This federal contract award, valued at $88,750.00, was made by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation to Ripa Engineering Corp, a small business manufacturer based in Chatsworth, California. The contract is for the delivery of a SHAFT ASSEMBLY,CONT (National Stock Number 1680010276794), with 71 units to be delivered to the DLA Distribution Depot in Oklahoma.
The original solicitation was a Request for Quote (RFQ) set aside for small businesses, which was posted on March 16, 2021, with a due date of April 16, 2021. Ripa Engineering Corp, a precision engineering and manufacturing company specializing in aerospace and defense components, was awarded the fixed-price contract on March 26, 2021.
In addition to this specific contract, Ripa Engineering Corp holds several indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) with DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime, with potential values ranging from $250,000 to nearly $2 million. These IDCs allow DLA to efficiently procure a wide range of critical aerospace and defense components, such as linear actuators, valves, gears, and hydraulic fittings, over multi-year periods, with many of the IDCs designated as total small business set-asides.