Purchase Order SPE4A526V0328

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation awarded a $2,758.80 firm fixed-price purchase order to Alloy Sling Chains, LLC (doing business as ASC Industries) on November 20, 2025, for the procurement of a shackle. The contract, which carries no small business set-aside designation, is scheduled for completion by December 22, 2025, and will be performed at the contractor's facility in Hazel Crest, Illinois. Alloy Sling Chains, LLC is a small business manufacturer specializing in rigging products and hardware components essential to military aviation and logistics operations, including welded chains, shackles, chain assemblies, and wire rope assemblies.

This purchase order represents a continuation of the contractor's established relationship with DLA, which has awarded the company four significant Indefinite Delivery Contracts totaling $1 million across multiple product categories including wire strand, chain assemblies, swivel hooks, and welded chains. As a registered small business with SAM.gov since 2001, Alloy Sling Chains, LLC has demonstrated strategic importance to federal procurement operations through consistent delivery of critical industrial hardware and rigging components. The firm has also served as a subcontractor to major defense prime contractors such as Oshkosh Defense LLC, further validating its role within federal supply chains supporting military operations and logistics requirements.