Western Metal Supply Company, Inc.

Western Metal Supply Company, Inc., doing business as Western Metal Supply Co Inc., is a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business based in Escondido, California, specializing in the design, manufacturing, and installation of pre-engineered metal structures and specialized facilities for federal government agencies. The company operates facilities in both California and North Carolina, enabling geographic flexibility to support federal customers across multiple regions. Western Metal Supply Company maintains expertise in creating custom metal construction solutions, including aircraft protective equipment, secure facilities, and prefabricated metal buildings tailored to meet critical infrastructure and operational requirements for Department of Defense and other federal agencies.

Western Metal Supply Company has delivered a diverse portfolio of goods and services through federal prime contract awards spanning multiple agencies and contract types. The company's primary focus has been providing pre-engineered steel aircraft sunshades to the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command, with delivery orders ranging from $3,500 for engineering analysis services to $1.71 million for extended sunshade delivery programs, predominantly serving Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. Beyond sunshades, the company has provided Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) and transportable SCIFs to the Air Force, Army, Naval Air Warfare Center, Marine Corps, and U.S. Special Operations Command through firm fixed-price delivery orders valued between $172,155 and $667,592. Additional specialized services have included secure building containers, hardened aircraft shelters capable of holding 42 jets valued at $9.4 million, pre-engineered metal buildings and dining facilities, armored deployable communications security vaults, pole barn kits, and facility maintenance services including column replacement, downspout installation, and anchor bolt testing. The company has received contract awards from diverse federal agencies including the Department of Defense (Air Force, Air National Guard, Army, Marine Corps, Navy), Department of Homeland Security (Customs and Border Protection), Department of Justice (U.S. Marshals Service), Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Department of the Interior (National Park Service). Contract set-aside designations have included both total small business set-asides and awards with no set-aside designation, with ceiling values ranging from approximately $11,881 to $9.4 million. Western Metal Supply Company also serves as a subcontractor to Leidos, Inc., providing procured goods and services in support of contract statements of work.

Western Metal Supply Company holds two indefinite-delivery contract vehicles with the U.S. Air Force. The primary IDC, awarded by Air Force Air Combat Command on September 20, 2021, carries a ceiling value of $23.76 million with an ultimate completion date of September 19, 2026, and was established as a total small business set-aside. This contract encompasses the design, manufacturing, and installation of pre-engineered steel aircraft sunshades, side skirts, reflective tape, fall protection equipment, and engineering services, with performance capabilities split between the contractor's California and North Carolina locations. Since award, this IDC has generated substantial delivery order activity with at least twelve task orders issued between September 2021 and July 2024, representing approximately $6.8 million in obligated funds, with individual delivery orders ranging up to $1.71 million. A second IDC was awarded on September 30, 2025, also by the U.S. Air Force, with a ceiling value of $3.44 million and ultimate completion date of September 29, 2030. This newer contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, covers the purchase and installation of up to 14 commercial aircraft sunshades for F-35 aircraft, with an initial delivery order to the Air National Guard valued at $1.23 million for five aircraft sunshades with performance in Westfield, Massachusetts. Both contracts reflect the Air Force's continued reliance on Western Metal Supply Company's specialized capabilities for aircraft protective infrastructure and operational readiness support across multiple installations.

Western Metal Supply provides general construction of installation and fabrication of metal buildings, aircraft shelters, metal sunshades, carports, handrails, mezzanines, warehouse facilities, intallation of solar panel systems (P/V) and A&E services.