storage, and container logistics at naval facilities and Federal Metal Co's Bedford production facility. Recent representative prime work includes a $472 thousand firm fixed-price delivery order for chip conversion (CLINs 2001 and 2002) awarded March 4, 2026 under a Total Small Business set-aside, a $273.6 thousand order for chips conversion and ingots for the Naval Foundry and Propeller Center (May 5, 2025), and a $205.2 thousand chip conversion delivery order issued September 11, 2025.

Federal Metal Co holds a $4.491 million Indefinite Delivery Contract with NAVSEA (awarded October 21, 2024, running through October 20, 2029) under Total Small Business set-aside, with four delivery orders totaling approximately $588.8 thousand issued as of mid-2025. The vendor also places task orders against three larger single-award IDCs: IDC N6449819D4036 (25 task orders, $1.9 million combined potential value), IDC N0018915DZ006 (24 task orders, $436 thousand), and IDC N0018909DZ056 (27 task orders, $323 thousand). A Basic Ordering Agreement (N6449820G0002) carries seven task orders. Work across these vehicles centers on nonferrous scrap processing and metal ingot refining per NAICS 331410 (Nonferrous Metal Smelting and Refining) and related secondary-smelting NAICS codes. Activity has grown sharply from three awards annually in 2022–2023 to fourteen in 2024 and nine in 2025; one award worth $472 thousand faces completion within the next twenty-four months.

In its subcontractor role, Federal Metal Co delivers propeller-component manufacturing and naval hub repair work to Rolls-Royce Marine North America and Bird-Johnson Propeller Company, primarily for DDG-51 and Virginia-class submarine propulsion systems. The subcontracting awards, sixteen in total across the recent period, follow production-stock and repair-on-demand models where dollar amounts may not fully obligate against the underlying contract. Federal Metal Co's footprint is entirely concentrated on Navy metallurgical supply chain work, with no commercial or civilian-agency presence in the recent award history.