Purchase Order SPE4A726P4025

The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation awarded a $245.8K firm fixed-price purchase order to D-J Engineering Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer based in Augusta, Kansas, for government first article testing. The contract, issued on December 19, 2025, has an ultimate completion date of October 12, 2027, and represents work performed at D-J Engineering's Augusta facility. This award does not utilize a small business set-aside designation despite the contractor's veteran-owned status. D-J Engineering specializes in the production of complex aerospace structures and components critical to U.S. military aircraft platforms, including structural elements for legacy systems such as the C-135, B-52, B-1B, E-3, and A-10 aircraft.

This purchase order likely represents a delivery order issued under one of D-J Engineering's existing Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation, which maintain ceiling values ranging from $250K to $3.065M over five-year performance periods. The contractor maintains an active portfolio of total small business set-aside IDCs covering an extensive array of aircraft components including aircraft skins, longerons, trailing edge components, structural brackets, and specialized assemblies. D-J Engineering's first article testing work supports the Department of Defense's requirements for Critical Application Items and Critical Safety Items subject to configuration control and export control requirements, ensuring compliance with military specifications and airworthiness standards for sustained aircraft maintenance and readiness operations across the defense industrial base.