This contract award to Defense Support Services, Inc. is for the delivery of various aviation consumable items, spare parts, hardware, and other supplies to the U.S. Department of Defense, specifically the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The contract has a ceiling value of $35,734.94 and is a Firm Fixed Price Delivery Order.
Defense Support Services is a minority-owned small business that is certified as a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) firm, a Small Disadvantaged Business, and a Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. The company has secured multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with DLA Aviation, each with a ceiling value of $250,000 and performance periods extending to 2029. These contracts cover a range of aviation consumable items across various National Stock Numbers, allowing DLA to place task orders as needed over the contract period.
The products being delivered under this contract include standard hardware items such as bolts, nuts, screws, fasteners, clamps, and turnlock fasteners, as well as more specialized components like wire rope assemblies, electromagnetic relays, heat sinks, and terminal junction boxes. Many of these items fall under Federal Supply Classes 53 (Hardware and Abrasives) and 46 (Pipe, Tubing, Hose, and Fittings). This contract is not set aside, but Defense Support Services has secured some awards through total small business set-asides in the past.